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H.R. 623 119th Congress House

LICENSE Act of 2025

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain regulations relating to the requirements for commercial driver's license testing and commercial lea… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: January 22, 2025 Introduced by: Darin LaHood Republican · Illinois See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works
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Jan 23, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 22, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025 or the LICENSE Act of 2025

This bill requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCA) to revise regulations to relax certain requirements related to commercial driver's license (CDL) testing.

Specifically, the FMCA must allow a state or third-party examiner who has maintained a valid CDL test examiner certification and has previously completed a CDL skills test examiner training course to administer the CDL knowledge test, so long as they have completed one unit of instruction regarding the CDL knowledge test.

The FMCA must also allow a state to administer a driving skills test to any CDL applicant regardless of the applicant's state of domicile or where the applicant received driver training.

As background, the FMCA implemented temporary waivers for similar CDL testing-related requirements in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These waivers have since expired.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 191 LICENSE Act of 2025
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 Lobbying activity 41

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 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 4
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Franklin, Scott
Florida · May 29, 2025
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Scholten, Hillary J.
Michigan · Mar 3, 2025
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Bost, Mike
Illinois · Feb 5, 2025
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McDonald Rivet, Kristen
Michigan · Jan 31, 2025
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Balderson, Troy
Ohio · Jan 22, 2025
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Costa, Jim
California · Jan 22, 2025
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jan 22, 2025
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Harder, Josh
California · Jan 22, 2025
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Johnson, Dusty
South Dakota · Jan 22, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 623: LICENSE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-623/
MLA
"H.R. 623: LICENSE Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-623/.
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H.R. 623, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-623/.
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[H.R. 623: LICENSE Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-623/)
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