CDL Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4398 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4398 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 t