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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6233 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to 
commercial motor vehicle operator testing requirements, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 
Mr. TAYLOR (for himself, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. CARTER of Geor-
gia, Mr. MANN, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. 
GOSAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify provisions 
relating to commercial motor vehicle operator testing re-
quirements, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Commercial Motor Ve-
hicle English Proficiency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR TEST-
ING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) TESTING STANDARDS.—Section 31305(a) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively, and indenting the clauses appropriately; 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by redesignating 
clauses (i) through (iv) as subclauses (I) 
through (IV), respectively, and indenting the 
subclauses appropriately; and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-
tively, and indenting the clauses appropriately; 
(3) in paragraph (8), by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively, and indenting the clauses appropriately; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(8) as subparagraphs (A) through (H), respectively, 
and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; 
(5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
(as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The regulations’’ and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations under 
paragraph (1)’’; and 
(B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe reg-
ulations on’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) 
shall prescribe regulations establishing’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law (including regulations), 
effective beginning on the date that is 2 years 
after the date of enactment of the Commercial 
Motor Vehicle English Proficiency Act, an indi-
vidual shall not be eligible to pass a knowledge 
test, in written, verbal, or automated format, 
under this subsection, or to receive a certifi-
cation of fitness to operate a commercial motor 
vehicle, unless the individual demonstrates the 
ability to understand in English the basic infor-
mation needed to effectively operate, and to 
communicate in English while operating, a com-
mercial motor vehicle, including— 
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‘‘(i) reading and understanding traffic 
signs in English; 
‘‘(ii) communicating in English with 
traffic safety officers, border patrol agents, 
agricultural checkpoint officers, and cargo 
weight-limit station personnel; and 
‘‘(iii) providing and receiving feedback 
and directions in English. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law (including regulations), 
effective beginning on the date that is 2 years 
after the date of enactment of the Commercial 
Motor Vehicle English Proficiency Act, a knowl-
edge test, in written, verbal, or automated for-
mat, under this subsection may not be adminis-
tered in any language other than English.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 
of Transportation shall modify the regulations contained 
in part 383 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
the Secretary of Transportation determines to be nec-
essary to implement this section and the amendments 
made by this section by the date that is 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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