STOP Improper Licensing Act
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Overview
The STOP Improper Licensing Act requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to audit how states issue commercial driver’s licenses to individuals who aren’t U.S. residents. The audit will focus on licenses issued to people who have overstayed their visas or were issued without verifying their legal presence. If states are found to be noncompliant, the Administrator will issue corrective measures, and if states fail to respond or correct issues, the Administration can withhold federal funding. The Act also mandates regular follow-up audits based on error rates.
Key provisions
- Requires a 3-year audit of non-domiciled commercial driver’s license issuance procedures by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
- Focuses audits on licenses issued to individuals with expired lawful presence or lacking verification of legal presence.
- Establishes a process for states to respond to audit findings and implement corrective measures.
- Mandates follow-up audits for states with error rates between 10% and 25% (2 years) and states with error rates over 25% (annually for 3 years).
- Allows the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to withhold federal funding from states found to be substantially noncompliant.
- Defines ‘substantial noncompliance’ based on multiple criteria, including the number of violations and whether they are knowing and willful.
- Requires the Administrator to notify Congress of instances of noncompliance and when states achieve compliance.
- Authorizes the Administrator to conduct separate audits outside of those specifically mandated by the Act.
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