Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5688 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2025

  Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

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.

    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 ``Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF NON-DOMICILED COMMERCIAL DRIVER'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 domiciled
                        in a foreign jurisdiction other than the
                        jurisdictions specified in clause (ii)--
                                    ``(I) the individual has lawful
                                immigration status in the United
                                States;
                                    ``(II) the individual possesses a
                                visa determined by the Secretary to be
                                directly connected to a legitimate,
                                employment-based reason to hold a
                                commercial driver's license;
                                    ``(III) the State confirms the
                                applicant's lawful immigration status
                                before issuing, transferring, renewing,
                                or upgrading a license issued under
                                this paragraph;
                                    ``(IV) the State issues a license
                                under this paragraph for a time period
                                of up to 1 year or until the expiration
                                of the applicant's authorized stay in
                                the United States, whichever is
                                shorter; and
                                    ``(V) 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 time as
                                otherwise prescribed by the Secretary
                                and, within 48 hours of a request,
                                provides such records to the Secretary;
                                and
                            ``(ii) with respect to applicants domiciled
                        in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,
                        American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the
                        Northern Mariana Islands--
                                    ``(I) the individual presents
                                acceptable proof of United States
                                citizenship or lawful permanent
                                resident status;
                                    ``(II) the State confirms the
                                applicant's United States citizenship
                                or lawful permanent resident status
                                before 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
                                Secretary.''.
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