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H.R. 8267119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 14, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The SAFER Transport Act adds new ID rules, criminal penalties, and work-authorization checks to fight fraud and theft in freight trucking.
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This bill creates new rules to reduce fraud and theft in the freight trucking industry. It phases out a separate trucking ID number over five years so all truckers, brokers, and forwarders use one government ID, and it makes submitting false information to get trucking authority a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison. It also bans foreign-based trucking companies and unauthorized workers from hauling cargo entirely within the United States.
These rules affect trucking companies, freight brokers, cargo shippers, and commercial driver's license applicants. Foreign dispatch services, federal agencies, and state licensing offices are also affected.
People convicted of serious crimes like theft, trafficking, or smuggling could lose or be denied their trucking registration. States would be required to check that non-citizen applicants for commercial driver's licenses are legally authorized to work in the U.S. before issuing a license.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.