119 HR 623 IH: Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-22 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 623IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 22, 2025Mr. 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 InfrastructureA BILLTo 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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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.

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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.