S. 191 · 119th Congress

LICENSE Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 22, 2025 by Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jan 22, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 22, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain regulations relating to the requirements for commercial driver's license testing and commercial learner's permit holders, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Jan 22, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Cynthia M. LummisR-WYSponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jan 22, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 22, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC.6 reports
    $4M reported (all issues)
  2. American Association for Justice6 reports
    $9.2M reported (all issues)
  3. American Public Transportation Association6 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)
  4. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  5. NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  6. SYSCO CORPORATION5 reports
    $675K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SYSCO USA I, INC$1.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Shippers Coalition5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  8. FEDEX CORPORATION2 reports
    $6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.$407.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  10. OWNER OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $706.9K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.