Sec. 6. Strengthening State licensing to ensure legal drivers

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Section 31311(a)(12) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraphs

(B)and

(C)and inserting subparagraphs

(B)through

(D); by redesignating subparagraph

(C)as subparagraph (D); and by inserting after subparagraph

(B)the following: A State that issues a commercial learner’s permit or a commercial driver’s license to an individual who is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States shall— confirm that the applicant for the commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license is authorized to work in the United States; provide to the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration such information as the Administrator determines necessary to confirm that the applicant is authorized to work in the United States; and if the applicant’s authorization to work in the United States expires before the date on which the applicant’s commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license would otherwise expire, align the expiration of the applicant’s commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license to the date on which the applicant’s authorization to work in the United States expires. . Chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than the last day of each month, each State that issues commercial driver’s licenses under this chapter shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation a report describing— the number of commercial learner’s permits issued by the State during the preceding month; the number of commercial driver’s licenses issued by the State during the preceding month; the number of foreign non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses issued by the State during the preceding month; the number of endorsements issued by the State during the preceding month; and the number of, and justification for, revocations, suspensions, and downgrades of commercial driver’s licenses by the State during the preceding month. . The analysis for chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 31318. Monthly report on commercial driver’s licenses. .