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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5688 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to requirements for 
States issuing commercial driver’s licenses to non-domiciled individuals, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2025 
Mr. ROUZER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
requirements for States issuing commercial driver’s li-
censes to non-domiciled individuals, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Non-Domiciled CDL 
Integrity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF NON-DOMICILED COMMERCIAL DRIV-
ER’S LICENSES. 
Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 31311(12) are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the State may issue a commercial driver’s 
license only to an individual who operates or 
will operate a commercial motor vehicle and is 
domiciled in the State or in a State that does 
not issue commercial driver’s licenses. 
‘‘(B) Under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary, the State may issue a commercial 
driver’s license to an individual who operates or 
will operate a commercial motor vehicle and is 
domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction, if— 
‘‘(i) with respect to applicants domi-
ciled in a foreign jurisdiction other than 
the jurisdictions specified in clause (ii)— 
‘‘(I) the individual has lawful im-
migration status in the United States; 
‘‘(II) the individual possesses a 
visa determined by the Secretary to be 
directly connected to a legitimate, em-
ployment-based reason to hold a com-
mercial driver’s license; 
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‘‘(III) the State confirms the ap-
plicant’s lawful immigration status be-
fore issuing, transferring, renewing, 
or upgrading a license issued under 
this paragraph; 
‘‘(IV) the State issues a license 
under this paragraph for a time pe-
riod of up to 1 year or until the expi-
ration of the applicant’s authorized 
stay in the United States, whichever 
is shorter; and 
‘‘(V) the State retains records re-
lated to the issuance of a license 
under this paragraph for not less than 
2 years or for a period of time as oth-
erwise prescribed by the Secretary 
and, within 48 hours of a request, 
provides such records to the Sec-
retary; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to applicants domi-
ciled in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands— 
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‘‘(I) the individual presents ac-
ceptable proof of United States citi-
zenship or lawful permanent resident 
status; 
‘‘(II) the State confirms the ap-
plicant’s United States citizenship or 
lawful permanent resident status be-
fore issuing, transferring, renewing, 
or upgrading a license issued under 
this paragraph; and 
‘‘(III) the State retains records 
related to the issuance of a license 
under this paragraph for not less than 
2 years or for a period of a time as 
otherwise prescribed by the Secretary 
and, within 48 hours of a request, 
provides such records to the Sec-
retary.’’. 
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