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CDL Act

To require new State-issued driver's licenses and identification cards to indicate whether or not the holder is a United States citizen in order to be acceptable for Federal recognition and to establish minimum requirements for Federal recognition of State-issued commercial driver's licenses and non-domicile commercial driver's licenses.

Introduced Apr 27, 2026

Latest action (Apr 27, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Referred to
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration

Summary

The bill amends the REAL ID Act to require that new State-issued driver's licenses and identification cards indicate whether the holder is a United States citizen or not, effective 60 days after enactment. The bill establishes minimum requirements for commercial driver's licenses and non-domicile commercial driver's licenses to be accepted by federal agencies for official purposes. Under the new requirements, states must verify that commercial driver's license holders are either U.S. nationals, lawfully admitted permanent residents, or certain categories of nonimmigrants with valid unexpired visas before issuing the licenses. The bill exempts certain REAL ID Act provisions from applying to commercial driver's license issuance.

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)
2 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 27, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
  2. Apr 27, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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 5688 — Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 5670 — Protecting America’s Roads Act · Introduced Dec 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 5863 — No CDLs for Illegals Act · Introduced Oct 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 3917 — The Dalilah Law · Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 7758 — The Dalilah Law · Introduced Mar 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%
  • S 4317 — No Licenses for Illegal Drivers or Truckers Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 73%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 27, 2026

Mr. Lankford (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To require new State-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards to indicate whether or not the holder is a United States citizen in order to be acceptable for Federal recognition and to establish minimum requirements for Federal recognition of State-issued commercial driver’s licenses and non-domicile commercial driver’s licenses.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

This Act may be cited as the “Citizenship Documented License Act” or the “CDL Act”.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED DRIVER’S LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO INDICATE WHETHER THE HOLDER IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN.

(a) In General.—Section 202(b) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 109-13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(10) Indication that the person is a United States citizen or is not a United States citizen.”.

(b) Effective Date; Applicability.—The requirement described in section 202(b)(10) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, as added by subsection

(a), shall only apply to State-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards issued on or after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES AND NON- DOMICILE COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES TO WARRANT FEDERAL RECOGNITION.

Title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 109- 13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended by inserting after section 202 the following:

“SEC. 202A. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES AND NON-DOMICILE COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES TO WARRANT FEDERAL RECOGNITION.

“(a) In General.—Subject to subsection (b), a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a commercial driver’s license issued by a State to any person unless the State, before issuing such a license—

“(1) required the person to present, and verified the validity of, the information described in section 202(c)(1); and

“(2) has verified the person is—

“(A) a national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)));

“(B) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))); or

“(C) a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph

(E)(ii), (H)(ii)(a), or (H)(ii)(b) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) who is in possession of a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa issued to such nonimmigrant.

“(b) Exceptions.—The provisions relating to minimum issuance standards set forth in clauses (v) through (ix) of subparagraph (B) and subparagraph (C) of section 202(c)(2) shall not apply to the issuance of a commercial driver’s license under subsection (a).”. <all>

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