119-hr5688

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5688 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5688

To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to requirements for 
 States issuing commercial driver's licenses to non-domiciled 
 individuals, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 3, 2025

 Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to requirements for 
 States issuing commercial driver's licenses to non-domiciled 
 individuals, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF NON-DOMICILED COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.

 Subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of 

section 31311

    (12) are amended to read 
as follows:
 ``
        (A) Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , the 
 State may issue a commercial driver's license only to 
 an individual who operates or will operate a commercial 
 motor vehicle and is domiciled in the State or in a 
 State that does not issue commercial driver's licenses.
 ``
        (B) Under regulations prescribed by the 
 Secretary, the State may issue a commercial driver's 
 license to an individual who operates or will operate a 
 commercial motor vehicle and is domiciled in a foreign 
 jurisdiction, if--
 ``
            (i) with respect to applicants domiciled 
 in a foreign jurisdiction other than the 
 jurisdictions specified in clause
            (ii) --
 ``
            (I) the individual has lawful 
 immigration status in the United 
 States;
 ``
            (II) the individual possesses a 
 visa determined by the Secretary to be 
 directly connected to a legitimate, 
 employment-based reason to hold a 
 commercial driver's license;
 ``
            (III) the State confirms the 
 applicant's lawful immigration status 
 before issuing, transferring, renewing, 
 or upgrading a license issued under 
 this paragraph;
 ``
            (IV) the State issues a license 
 under this paragraph for a time period 
 of up to 1 year or until the expiration 
 of the applicant's authorized stay in 
 the United States, whichever is 
 shorter; and
 ``
            (V) the State retains records 
 related to the issuance of a license 
 under this paragraph for not less than 
 2 years or for a period of time as 
 otherwise prescribed by the Secretary 
 and, within 48 hours of a request, 
 provides such records to the Secretary; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) with respect to applicants domiciled 
 in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 
 American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the 
 Northern Mariana Islands--
 ``
            (I) the individual presents 
 acceptable proof of United States 
 citizenship or lawful permanent 
 resident status;
 ``
            (II) the State confirms the 
 applicant's United States citizenship 
 or lawful permanent resident status 
 before issuing, transferring, renewing, 
 or upgrading a license issued under 
 this paragraph; and
 ``
            (III) the State retains records 
 related to the issuance of a license 
 under this paragraph for not less than 
 2 years or for a period of a time as 
 otherwise prescribed by the Secretary 
 and, within 48 hours of a request, 
 provides such records to the 
 Secretary.''.
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