Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023 became law 575 days after introduction, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 174 words.
Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023 This act authorizes approval of certain commercial driver education programs for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance if the programs meet specified requirements. Under current law, the VA may not approve enrollment of a veteran in courses for programs that do not lead to a standard degree that are offered at a new branch (i.e., a branch that has been operating for less than 2 years) of an educational institution. Under the bill, a commercial driver education program offered at a new branch of an educational institution may be approved if it is appropriately licensed and uses the same curriculum as a commercial driver education program offered by the educational institution at another location that is already approved for purposes of VA educational assistance. The educational institution must submit a report demonstrating the curriculum at the new branch is the same as the curriculum at the primary location in order to be exempt from the current prohibition against course approval at new branches.
- Committees
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 9 of 193 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from enrolled bill to public law · 699 words
- Subjects
- Licensing and registrationsMotor carriersVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Latest action
- Oct 1, 2024: Became Public Law No: 118-95.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 118th H.R. 2830 Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023 R · Introduced