H.R. 623

Summary

H.R. 623, the LICENSE Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 22, 2025 by Rep. Darin LaHood (R) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and last saw action on Jan 23, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Record

Text

H.R. 623 has 9 co-sponsors.

119 HR 623 IH: Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-22
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 623  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 22, 2025   Mr. LaHood  (for himself,  Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ,  Mr. Harder of California ,  Mr. Costa ,  Mr. Balderson , and  Mr. Cuellar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To direct 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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025   or the   LICENSE Act of 2025  .
2.
Modifications to certain commercial driver’s license regulations
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, shall—
(1)
revise section 384.228 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to allow a State or third-party examiner to administer the commercial driver’s license knowledge test only if the examiner—
(A)
maintains a valid commercial driver’s license test examiner certification;
(B)
completes a commercial driver’s license skills test examiner training course that meets the requirements of subsection (d) of such section; and
(C)
completes 1 unit of instruction described in subsection (c)(3) of such section; and
(2)
revise section 383.79 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to allow a State to administer a driving skills tests to any commercial driver’s license applicant, regardless of the State of domicile of the applicant or where the applicant received driver training.

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Sponsors

Rep. Darin LaHood (R) sponsors H.R. 623, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Darin LaHood

Rep. · R–IL-16 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025

Troy Balderson

Rep. · R–OH-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Jim Costa

Rep. · D–CA-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Henry Cuellar

Rep. · D–TX-28 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Josh Harder

Rep. · D–CA-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Dusty Johnson

Rep. · R–SD-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025 · Original

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Rep. · D–MI-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025

Mike Bost

Rep. · R–IL-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 5, 2025

Hillary Scholten

Rep. · D–MI-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 3, 2025

Scott Franklin

Rep. · R–FL-18 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 29, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 623 went before 2 committees: Highways and Transit Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Referred to · Jan 23, 2025 · 174 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Jan 22, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 623 has taken 3 actions since Jan 22, 2025, the latest on Jan 23, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 623 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 623.

S 191LICENSE Act of 2025Jan 22, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportati… · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 623 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• LICENSE Act of 2025 — Display Title
• LICENSE Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To direct 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 9 firms and 51 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 623 in 34 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Small Business, Environment/Superfund, Trucking/Shipping.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 51.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 623 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 623’s is Transportation and Public Works.

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