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SPRING CONFERENCE 2020—NAPLES, FL (
SUBHEADING 1—ROBOTO CONDENCED FONT 20 PT)
This Spring, the largest group of CDL training providers will gather for the CVTA Spring Conference in Naples, Florida. (SUBHEADING 2 — LATO FONT 14 PT)
House T & I Committee Takes up Highway Bill On Wednesday June 17, 2020, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (“T&I”) held a full committee markup to amend the New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act. The INVEST Act is a $500 billion Highway bill that establishes funding and surface transportation policy (e.g. highway funding, trucking, rail, and infrastructure) for the next 5 years. With over 200 amendments filed to the introduced bill, the full committee embarked on a marathon markup lasting two 12 hour days. For members who may be unaware of what a “markup” is, it is a
committee process where they literally “markup” an introduced bill through an amendment process. There are many items that are interest to CVTA members.
Entry-Level Driver Training T&I Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and T&I Highway and Transit Subcommittee Chairwoman Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-D.C.) included an Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) provision in the introduced bill. This provision requires greater accountability, transparency, benchmarks, and oversight of the FMCSA to ensure the new February 2022 deadline is met. One provision contained (Continued. on page 4)