VERIFY CDL Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7200 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7200

   To require verification of employment authorization through the E-
 Verify Program as a condition of issuance or renewal of a commercial 
                           driver's license.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2026

Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require verification of employment authorization through the E-
 Verify Program as a condition of issuance or renewal of a commercial 
                           driver's license.

    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 ``Verification of Employment and 
Residency Integrity For Commercial Driver's Licenses Act'' or the 
``VERIFY CDL Act''.

SEC. 2. E-VERIFY REQUIREMENT FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUANCE 
              AND RENEWAL.

    Section 31305(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) A State may issue or renew any commercial driver's 
        license only if the individual's authorization to be employed 
        in the United States has been verified through the E-Verify 
        Program (as defined in section 403(a) of the Illegal 
        Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
        U.S.C. 1324a note)) at the time of application for issuance or 
        renewal of such license.''.
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