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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2360 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To permanently extend the exemption from the engine compartment portion |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills testing requirement for school |
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| 7 | 7 | | bus drivers, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH26, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARTERof Texas (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. SMITHof Missouri, Ms. |
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| 12 | 12 | | F |
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| 13 | 13 | | OXX, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. SELF) introduced the fol- |
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| 14 | 14 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Infrastructure |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To permanently extend the exemption from the engine com- |
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| 18 | 18 | | partment portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills |
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| 19 | 19 | | testing requirement for school bus drivers, and for other |
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| 20 | 20 | | purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION FROM 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | UNDER-THE-HOOD INSPECTION TESTING RE-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | QUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) I |
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| 27 | 27 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | shall make permanent the exemption relating to pre-trip 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HR 2360 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | vehicle inspection skills test requirements for certain 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | school bus drivers, as published in the Federal Register 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | on December 2, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 95348), including the 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | terms and conditions of the exemption described in para-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | graphs 2., 3., 4., 5., and 6. of section VII. B. of the notice 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | granting the exemption (89 Fed. Reg. 95351). 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) R |
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| 39 | 39 | | EPORTING.—For the 6-year period beginning on 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | portation shall require any State that participates in the 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | exemption described in subsection (a) to submit to the 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Secretary an annual report for each those 6 years describ-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ing the number of drivers that obtain a commercial driv-12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ers’ license under such exemption. 13 |
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