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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 623
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain regulations relat-
ing to the requirements for commercial driver’s license testing and com-
mercial learner’s permit holders, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY22, 2025
Mr. L
AHOOD(for himself, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Mr. HARDERof
California, Mr. C
OSTA, Mr. BALDERSON, and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Licensing Individual 4
Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act 5
of 2025’’ or the ‘‘LICENSE Act of 2025’’. 6
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIV-1
ER’S LICENSE REGULATIONS. 2
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 3
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting 4
through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier 5
Safety Administration, shall— 6
(1) revise section 384.228 of title 49, Code of 7
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to 8
allow a State or third-party examiner to administer 9
the commercial driver’s license knowledge test only 10
if the examiner— 11
(A) maintains a valid commercial driver’s 12
license test examiner certification; 13
(B) completes a commercial driver’s license 14
skills test examiner training course that meets 15
the requirements of subsection (d) of such sec-16
tion; and 17
(C) completes 1 unit of instruction de-18
scribed in subsection (c)(3) of such section; and 19
(2) revise section 383.79 of title 49, Code of 20
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to 21
allow a State to administer a driving skills tests to 22
any commercial driver’s license applicant, regardless 23
of the State of domicile of the applicant or where the 24
applicant received driver training. 25
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