US Congress Senate Bill 1941 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), consistent with accepted medical standards and practices, to implement or enforce a requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of airmen or air traffic controllers for sleep disorders (including obstructive sleep apnea) only if: (1) it is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding in the case of an airman, and (2) the Federal Aviation Administration meets its collective bargaining obligations to its employees in the case of an air traffic controller. Applies this Act only to a requirement adopted on or after November 1, 2013.

A bill to establish requirements for the adoption of any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or an air traffic controller for a sleep disorder, and for other purposes.

Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB3578 (Related) 2014-02-12 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1941/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1941/BILLS-113s1941is.pdf