The announcement was made on Friday, September 26th by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy following the completion of the agency’s audit of state policies regarding the issuing of non domiciled CDLs. 

The press release states that the audit revealed the many ways that the current regulatory framework can fail, and even uncovered the “catastrophic pattern of states issuing licenses illegally to foreign drivers.” The USDOT has determined that these factors have created an imminent hazard on the roadways that must be fixed immediately.