Assistance program
Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant
$270.5 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Project Grants;Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 20.232
- What it does
- Assist States in complying with CDL requirements and dedicate funding to priority activities for research, development and testing, demonstration projects, public education, and other special activities and projects relating to commercial drivers licensing.
- Who benefits
- 14 - State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals) 15 – Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals) 20 – Public nonprofit institution/organization 38 – other private institutions/organizations 39 – anyone/general public
- Who applies
- States may receive grant funds to comply with the requirements of section 31311 of SAFETEA-LU or if making good faith efforts toward substantial compliance with the requirements of section 31311 and 31313 receive grant funds to improve implementation of the commercial driver's license program. States, local governments, and other persons for projects involving research, development, demonstration projects, public education, and other special activities and projects relating to commercial driver licensing and motor vehicle safety that are of benefit to all jurisdictions of the United States or are designed to address national safety concerns and circumstances. States, local governments, and other persons may use grant funds to address emerging issues relating to commercial driver's license improvements.
- Authorized by
- The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Pub. L. No. 114-94, §§ 5101 and 5104 (2015).
- Program site
- https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mission/grants ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
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How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments