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[CITE: 49USC31308]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                           PART B--COMMERCIAL
 
             CHAPTER 313--COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS
 
Sec. 31308. Commercial driver's license

    After consultation with the States, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall prescribe regulations on minimum uniform standards for the 
issuance of commercial drivers' licenses by the States and for 
information to be contained on each of the licenses. The standards shall 
require at a minimum that--
        (1) an individual issued a commercial driver's license 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) of this title;
        (2) the license be tamperproof to the maximum extent practicable 
    and each license issued after January 1, 2001, include unique 
    identifiers (which may include biometric identifiers) to minimize 
    fraud and duplication; and
        (3) the license contain--
            (A) the name and address of the individual issued the 
        license 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;
            (D) the name of the State that issued the license; and
            (E) the dates between which the license is valid.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1020; Pub. L. 105-
178, title IV, Sec. 4011(c)(1), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 407.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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31308.................................  49 App.:2705.                    Oct. 2
7, 1986, Pub. L. 99-570, Sec.
                                                                          12006
, 100 Stat. 3207-175.
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    The words ``Not later than July 15, 1988'' are omitted as obsolete.


                               Amendments

    1998--Par. (2). Pub. L. 105-178 inserted before semicolon ``and each 
license issued after January 1, 2001, include unique identifiers (which 
may include biometric identifiers) to minimize fraud and duplication''.


                  Deadline for Issuance of Regulations

    Pub. L. 105-178, title IV, Sec. 4011(c)(2), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 
407, provided that: ``Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act [June 9, 1998], the Secretary [of Transportation] 
shall issue regulations to carry out the amendment made by paragraph (1) 
[amending this section].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 31302, 31309, 31311 of this 
title.
