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Committee debates lifting interstate restriction for commercial drivers under 21
Summary
Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee discussed whether federal rules that limit interstate travel for commercial drivers under 21 are unnecessarily constraining the workforce, citing a low‑participation pilot program that sunsets this November and calls to reintroduce the DRIVE SAFE Act.
Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee discussed whether federal limits on commercial driver’s licenses for people under 21 are creating unnecessary barriers for the trucking workforce, with witnesses and the committee chair pointing to a pilot program that expires this November.
The chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee raised the issue of regulatory barriers and asked whether evidence shows that a safe 20‑year‑old driver “shouldn't be able to cross state lines, and have that CDL be effective?”
Mister Dellinger,…
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