Title: LICENSE Act of 2022
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2022 or the LICENSE Act of 2022
This bill provides statutory authority for waivers of training, testing, and other requirements for commercial driver's licenses that were issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3556 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3556

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2022

 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 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 2022'' or the ``LICENSE 
Act of 2022''.

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 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 that section; and
                    (C) completes 1 unit of instruction described in 
                subsection (c)(3) of that section;
            (2) revise section 383.25(a)(1) of title 49, Code of 
        Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to allow a 
        commercial driver's license holder accompanying a commercial 
        learner's permit holder to be present anywhere in the cab of 
        the vehicle being operated by the commercial learner's permit 
        holder; and
            (3) 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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