FY 2026 Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation (CDLPI)
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 18, 2026
Archive date: July 17, 2026
Close date: June 17, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362439
Opportunity number: FM-CDL-26-001
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: DOT-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Agency code: DOT-FMCSA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $105,183,605
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Transportation
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- State governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dot_fmcsa
- category_of_funding_activity:transportation
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:for_profit_organizations_other_than_small_businesses
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:small_businesses
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The CDLPI program objective is to provide financial assistance to States and other eligible entities to carry out and improve the national CDL program. The national CDL program focuses on the concept that each driver has only one driving record and only one licensing document, commonly referred to as "“One Driver — One License — One Record."” Further, the national CDL program requires States to conduct knowledge and skills testing before issuing a Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP) and/or CDL; to maintain a complete and accurate driver history record (DHR) for anyone who obtains a CLP and/or CDL; and to impose driver disqualifications, as required by the regulations.