Dalilah’s Law Act

This bill amends federal law to prohibit certain aliens from using a commercial driver's license (CDL) in interstate or foreign commerce, creates new criminal and civil penalties, adds a death penalty aggravating factor, imposes immigration consequences, and requires employment eligibility verification before issuing a CDL.

Sec. 101, Use of commercial driver's licenses by illegal aliens in interstate commerce: It creates a new federal crime making it unlawful for a covered alien (defined as an alien inadmissible, deportable, or detained under specific immigration laws, or paroled into the U.S.) to present or use a CDL in interstate or foreign commerce. Penalties include fines and up to 5 years imprisonment, with mandatory minimum sentences of 1 year if the violation causes an accident, 2 years if it causes bodily injury, and death or life imprisonment if it causes death. State or local officials who knowingly issue a CDL without verifying immigration status through E-Verify or a state program face fines and up to 1 year imprisonment. Businesses that knowingly provide substantial assistance to a covered alien to violate the prohibition face a $50,000 civil penalty per violation. Individuals injured in an accident caused by a covered alien using a CDL may sue for treble damages and attorney's fees, and liability may extend to those who aided or conspired to obtain the CDL. The Attorney General must report to Congress within 180 days on arrests, state-by-state CDL issuance and accident data, and a plan to stop violations.

Sec. 102, Death penalty aggravating factor: It adds a new aggravating factor in federal death penalty sentencing for a covered alien who uses a CDL in interstate or foreign commerce and causes a motor vehicle accident while operating a commercial vehicle that results in death.

Sec. 103, Immigration consequences: It makes an offense under new section 40B an aggravated felony under immigration law. It also makes any alien who has engaged, is engaging, or seeks to enter the U.S. to engage in such an offense inadmissible.

Sec. 201, Commercial driver's licenses: It amends transportation law to require that, before a state issues a CDL, the applicant must present written documentation verifying employment eligibility through E-Verify or a state process. States must provide this documentation to the Secretary of Transportation upon request. The Attorney General may sue to enjoin a state from violating this requirement. A state attorney general may also sue the Secretary for injunctive relief if a state fails to request the required documentation and that failure harms the state or its citizens.