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trucking-reciprocity

WASHINGTON — Legislation introduced last week could take the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration’s recent restrictions on foreign truck 
drivers to a whole new level.

The Protecting America’s Roads Act, introduced by Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-
Texas, is largely aimed at codifying into law FMCSA’s recent Interim Final 
Rule (IFR) cracking down on non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses, 
and by extension foreign truck drivers.

But Van Duyne’s bill would push those restrictions further by attempting 
to end CDL reciprocity agreements with foreign countries – which currently 
exist only between Mexico and Canada.

“It is time to end the danger posed by illegal immigrant and foreign 
national truck drivers who are not capable of safely operating an 18-wheel 
commercial vehicle or, in many cases, understanding English language 
warning signs and road instructions,” Van Duyne said in a statement.

“To any state bothered by these new rules and proposed legislation, do our 
country a favor and stop endangering the lives of Americans with your 
reckless actions or suffer the consequences of having federal highway 
funds removed.”

FMCSA has previously determined that CDLs issued by Mexican states and by 
Canadian provinces, and which conform with those countries’ safety codes, 
are in compliance with FMCSA’s CDL regulations.

“Under these reciprocity determinations, drivers that live in Canada and 
Mexico … operate in the United States with the license issued by their 
country of domicile,” according to FMCSA, thereby prohibiting them from 
obtaining a non-domiciled CDL from a U.S. state under the “single license” 
provision.

However, Section 3 of Van Duyne’s legislation states that, not later than 
six months after enactment, the FMCSA “shall take such actions as are 
necessary to terminate any existing reciprocity agreements that recognize 
foreign commercial driver’s licenses in the United States or permit 
holders of foreign commercial driver’s licenses to operate a commercial 
motor vehicle in the United States, unless expressly authorized by 
statute.”

Terminating those agreements would mean that CDLs issued from Canada or 
Mexico would no longer be considered valid in the U.S., potentially 
forcing drivers holding those licenses who want to operate across the 
border to get a new U.S.-recognized credential – most likely a non-
domiciled CDL under the new restrictions being enforced by FMCSA.

In addition to terminating reciprocity agreements, the legislation would 
also ban states from issuing a CDL to an individual not domiciled in that 
state, as well require CDL applicants to present proof that they are 
domiciled within the state of registration.

While FMCSA’s IFR requires foreign-jurisdiction applicants for a non-
domiciled CDL (or Commercial Learner’s Permit) to have lawful immigration 
status in the U.S. and provide evidence of lawful immigration status, no 
proof of domicile is required.


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