HERE IS THE FEDERAL REGISTER FOR THE PROGRAM:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0346]
Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot
Program To Allow Persons Ages 18,
19, and 20 To Operate Commercial
Motor Vehicles in Interstate Commerce
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and establishment of
pilot program.
SUMMARY: On September 10, 2020,
FMCSA proposed a pilot program to
allow persons ages 18, 19, and 20 to
operate commercial motor vehicles
(CMVs) in interstate commerce. That
pilot was never implemented. However,
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act (IIJA), which was signed into law on
November 15, 2021, requires FMCSA to
establish a pilot program that would
allow employers to establish an
apprenticeship program for certain 18-,
19-, and 20-year-old drivers to operate
commercial vehicles in interstate
commerce. This notice addresses the
comments received on the September
10, 2020, notice and provides the details
on the establishment of the Safe Driver
Apprenticeship Pilot Program required
by the IIJA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Nikki McDavid, Commercial Driver’s
License Division, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001, [email protected], (202)
366–0831. If you have questions about
viewing or submitting material to the
docket, call DOT Dockets Operations,
(202) 366–9826.