Both chambers of Congress recently introduced a similar bill that would allow trucking companies the option to drug test their drivers via hair (or hair follicle) sample rather than urine sample to satisfy federal drug testing requirements. The bill, the Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015, (S.806 and H.R. 1467), has been introduced in Congress several times in recent years. This year it is sponsored in the Senate by Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.). The House bill is sponsored by Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.). Read more