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S 191 119th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works

LICENSE Act of 2025

Introduced: January 22, 2025 Introduced by: Lummis, Cynthia M. Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Jan 22, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now January 22, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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