Get Our Kids to School Act of 2022
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to extend the duration of certain waivers for commercial driver's license applicants seeking to operate a school bus.
Specifically, DOT may provide a waiver that grants states, for a period not in excess of one year, the discretion to waive the engine compartment component of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills requirement for a commercial driver's license applicant seeking to operate a school bus. Currently, a waiver cannot exceed three months.
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to extend the duration of 
    certain waivers for school bus drivers, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Get Our Kids to School Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. WAIVERS FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.

    (a) Extended Waiver Period.--In the case of a covered waiver, the 
period specified in section 31315(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall be treated as a period not in excess of 1 year.
    (b) Public Comments on Further Extension of Waiver.--Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
solicit public comments on the feasibility and potential benefits of 
granting a covered waiver of unlimited duration.
    (c) Availability of Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available to a State under section 31313 of title 
49, United States Code, may be used by the State to assist with costs 
associated with a covered waiver.
    (d) Covered Waiver Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
waiver'' means a waiver that grants to States the discretion to waive 
the engine compartment component of the pre-trip vehicle inspection 
skills requirement described in section 383.113(a)(1)(i) of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, for a commercial driver's license 
applicant seeking to operate a school bus.
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Get Our Kids to School Act of 2022
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to extend the duration of certain waivers for school bus drivers, and for other purposes.
Get Our Kids to School Act of 2022
Rep. Morelle, Joseph D.