119-hr623

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 623 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 623

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain regulations 
 relating to the requirements for commercial driver's license testing 
 and commercial learner's permit holders, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 22, 2025

 Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Harder of 
 California, Mr. Costa, Mr. Balderson, and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
 and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain regulations 
 relating to the requirements for commercial driver's license testing 
 and commercial learner's permit holders, 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 ``Licensing Individual Commercial 
Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025'' or the ``LICENSE 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE 
 REGULATIONS.

 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, shall--

    (1) revise 

section 384.228 of title 49, Code of Federal 
 Regulations (or a successor regulation), to allow a State or 
 third-party examiner to administer the commercial driver's 
 license knowledge test only if the examiner--
        (A) maintains a valid commercial driver's license 
 test examiner certification;
        (B) completes a commercial driver's license skills 
 test examiner training course that meets the 
 requirements of subsection
            (d) of such section; and
            (C) completes 1 unit of instruction described in 
 subsection
            (c) (3) of such section; and

    (2) revise 

section 383.79 of title 49, Code of Federal 
 Regulations (or a successor regulation), to allow a State to 
 administer a driving skills tests to any commercial driver's 
 license applicant, regardless of the State of domicile of the 
 applicant or where the applicant received driver training.
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