S. 191 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jan 22, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRelaxes commercial driver license testing rules
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would loosen some requirements for testing people who want to get a commercial driver's license (CDL), which allows people to drive large trucks. States and certified third-party examiners could give the CDL knowledge test after just one unit of training, and any state could administer a driving skills test to applicants regardless of where they live or trained. These changes would reverse the expiration of temporary waivers that were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How it affects you
If you're pursuing a commercial driver's license, you might have more flexibility in where and how you take your tests. People working in trucking or considering that career could find it easier to complete the testing process without traveling to specific locations or waiting for certain examiners to be available.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jan 22, 2025)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 191
A BILL
LICENSE Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) · Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Transportation and Public Works · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jan 22, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.”