Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013
Latest action · Oct 31, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 30, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to modify regulations that require motor carriers to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of commercial motor vehicle operators for controlled substances or alcohol.
Allows a motor carrier to use hair testing as a method for detecting use of controlled substances by an operator, but only for preemployment testing and random testing (but the latter only if the motor carrier tested the operator at preemployment using the same method).
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue scientific and technical guidelines for hair testing of operators for use of controlled substances.
Directs the Secretary to develop procedures to allow a motor carrier during the rulemaking process to apply for an exemption from current requirements to allow use of hair testing of operators for controlled substances instead of other methods of preemployment and random testing.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2013 to Sep 9, 2014, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Nov 15, 2013 | |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Jun 24, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Sep 9, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Oct 30, 2013Introduced in House
- Oct 30, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1625 | Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013 | Text similarities | Oct 30, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2013Introduced in House
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