Commercial driver’s licenses

Section 31308 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence— (A) by inserting (referred to in this section as the Secretary) after Secretary of Transportation; and (B) by striking After and inserting the following: (a) Uniform standards After; (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding and after the semicolon at the end; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (C) present written documentation to the State, obtained through an entity participating in the E-Verify Program described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note; Public Law 104–208) or through a process established by the State, verifying the employment eligibility of the individual;; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; (C) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (5) on the request of the Secretary, each State shall provide to the Secretary the written documentation described in paragraph (1)(C).; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (b) Enforcement by the Attorney General Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that a State is engaged in, or is about to engage in, any act that constitutes, or would constitute, a violation of a requirement under paragraph (1)(C) or (5) of subsection (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil action in a district court of the United States to enjoin such violation. (c) Enforcement by attorney general of a State (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Harm The term harm means— (i) any bodily injury suffered by a citizen of a State; or (ii) any monetary loss greater than $100 suffered by a State or a citizen of a State. (B) Injured State The term injured State means a State alleged, or any citizen of which is alleged, to be harmed as described in paragraph (2). (2) Action for injunctive relief The attorney general of a State, or any other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of the requirement that the employment eligibility of an individual be verified through the E-Verify Program or other process described in subsection (a)(1)(C) before that individual is issued a commercial driver’s license, as required under that subsection, and that the violation harms that State or any citizen of that State, shall have standing to bring an action against the Secretary on behalf of the injured State or the citizens of the injured State in an appropriate district court of the United States to obtain injunctive relief requiring the Secretary to request from the State that issued the commercial driver’s license the written documentation described in subsection (a)(1)(C)..