Connor’s Law

Section 31308(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end;

(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding and after the semicolon at the end; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

(C) can read and speak the English language sufficiently—

(i) to converse with the general public;

(ii) to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language;

(iii) to respond to official inquiries; and

(iv) to make entries on reports and records;

An individual operating a commercial motor vehicle who is determined by an authorized enforcement officer to be noncompliant with section 391.11(b)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), shall be declared out of service.

Nothing in paragraph (1) changes, limits, or otherwise impacts an out-of-service order that—

(A) is not covered under that paragraph; and

(B) is carried out pursuant to applicable Federal law (including regulations) or the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria.