STOP Improper Licensing Act
Sponsored By: Representative Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a federal audit and enforcement framework to find and fix improper issuance of commercial driver’s licenses to non-domiciled individuals. It would empower the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to audit States, publish results, require corrective plans, and withhold FMCSA funding for substantial noncompliance.
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- States: States would face audits of CDL issuance within 3 years and strict deadlines for responses. Audit results must be sent within 30 days, States get 30 days to comment, final findings published within 90 days, and corrective plans due within 60 days.
- Non-domiciled drivers: Audits would focus on two problems: individuals who kept active licenses after lawful presence expired and licenses issued without verifying lawful presence. Error rates drive follow-up action.
- Federal oversight and enforcement: FMCSA would use clear error-rate triggers for follow-up audits — over 10 percent but under 25 percent prompts a follow-up within 2 years, over 25 percent triggers annual follow-ups for 3 years. The agency must publish findings and report compliance status to Congress and may withhold funds until a State returns to compliance.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Nationwide FMCSA CDL audits
If enacted, FMCSA would audit every State's procedures for issuing non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses within 3 years. Audits would use a random sample and focus on people who kept licenses after lawful U.S. presence ended and those issued licenses without verifying lawful presence. FMCSA would send findings to each State within 30 days after all audits finish, give States 30 days to comment, publish final findings on its website, and report to Congress within 90 days after all audits finish. If a State's sample error rate is over 10% but under 25%, FMCSA would do a follow-up audit within 2 years. If a State's error rate is over 25%, FMCSA would audit that State every year for 3 years. Nothing in the Act would stop FMCSA from doing other audits at any time.
Enforcement, funding freezes, and standards
If enacted, FMCSA would send preliminary substantial noncompliance findings to States within 30 days after audits are published and give States 60 days to confirm fixes or submit a corrective plan. If a State does not respond, FMCSA would warn that a final determination will issue in 10 days and then issue the final determination if still no response. The Administrator would notify Congress each time a final determination is issued and each time a State returns to compliance. FMCSA would withhold all FMCSA funding from any State with a final finding of substantial noncompliance and keep funds withheld until the State returns to compliance. The bill would define 'substantial noncompliance' using criteria such as how many requirements were violated, whether violations were substantive rather than technical, whether there is a pattern, whether the State failed to cure violations when aware, and whether violations were knowing and willful.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
WY • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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