Bill > HR2830

This bill, the Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023, aims to revise the rules for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs' approval of commercial driver education programs for the purposes of veterans' educational assistance. The key provisions of the bill are as follows: 1. It exempts certain commercial driver education programs offered by educational institutions at branch locations from the requirement that the program be approved by a State approving agency or the Secretary when acting in that role. This exemption applies if the program is appropriately licensed and uses the same curriculum as a program offered by the institution at another location that is already approved. 2. The educational institution is required to submit an annual report to the Secretary demonstrating that the curriculum at the new branch is the same as the curriculum at the primary location in order to maintain the exemption. 3. The Secretary is granted the authority to withhold the exemption for any educational institution or branch as the Secretary deems appropriate, and may consult with the Secretary of Transportation on the performance of a commercial driver program provider, including their status in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Training Provider Registry. 4. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is required to establish the reporting requirements for the annual curriculum demonstration within 180 days of the bill's enactment, and the amendments made by the bill will apply to commercial driver education programs 180 days after the Secretary establishes those requirements.