[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10123 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10123
To require the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration to audit the issuance procedures for non-domiciled
commercial driver's licenses for each State, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 20, 2026
Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration to audit the issuance procedures for non-domiciled
commercial driver's licenses for each State, 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 ``Strengthening Transportation
Oversight and Preventing Improper Licensing Act'' or the ``STOP
Improper Licensing Act''.
SEC. 2. INITIAL AUDIT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration shall audit the issuance procedures for non-domiciled
commercial driver's licenses for each State.
(b) Requirements.--In conducting the audit required under
subsection (a), the Administrator shall use a randomly selected sample
of non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses issued by a State to
determine compliance with Federal laws and regulations regarding the
issuance of non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses.
(c) Contents.--In conducting the audit under subsection (a), the
Administrator shall emphasize auditing non-domiciled commercial
driver's licenses illegally issued to--
(1) individuals who retained active licenses after their
lawful presence in the United States expired; and
(2) individuals who were issued licenses without first
verifying the individual's lawful presence in the United
States.
(d) Transmission of Audit Results.--Not later than 30 days after
the completion of all required audits under this section, the
Administrator shall transmit the audit findings and conclusions to each
State and allow each State 30 days to provide comments on such findings
and conclusions.
(e) Final Findings and Conclusions.--Not later than 90 days after
the completion of all required audits under this section, the
Administrator shall publish the findings and conclusions of the audits
on the website of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and
submit a report to Congress.
SEC. 3. CORRECTIVE MEASURES AND FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after publishing the
required audits under section 2, the Administrator shall issue
preliminary determinations of substantial noncompliance with any
relevant Federal laws and regulations and transmit necessary corrective
measures to the States for implementation.
(b) Implementation or Corrective Action Plan.--Not later than 60
days after receiving the corrective measures under subsection (a),
States shall respond either confirming implementation or submitting a
corrective action plan if such measures require additional time to
carry out.
(c) Follow-Up Audits.--
(1) In general.--If, of the audited sample for each State,
there exists an error rate for non-domiciled commercial
driver's license issuance of over 10 percent but less than 25
percent, the Administrator shall conduct a follow-up audit not
later than 2 years after the completion of the initial audit.
(2) High error rate states.--For any States that maintain
an error rate of over 25 percent, the Administrator shall
conduct follow-up audits annually for a period of 3 years.
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.
(a) In General.--If a State fails to respond within the prescribed
60-day time frame under section 3(b), the Administrator shall notify
such State that the Administrator will issue a final determination of
substantial noncompliance within 10 days, unless the Administrator
receives a response.
(b) Issuance of Determination.--At the end of the 10-day period
under subsection (a), if no response is received, the Administrator
shall formally issue such a determination with instructions for coming
back into compliance.
(c) Withholding of Funds.--Upon a State receiving a final
determination of substantial noncompliance under subsection (b), the
Administrator shall withhold all Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration funding from such State until such time as such State
comes back into compliance.
(d) Notification of Congress.--The Administrator shall submit to
Congress a notification each instance that--
(1) the Administrator issues a final determination of
substantial noncompliance to a State under this section; and
(2) a State comes back into compliance with the
requirements of this Act.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Substantial noncompliance.--The term ``substantial
noncompliance'' means a substantial violation of this Act.
(2) Substantial violation.--The term ``substantial
violation'' means a violation that merits action under this Act
based on consideration of the following criteria by the
Administrator:
(A) The number of restrictions or requirements
violated.
(B) Whether the violation represents an instance of
noncompliance with a substantive statutory or
regulatory restriction or requirement, rather than an
instance of noncompliance with a non-substantive
technical or procedural requirement.
(C) The extent to which the violation is part of a
pattern of noncompliance with Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration requirements or restrictions.
(D) The extent to which the State failed to take
action to cure the violation when it became aware of
the violation.
(E) Whether the violation was knowing and willful.
SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the Administrator
from carrying out any separate audit not required by this Act at any
time.
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