# Domicile requirement.
**AGENCY:**
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendments.
**SUMMARY:**
In an interim final rule (IFR) published in the *Federal Register* on September 29, 2025, FMCSA amended the Federal regulations for State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) issuing commercial driving credentials to foreign-domiciled individuals. The IFR contained an error in the amendatory instructions. The Agency corrects this error.
**DATES:**
This correction is effective October 2, 2025. Comments on the IFR must still be received on or before November 28, 2025.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Philip Thomas, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Safety, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; (202) 366-9554; *[email protected]* . If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Dockets Operations at (202) 366-9826.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On September 29, 2025, FMCSA published an IFR (90 FR 46509) that amended the Federal regulations for SDLAs issuing commercial driving credentials to foreign-domiciled individuals. Through the IFR, FMCSA restored the integrity of the commercial driver's license (CDL) issuance processes by significantly limiting the authority for SDLAs to issue and renew non-domiciled commercial learner's permits and CDLs to individuals domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction. This change strengthened the security of the CDL issuance process and enhanced the safety of commercial motor vehicle operations. Through amendatory instruction no. 6 in the IFR, the Agency sought to revise § 384.212, but inadvertently wrote § 383.212 in the instruction. The Agency corrects this error by providing a new instruction to add new paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) to § 384.212. The revisions to § 384.212 are the same revisions described in the final rule.
**List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 384**
Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Highway safety, Motor carriers.
In consideration of the foregoing, FMCSA corrects 49 CFR part 384 by making the following correcting amendments:
**PART 384—STATE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM**
**49 CFR Part 384**
1. The authority citation for part 384 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
49 U.S.C. 31136, 31301, *et seq.,* and 31502; secs. 103 and 215 of Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1753, 1767; sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; sec. 5524 of Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1560; and 49 CFR 1.87.
**49 CFR Part 384**
2. Amend § 384.212 by adding paragraph (a)(1) and reserved paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
§ 384.212
(a) * * *
(1) For applicants domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction, the State must:
(i) Comply with the document verification requirements set forth in § 383.73(m)(2) before issuing (which includes amending, correcting, reprinting, or otherwise duplicating a previously issued CLP or CDL), transferring, renewing, or upgrading a non-domiciled CLP or CDL;
(ii) Retain copies of all documents involved in the licensing process, including documents provided by the applicant to prove lawful immigration status, for a period of no less than 2 years from the date of issuing (which includes amending, correcting, reprinting, or otherwise duplicating a previously issued CLP or CDL), transferring, renewing, or upgrading a non-domiciled CLP or CDL; and
(iii) Provide copies of all documents involved in the licensing process to FMCSA within 48 hours after request.
(2) [Reserved]
Issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.