# 119-hr-5563: DRIVE-SAFE Act

119-hr-5563, DRIVE-SAFE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5563
- Congress: 119
- Title: DRIVE-SAFE Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 31
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Allows under‑21 commercial drivers to gain supervised interstate driving experience through a structured apprenticeship.** The bill sets two probationary training phases, vehicle and tech requirements, supervision rules, and remediation after incidents to let younger drivers build experience while meeting safety benchmarks. - Young drivers: Would let apprentices under 21 operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce after completing a two‑stage apprenticeship with a 120‑hour probationary period followed by a 280‑hour probationary period. Training covers interstate, city, rural, and evening driving plus skills like backing, inspections, and trip planning. - Employers and supervisors: Requires employers to run the apprenticeship, keep records of benchmark compliance, and have apprentices accompanied in the cab by an experienced driver who is at least 26 and has held a commercial driver's license for 2 years. - Safety and equipment: Probationary vehicles must have automatic or automatic‑manual transmissions, active braking collision mitigation, and forward‑facing video. Preventable accidents or pointed moving violations trigger remediation and additional training until competence is shown. Employers may add extra requirements or technology and the Secretary of Transportation must issue implementing regulations within one year.

## Cosponsors (31)

- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD), 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11] (R-GA), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] (R-AR), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2] (R-OH), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4] (R-SC), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Interstate trucking apprenticeships for under-21 drivers: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would let some drivers under 21 with a CDL drive across state lines in an employer-run apprenticeship. Stage one would be 120 on-duty hours with at least 80 driving hours, and skill checks like city, rural, night driving, safety, turns, and hours-of-service logs. Stage two wou…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5563 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5563)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5563 (as of 2026-09-21).