LICENSE Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- H.R. 623
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Transportation and Public Works
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-01-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-06T06:46:49Z
Official Summary
Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025 or the LICENSE Act of 2025
This bill requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCA) to revise regulations to relax certain requirements related to commercial driver's license (CDL) testing.
Specifically, the FMCA must allow 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 instruction regarding the CDL knowledge test.
The FMCA must also allow 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.
As background, the FMCA implemented temporary waivers for similar CDL testing-related requirements in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These waivers have since expired.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (9)
Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large], Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12], Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28], Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8], Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12], Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3], Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18]
Recent Actions
- 2025-01-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- 2025-01-22: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- 2025-01-22: Introduced in House
- 2025-01-22: Introduced in House
Bill Versions
- Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025 — issued 2025-01-22 — PDF (2 pages)