Sen. Lankford Introduces CDL Act to Require Citizenship Status on All State Driver's Licenses
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for review. It is actively moving through the system, but no further votes or hearings have been scheduled yet.
This bill deals with sensitive immigration issues and would likely face strong opposition in a divided Congress.
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Undocumented individuals would be directly affected because every new state ID or driver's license would have to mark whether the holder is a citizen. In states that currently issue driver's licenses to undocumented residents, those cards would now carry a visible non-citizen indicator, making immigration status immediately apparent to anyone who sees the ID. This could discourage undocumented people from obtaining or renewing licenses, reducing their ability to drive legally and access services.
“Indication that the person is a United States citizen or is not a United States citizen.”
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U.S. Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma introduced the Citizenship Documented License Act to strengthen federally recognized identification. If passed, the bill will require states to show on the REAL ID if the holder is a U.S. citizen for identification and commercial licensing standards.
Senator James Lankford has introduced the Citizenship Documented License (CDL) Act, a new bill that would ensure REAL IDs include a label indicating whether the holder is a U.S. citizen, aiming to boost confidence in elections and establish national standards for commercial licenses.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
CDL Act
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