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S. 191

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 191, the LICENSE Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 22, 2025 by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Jan 22, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

S. 191 has 1 co-sponsor.

sb191/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S191 IS: Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-22
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 191  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 22, 2025   Ms. Lummis  (for herself and  Mr. Kelly ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation    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.
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 a commercial driver’s license knowledge test 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 that section; and
(C)
completes 1 unit of instruction described in subsection (c)(3) of that 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 test to any commercial driver’s license applicant, regardless of the State of domicile of the applicant or where the applicant received driver training.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-01-22
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate Jan 22, 2025

sb191/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (01/22/2025)

Sponsors

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R) sponsors S. 191, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 191 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Referred To · Jan 22, 2025 · 458 Bills

Actions

S. 191 has taken 2 actions since Jan 22, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 22, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Jan 22, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 191 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 191.

Titles

S. 191 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
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

10 clients hired 11 firms and 71 registered lobbyists who named S. 191 in 47 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 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Trade (domestic/foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Torts, Trucking/Shipping, Budget/Appropriations.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE—District of Columbia17—
NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATIONA national trade association of lumber and building materials dealersDistrict of Columbia16$240K
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES—District of Columbia16—
SHIPPERS COALITIONalliance of manufacturers and trade associationsDistrict of Columbia15$400K
SYSCO CORPORATIONFoodservice distributionTexas15—
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATIONTrade AssociationDistrict of Columbia22$45K
FEDEX CORPORATION—District of Columbia12—
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION—Missouri12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE17—
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION16—
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES16—
SMITHBUCKLIN CORPORATION16$240K
ATLAS CROSSING LLC15$400K
SYSCO CORPORATION15—
FEDEX CORPORATION12—
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION12—
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION11—
THE PETERSON GROUP INC11$45K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 71.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
CHARLOTTE MCBIRNEY117
DANIEL HINKLE117
HEATHER SAGER117
JULIA DUNCAN117
LINDA LIPSEN117
SUSAN STEINMAN117
VICTOR DIAZ117
ALEXANDRA ROSEN116
ANASTASIA TIONGSON116
BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ116
DANIEL HILTON116
DARRIN ROTH116
HENRY HANSCOM116
JAMES GRANDE116
JILLIAN KINDER116
JONATHAN EISEN116
JONATHAN PAINE116
JULIA CONVERTINI116
JUSTICE ESTRADA116
KATHERINE DUVENECK116

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2026 first_quarter$3.1M1st Quarter - Report
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2026 second_quarter$2.9M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2026 second_quarter$1.8M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 fourth_quarter$1.8M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2026 first_quarter$1.5M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 first_quarter$1.4M1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 first_quarter$1.4M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 second_quarter$1.4M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSAMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS2025 second_quarter$740K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSAMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS2026 second_quarter$720K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSAMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS2025 first_quarter$720K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$660K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$660K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSAMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS2026 first_quarter$620K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSAMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS2025 third_quarter$620K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSAMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS2025 fourth_quarter$560K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 second_quarter$540K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 first_quarter$506.4K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 fourth_quarter$465.8K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 191 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 191’s is Transportation and Public Works.

s191/policy-areas.txt
Transportation and Public WorksAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationWater Resources Development

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