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H.R. 4288: Commercial Drivers Licenses for Veterans Act

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H.R. 4288: Commercial Drivers Licenses for Veterans Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-03-28 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-03-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Commercial Drivers Licenses for Veterans Act

Plain summary

Commercial Drivers Licenses for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program of grants to states to assist veterans who received and completed training to drive large vehicles while serving in the Armed Forces obtain, upon their discharge or release from active-duty service, state commercial drivers licenses. Requires states, in order to be grant-eligible, to demonstrate a shortage of individuals with such licenses. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on barriers experienced by such veterans in obtaining such licenses.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Commercial Drivers Licenses for Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr4288 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112