No CDLs for Illegals Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5863 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5863

  To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, with respect to the 
   issuance of commercial driver's licenses to certain unauthorized 
                  individuals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, with respect to the 
   issuance of commercial driver's licenses to certain unauthorized 
                  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 ``No CDLs for Illegals Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 31308 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) present valid documentation proving 
                citizenship status, lawful permanent resident status, 
                or a valid work authorization; and
                    ``(D) present valid documentation of domicile in 
                the State in which the commercial driver's license is 
                issued;''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (4)(E) by striking the period and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) prohibit a State from issuing a commercial driver's 
        license to an individual who is not domiciled in such State; 
        and
            ``(6) require States to use the SAVE system for any non-
        citizen applicant for a commercial driver's license and deny 
        any applicant if the SAVE system does not confirm lawful 
        presence of such applicant.''.
    (b) Penalties.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
        is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 155. Suspension of funds for licensing unauthorized commercial 
              drivers
    ``(a) Suspension.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall suspend a State's apportionment of 
funds under section 104(b) if the Secretary determines that the State 
has issued commercial driver's licenses in contravention of section 
31308(6) of title 49.
    ``(b) Determination.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation shall, 
        on an annual basis, review the commercial driver's licensing 
        policies and practices of each State to determine compliance 
        with this section.
            ``(2) Information.--The Secretary may request any 
        information necessary from a State to make such a 
        determination.
    ``(c) Reinstatement.--Funds suspended under subsection (a) shall be 
reinstated to a State when the Secretary certifies that the State has 
taken all necessary measures to comply with section 31308(6) of title 
49.
    ``(d) Applicability.--This section shall apply to any State that 
receives funds under section 104(b).''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of 
        title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 154 the following:

``155. Suspension of funds for licensing unauthorized commercial 
                            drivers.''.
            (3) Rulemaking.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
        issue such regulations as are necessary to set fines for 
        trucking companies that knowingly employ drivers that do not 
        hold a valid commercial driver's license that complies with 
        section 31308 of title 49, United States Code.
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