A bill to ensure that any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted through a rulemaking proceeding, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 23, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedSep 23, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to implement or enforce a requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders (including obstructive sleep apnea) only if it is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding.
Applies this Act only to a requirement adopted on or after September 1, 2013.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 23, 2013 to Oct 3, 2013, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Sep 23, 2013 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Sep 25, 2013 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Sep 25, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Sep 26, 2013 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Sep 26, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Daniel Coats | Sep 26, 2013 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Sep 26, 2013 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Sep 26, 2013 | |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Sep 27, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Sep 27, 2013 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Oct 3, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 23, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Sep 23, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3095 | To ensure that any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding, and for other purposes. | Identical bill | Oct 15, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 23, 2013Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.