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Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Standards; Incorporation by Reference of a New State Procedures Manual (SPM)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on February 20, 2024. Comments closed on March 21, 2024.
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What the agency says
FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to incorporate by reference the most recent edition of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Inc. (AAMVA) Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) State Procedures Manual (SPM), Version c.0. This would require all State driver's licensing agencies (SDLAs) to use this edition of the manual to provide guidance on the information systems procedures of the commercial driver's license (CDL) program. Such information includes, but is not limited to, CDL standards, State compliance with CDL programs, qualifications of drivers, and credentials and security threats assessments.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-03191
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Published
- February 20, 2024
- Comments due
- March 21, 2024
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before March 21, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0269
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2126-AC68
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 384
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Alcohol abuse; Drug abuse; Highway safety; Incorporation by reference; Motor carriers
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 11
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