LICENSE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3013
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2023-04-28
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Employment and training programs

Licensing and registrations

Motor carriers
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 712.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2023 or the LICENSE Act of 2023 </strong></p><p>This bill provides statutory authority for waivers of training, testing, and other requirements for commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) that were issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Specifically, this bill allows a state or third-party examiner who has maintained a valid CDL test examiner certification and has previously completed a CDL skills test examiner training course to administer the CDL knowledge test, so long as they have completed one unit of the CDL knowledge test training course.</p><p>The bill also allows a state to administer a driving skills test to any CDL applicant regardless of the applicant's state of domicile or where the applicant received driver training.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 712 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3013 [Report No. 118–871] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2023 Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Costa , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , and Mr. Harder of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure December 12, 2024 Additional sponsors: Mr. Harris and Mr. Womack December 12, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 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.

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 . 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 the 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 such section; and (C) completes 1 unit of instruction described in subsection (c)(3) of such 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 tests to any commercial driver’s license applicant, regardless of the State of domicile of the applicant or where the applicant received driver training.

December 12, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3013 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2023 Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Costa , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , and Mr. Harder of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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.

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 . 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 the 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 such section; and (C) completes 1 unit of instruction described in subsection (c)(3) of such 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 tests to any commercial driver’s license applicant, regardless of the State of domicile of the applicant or where the applicant received driver training.