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FMCSA’s “unlawful” non-domiciled CDL rule will disrupt the economy, state officials tell agency
FMCSA failed to provide safety evidence for CDL rule, state AGs assert. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Key Takeaways:
- The FMCSA’s Interim Final Rule severely restricts non-domiciled CDL holders, projected to strip nearly 200,000 drivers of eligibility and cause widespread economic disruption and increased costs across the trucking industry.
- A coalition of state attorneys general and local officials accuses the FMCSA of exceeding its statutory authority and failing to provide advance notice, arguing the rule is unlawful and lacks evidence that it will improve safety.
- Even trucking industry groups warn of negative economic and safety consequences due to the loss of experienced drivers and the costs of replacement, while some conservative groups advocate for even stricter restrictions on non-domiciled CDLs.
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WASHINGTON — State and local officials have accused the Trump administration of implementing unlawful restrictions against foreign CDL holders, warning that the restrictions will disrupt the trucking economy with zero evidence the crackdown will improve safety.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) that severely restricts how states issue and renew non-domiciled CDLs and commercial learner’s permits will, by FMCSA’s calculations, strip away commercial license eligibility from approximately 194,000 drivers within two years.
But FMCSA lacks the statutory authority to impose those restrictions and has avoided accountability by not providing advance notice of the changes, according to a coalition of attorneys general from Massachusetts, California, 16 other states and the District of Columbia.
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