118 HR 3356 RH: Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-12-19 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IBUnion Calendar No. 761118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 3356[Report No. 118–931]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 16, 2023Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureDecember 19, 2024Additional sponsors: Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Cuellar, and Mr. PhillipsDecember 19, 2024Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2023A BILLTo amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment screening for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act.

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Safety performance history screening

Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a) by inserting and employment after preemployment ;(2)in subsection (b)—(A)in paragraph (2) by inserting operator or before operator-applicant’s; and (B)by inserting operator or before operator-applicant each place it appears; and(3)in subsection (c)—(A)by inserting or employment after preemployment each place it appears; and (B)by inserting operator or before operator-applicant.

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DataQ improvement

Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and(2)by inserting after subsection (c) the following:(d)

Data subject to review

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act, the Secretary shall ensure that during any period in which a safety violation is being contested, the report on such violation is labeled in a manner that indicates such violation is being contested in the Motor Carrier Management Information System and in any other relevant databases, including the Employment Screening Program, the Safety Measurement System, and Analysis and Information Online, until the review of the contested violation is complete.(e)

DataQ appeals process

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act, the Secretary shall promulgate DataQ program participation guidelines that direct States and other Federal agencies receiving funds under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program to provide for an appeals process by which—(1)following the conclusion of a request for data review, an affected party may appeal the disposition of such review; and(2)an appeal of such disposition is adjudicated in a reasonable period of time by a person or persons other than the person that issued the violation..

December 19, 2024Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed