49 U.S.C. § 31302
Section 31302 · Commercial drivers license requirement
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States Department of Transportation (2013)
Most recently applied in Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Ass'n v. United States Department of Transportation (June 2017)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No individual shall operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid commercial driver's license issued in accordance with section 31308. An individual operating a commercial motor vehicle may have only one driver's license at any time and may have only one learner's permit at any time.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 31302 49 App.:2701. Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, §12002, 100 Stat. 3207–170. The words “Effective July 1, 1987” are omitted as executed. The words after “issued a driver's license” are omitted as expired.
Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–59 inserted “and may have only one learner's permit at any time” before period at end.
1998—Pub. L. 105–178 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An individual operating a commercial motor vehicle may have only one driver's license at any time, except during the 10-day period beginning on the date the individual is issued a driver's license.”