The U.S. Transportation Department had warned California, Washington state and New Mexico in August that they could lose funding unless they adopt English proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers.
A spokesperson for California Governor Gavin Newsom said in the state’s response to the Transportation Department, it said its laws, regulations, standards, and orders were either identical to or had the same effect as federal safety requirements, including English language proficiency.
The withheld funding was for roadside inspections, traffic enforcement, safety audits of trucking companies, and public education campaigns.
Last month, the Transportation Department issued emergency rules to drastically restrict commercial driver licenses to non-U.S. citizens after a fatal crash in Florida and a government audit.
While the English-proficiency standard for truckers was already longstanding U.S. law, the order reversed 2016 guidance that inspectors should not place commercial drivers out of service if their only violation was lack of English.
Duffy said last month he was launching a separate enforcement action against California, requiring it to pause issuing some commercial driver licenses to non-U.S. citizens.
California has 30 days to comply or the Trump administration will withhold federal highway funds, starting with nearly $160 million in the first year and then doubling. - Reuters
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