[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1649 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1649

     To require 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2023

 Ms. Lummis (for herself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require 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 a commercial driver's 
        license knowledge test 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 that section; and
                    (C) completes 1 unit of instruction described in 
                subsection (c)(3) of that 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 test 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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