[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3013 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3013

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2023

  Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
 Johnson of South Dakota, and Mr. Harder of California) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Licensing Individual Commercial 
Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2023'' or the ``LICENSE 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. 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.
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