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ROUTE Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize limited operation of commercial motor vehicles for eligible drivers under age 21 in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 11, 2025

Latest action (Feb 2, 2026) Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Issues
Labor & Wages

Summary
  • Allows drivers ages 18 to 20 with intrastate-only commercial driver's licenses to operate commercial motor vehicles in limited interstate commerce.
  • Interstate operation is limited to within a 150 air-mile radius of the driver's normal work reporting location.
  • Drivers must return to their normal work reporting location and be released from work within 14 consecutive hours of departing.
  • Drivers must have at least 10 consecutive hours off duty between each on-duty period.
  • The driver's normal work reporting location must remain in the state where they hold their commercial driver's license.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Harriet M. Hageman’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $186,467
  • DEERING WINE $13,200
  • ENTREPRENEUR $9,352
  • NEWSMAX $6,849
  • TREE OF LIFE FOUNDATION $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Harriet M. Hageman → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Feb 2, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
  2. Dec 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  3. Dec 11, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5563 — DRIVE-SAFE Act · Introduced Dec 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 6691 — Ceasing Age-Based Trucking Restrictions Act · Introduced Dec 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 5670 — Protecting America’s Roads Act · Introduced Dec 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 6071 — Safer Truckers Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 5767 — Secure Commercial Driver Licensing Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 5688 — Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Dec 11, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 11, 2025

Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize limited operation of commercial motor vehicles for eligible drivers under age 21 in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Responsible Opportunity for Under-21 Trucking Engagement Act” or the “ROUTE Act”.

SEC. 2. LIMITED INTERSTATE OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DRIVERS UNDER 21.

(a) In General.—Chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Sec. 31318. Limited interstate operation for drivers under 21

“(a) Definition of Eligible Driver.—In this section, the term ‘eligible driver’ means an individual who—

“(1) holds a commercial driver’s license limited to intrastate operation of a commercial motor vehicle; and

“(2) is—

“(A) not less than 18 years old; and

“(B) less than 21 years old.

“(b) Limited Interstate Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible driver may operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce (as defined in section 31132) within a 150 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location of the eligible driver, subject to the conditions that—

“(1) not more than 14 consecutive hours after departing from that normal work reporting location, the eligible driver returns to that normal work reporting location and is released from work;

“(2) the eligible driver has at least 10 consecutive hours off duty separating each on-duty period described in paragraph

(1); and

“(3) the normal work reporting location of the eligible driver remains in the State in which the eligible driver holds a commercial driver’s license described in subsection

(a)(1).”.

(b) Clerical Amendment.—The analysis for chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“31318. Limited interstate operation for drivers under 21.”. <all>

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