Military CDL Act of 2012

Military CDL Act of 2012 - Revises certain commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements with which a state must comply in order to avoid the administrative penalty of a withholding by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) of a percentage of the state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds.

Permits a state to issue a CDL to an individual who operates or will operate a commercial motor vehicle and who: (1) is an active duty member of the Armed Forces, including the military reserves, National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, or Coast Guard Auxiliary; and (2) is not domiciled in the state, but whose temporary or permanent duty station is located there.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6456 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6456

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit a State to issue a 
commercial driver's license to a member of the Armed Forces whose duty 
                    station is located in the State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2012

  Mr. Bucshon (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Carney, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
Hultgren, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
  Bonner, Mr. Pence, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Schilling, Mr. Renacci, Mr. 
    Crawford, Mrs. Schmidt, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
    LoBiondo, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Young of Indiana, and Mr. Gibbs) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit a State to issue a 
commercial driver's license to a member of the Armed Forces whose duty 
                    station is located in the State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military CDL Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. DOMICILE REQUIREMENT FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.

    Section 31311(a)(12) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(12)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
        the State may issue a commercial driver's license only to an 
        individual who operates or will operate a commercial motor 
        vehicle and is domiciled in the State.
            ``(B) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the 
        State may issue a commercial driver's license to an individual 
        who--
                    ``(i) operates or will operate a commercial motor 
                vehicle; and
                    ``(ii) is not domiciled in a State that issues 
                commercial driver's licenses.
            ``(C) The State may issue a commercial driver's license to 
        an individual who--
                    ``(i) operates or will operate a commercial motor 
                vehicle;
                    ``(ii) is a member of the active duty military, 
                military reserves, National Guard, active duty United 
                States Coast Guard, or Coast Guard Auxiliary; and
                    ``(iii) is not domiciled in the State, but whose 
                temporary or permanent duty station is located in the 
                State.''.
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