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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 23, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials for Employment Act or the ADVANCE Act
(Sec. 2) This bill applies commercial driver's license standards for former members of the Armed Forces or reserves to current members of the Armed Forces or reserves.
The bill allows such covered individuals who have experience in driving vehicles similar to a commercial motor vehicle while serving in the Armed Forces or reserves to apply for an exemption from all or a portion of federal commercial motor vehicle driving test requirements.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2258 as passed House amended on Jun 26, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jun 26, 2017
Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials for Employment (ADVANCE) Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
409 Yea 0 Nay 24 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2258 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 2258 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
9 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.