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49 U.S.C. § 31308 — Commercial driver’s license
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After consultation with the States, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations on minimum uniform standards for the issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses and learner’s permits by the States and for information to be contained on each of the licenses and permits. The standards shall require at a minimum that—
(1) an individual issued a commercial driver’s license—
(A) pass written and driving tests for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that comply with the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary under section 31305(a); and
(B) present certification of completion of driver training that meets the requirements established by the Secretary under section 31305(c);
(2) before a commercial driver’s license learner’s permit may be issued to an individual, the individual must pass a written test, that complies with the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary under section 31305(a), on the operation of the commercial motor vehicle that the individual will be operating under the permit;
(3) the license or learner’s permit be tamperproof to the maximum extent practicable and each license or learner’s permit issued after January 1, 2001, include unique identifiers (which may include biometric identifiers) to minimize fraud and duplication; and
(4) the license or learner’s permit contain—
(A) the name and address of the individual issued the license or learner’s permit and a physical description of the individual;
(B) the social security account number or other number or information the Secretary decides is appropriate to identify the individual;
(C) the class or type of commercial motor vehicle the individual is authorized to operate under the license or learner’s permit;
(D) the name of the State that issued the licens
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After consultation with the States, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations on minimum uniform standards for the issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses and learner’s permits by the States and for information to be contained on each of the licenses and permits. The standards shall require at a minimum that—
(1) an individual issued a commercial driver’s license—
(A) pass written and driving tests for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that comply with the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary under section 31305(a); and
(B) present certification of completion of driver training that meets the requirements established by the Secretary under section 31305(c);
(2) before a commercial driver’s license learner’s permit may be issued to an individual, the individual must pass a written test, that complies with the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary under section 31305(a), on the operation of the commercial motor vehicle that the individual will be operating under the permit;
(3) the license or learner’s permit be tamperproof to the maximum extent practicable and each license or learner’s permit issued after January 1, 2001, include unique identifiers (which may include biometric identifiers) to minimize fraud and duplication; and
(4) the license or learner’s permit contain—
(A) the name and address of the individual issued the license or learner’s permit and a physical description of the individual;
(B) the social security account number or other number or information the Secretary decides is appropriate to identify the individual;
(C) the class or type of commercial motor vehicle the individual is authorized to operate under the license or learner’s permit;
(D) the name of the State that issued the license or learner’s permit; and
(E) the dates between which the license or learner’s permit is valid.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws.
(2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost.
(3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided.
(4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon
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**(a) General.—** To avoid having amounts withheld from apportionment under [section 31314 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31314&num=0&edition=prelim), a State shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The State shall adopt and carry out a program for testing and ensuring the fitness of individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles consistent with the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation under [section 31305(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31305/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The State may issue a commercial driver’s license to an individual only if the individual passes written and driving tests for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that comply with the minimum standards.
(3) The State shall have in effect and enforce a law providing that an individual with a blood alcohol concentration level at or above the level established by [section 31310(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31310/a&num=0&edition=prelim) when operating a commercial motor vehicle is deemed to be driving under the influence of alcohol.
(4) The State shall authorize an individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle only by issuing a commercial driver’s license containing the information described in [section 31308(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31308/3&num=0&edition=prelim).11 See References in Text note below.
(5) Not later than the time period prescribed by the Secretary by regulation, the State shall notify the Secretary or the operator of the information system under [section 31309 of this title](https://usc
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 31308
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘a vehicle consisting’’
are substituted for ‘‘any combination’’ for clarity. The
words ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and
Defense Highways’’ are substituted for ‘‘National Sys-
tem of Interstate and Defense Highways’’ because of
the Act of October 15, 1990 (Public Law 101–427, 104 Stat.
927).
In subsection (b), the words ‘‘Not later than 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding’’ are
omitted as executed.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–94, § 5508(b)(5), amended
Pub. L. 112–141, § 32931(c). See 2012 Amendment note
below.
2012—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–141, § 32931(c), as amend-
ed by Pub. L. 114–94, § 5508(b)(5), substituted ‘‘The Sec-
retary of Transportation shall maintain’’ for ‘‘Not later
than December 18, 1994, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall prescribe’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2015 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, § 5508(b), Dec. 4, 2015, 129
Stat. 1554, provided that the amendment made by sec-
tion 5508(b)(5) is effective as of July 6, 2012, and as if in-
cluded in Pub. L. 112–141 as enacted.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2012 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–141 effective Oct. 1, 2012,
see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effec-
tive and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note
under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
§ 31308. Commercial driver’s license
After consultation with the States, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall prescribe regula-
tions on minimum uniform standards for the
issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses and
learner’s permits by the States and for informa-
tion to be contained on each
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