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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3095
AN ACT
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.
1.
Commercial motor vehicle operator requirements relating to sleep disorders
(a)
In general
The Secretary of Transportation may implement or enforce a requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment (including consideration of all possible treatment alternatives) of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders only if the requirement is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding.
(b)
Applicability
Subsection (a) shall not apply to a requirement that was in force before September 1, 2013.
(c)
Sleep disorders defined
In this section, the term sleep disorders includes obstructive sleep apnea.
Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 2013.Clerk.