[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6071 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6071

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that commercial 
   driver's licenses be restricted to United States citizens, lawful 
permanent residents, and individuals authorized by U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services to engage in employment in the United States that 
  includes driving a commercial motor vehicle, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that commercial 
   driver's licenses be restricted to United States citizens, lawful 
permanent residents, and individuals authorized by U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services to engage in employment in the United States that 
  includes driving a commercial motor vehicle, 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 ``Safer Truckers Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CDLS.

    Section 31308(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) be a citizen or lawful permanent resident of 
                the United States or authorized by U.S. Citizenship and 
                Immigration Services to engage in employment in the 
                United States that includes driving a commercial motor 
                vehicle;''.

SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND WITHHOLDING OF AMOUNTS FOR 
              NONCOMPLIANCE.

    Section 31311(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(26) The State may issue a commercial driver's license to 
        an individual only if the individual is a citizen or lawful 
        permanent resident of the United States or is authorized by 
        U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to engage in 
        employment in the United States that includes driving a 
        commercial motor vehicle.
            ``(27) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of this paragraph, and by December 31 of each year thereafter, 
        the State shall submit to the Secretary a report describing the 
        policies and actions of the State to uphold and enforce the 
        English-language proficiency requirements for drivers of 
        commercial motor vehicles, as described in section 391.11(b)(2) 
        of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
        regulation).''.
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