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S. 656 · 118th Congress

Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023

Law · 118-95 · Oct 1, 2024
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DFR FischerSponsor
11 cosponsors · 5 D, 5 R, 1 I
APD Padilla MBR Blackburn AKI King JTD Tester PRR Ricketts RWD Warnock TBD Baldwin TTR Tuberville KBR Britt SCR Collins GPD Peters

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 6, 2023
  2. Senate Passed Nov 2, 2023
  3. House Passed Sep 25, 2024
  4. President To the President Sep 26, 2024
  5. President Signed Oct 1, 2024
  6. Law Oct 1, 2024

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Oct 2, 2024

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023

Latest action (Oct 1, 2024): Became Public Law No: 118-95.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 6, 2023

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 6, 2023
  2. Senate Passed Nov 2, 2023
  3. House Passed Sep 25, 2024
  4. President To the President Sep 26, 2024
  5. President Signed Oct 1, 2024
  6. Law Oct 1, 2024

No recorded floor vote found.