H.R. 5688

[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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