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Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials for Employment Act

S. 1396 · 115th Congress · Jun 21, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To require that certain standards for commercial driver’s licenses applicable to former members of the armed services or reserves also apply to current members of the armed services or reserves.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials for Employment Act” or the “ADVANCE Act”.

Sec. 2 Commercial driver’s license standards for servicemembers and veterans

Section 31305(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in the subsection heading, by striking “Veteran operators” and inserting “operators who are members of the armed forces, reservists, or veterans”;
(2)
in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “subparagraph (A) during, at least,” and inserting “subparagraph (A)—

“(i) while serving in the armed forces or reserve components; and

“(ii) during”

(3)
in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting “current or” before “former” each place the term appears.