,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #biia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #h1   
#bjbe,ms4 ,lummis 7for herself and ,mr4 
,barrasso7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title #di1 ,united ,states  
,code1 with respect to the requirement  
to test drivers of commercial motor     
vehicles for ,english proficiency1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as ,connor's    
,law4  #b4 ,requiring minimum language  
skills for commercial motor vehicle     
operators  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#cacjh7a7 of title #di1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph
 7,a71 by striking and at the end2  7#b7
 in subparagraph 7,b71 by adding and    
after the semicolon at the end2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7,c7 can read and speak the ,english  
language sufficiently-- 7i7 to converse 

with the general public2  7ii7 to       
understand highway traffic signs and    
signals in the ,english language2  7iii7
 to respond to official inquiries2 and  
7iv7 to make entries on reports and     
records2  4  7b7 ,out-of-,service order 
for noncompliance with minimum language 
requirement  7#a7 ,declaration of out of
 service ,an individual operating a     
commercial motor vehicle who is         
determined by an authorized enforcement 
officer to be noncompliant with section 
#cia4aa7;b77#b7 of title #di1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations 7or a successor   
regulation71 shall be declared out of   
service4  7#b7 ,rule of construction    
,nothing in paragraph 7#a7 changes1     
limits1 or otherwise impacts an         
out-of-service order that-- 7,a7 is not 
covered under that paragraph2 and  7,b7 
is carried out pursuant to applicable   
,federal law 7including regulations7 or 
the ,north ,american ,standard          
,out-of-,service ,criteria4