; and (2) establish a deadline for a certified laboratory to request approval under paragraph (1). (b) Savings clause Nothing in this section may be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting any authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant approval to a certified laboratory for use of completely paperless electronic Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Forms, including to grant approval outside of the process under subsection (a). (c) Electronic signatures Not later than 18 months after the date of the deadline under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule revising part 40 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to authorize, to the extent practicable, the use of electronic signatures or digital signatures executed to electronic forms instead of traditional handwritten signatures executed on paper forms. 8109. Status reports on Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the compliance date, the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a status report on implementation of the final rule for the Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (81 FR 87686), including— (1) an updated schedule, including benchmarks, for implementing the final rule as soon as practicable, but not later than the compliance date; and (2) a description of each action the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is taking to implement the final rule before the compliance date. (b) Definition of compliance date In this section, the term compliance date means the earlier of— (1) January 6, 2020