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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 191 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain regulations |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the requirements for commercial driver’s license testing and |
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| 7 | 7 | | commercial learner’s permit holders, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | UMMIS(for herself and Mr. KELLY) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain |
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| 16 | 16 | | regulations relating to the requirements for commercial |
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| 17 | 17 | | driver’s license testing and commercial learner’s permit |
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| 18 | 18 | | holders, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Licensing Individual 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of 2025’’ or the ‘‘LICENSE Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 191 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIV-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ER’S LICENSE REGULATIONS. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Safety Administration, shall— 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) revise section 384.228 of title 49, Code of 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | allow a State or third-party examiner to administer 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | a commercial driver’s license knowledge test if the 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | examiner— 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) maintains a valid commercial driver’s 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | license test examiner certification; 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) completes a commercial driver’s license 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | skills test examiner training course that meets 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the requirements of subsection (d) of that sec-16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tion; and 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (C) completes 1 unit of instruction de-18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | scribed in subsection (c)(3) of that section; and 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) revise section 383.79 of title 49, Code of 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | allow a State to administer a driving skills test to 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | any commercial driver’s license applicant, regardless 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of the State of domicile of the applicant or where the 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | applicant received driver training. 25 |
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