This brief presents summary information about the U.S. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, which mandated the Commercial Driver's License Test (CDL); the compliance status of states and drivers to date; and a recently authorized government grants program that will help fund CDL adult education programs. It also provides contacts/references for a sampling of programs and resources that have been developed at the local, state, and national levels to help commercial drivers pass the CDL exam. Nine contacts are included: Indiana Governor's Voluntary Action Program; Real Opportunity for Advancement and Development, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Virginia Adult Education and Literacy Resource Center, Virginia Commonwealth University; American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators; Amalgamated Transit Union; Literacy Skills Partners; and Columbia-Willamette Skill Builders Consortium. Each entry may contain the following: contact name, organization, address, telephone number, and program description. In addition, CDL state information phone numbers are listed. The seven references listed include descriptions and availability information. (NLA)