[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2558 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2558

 To amend chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
  the transfer of selected National Driver Register functions to non-
 Federal management, to provide authorizations for appropriations for 
      each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 1995

  Mr. Oberstar (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
  the transfer of selected National Driver Register functions to non-
 Federal management, to provide authorizations for appropriations for 
      each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Driver Register Amendments 
of 1995''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF SELECTED NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER FUNCTIONS TO NON-
              FEDERAL MANAGEMENT.

    Section 30302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Transfer of Selected Functions to Non-Federal Management.--
(1) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with an organization that 
represents the interests of the States to manage, administer, and 
operate the National Driver Register's computer timeshare and user 
assistance functions. If the Secretary decides to enter into such an 
agreement, the Secretary shall ensure that the management of these 
functions is compatible with this chapter and the regulations issued to 
implement this chapter.
    ``(2) Any transfer of the National Driver Register's computer 
timeshare and user assistance functions to an organization that 
represents the interests of the States shall begin only after a 
determination is made by the Secretary that all States are 
participating in the National Driver Register's `Problem Driver Pointer 
System', the system used by the Register to effect the exchange of 
motor vehicle driving records, and that the system is functioning 
properly.
    ``(3) The agreement entered into under this subsection shall 
include a provision for a transition period sufficient to allow the 
States to make the budgetary and legislative changes that the States 
may need to pay fees charged by the organization representing their 
interests for their use of the National Driver Register's computer 
timeshare and user assistance functions. During this transition period, 
the Secretary (acting through the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration) shall continue to fund these transferred functions.
    ``(4) The total of the fees charged by the organization 
representing the interests of the States in any fiscal year for the use 
of the National Driver Register's computer timeshare and user 
assistance functions shall not exceed the total cost to the 
organization for performing these functions in such fiscal year.
    ``(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish, 
limit, or otherwise affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out 
this chapter.''.

SEC. 3. ACCESS TO REGISTER INFORMATION.

    (a) Conforming Amendment.--Section 30305(b)(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``, unless the information is about a revocation or 
suspension still in effect on the date of the request''.
    (b) Federal Agency Access.--Section 30305(b) of such title is 
further amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs 
        (8) and (9), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
    ``(6) The head of a Federal department or agency that issues motor 
vehicle operator's licenses may request the chief driver licensing 
official of a State to obtain information under subsection (a) of this 
section about an individual applicant for a motor vehicle operator's 
license from such department or agency. The department or agency may 
receive the information, provided that the department or agency 
transmits to the Secretary a report regarding any individual who is 
denied a motor vehicle operator's license by that department or agency 
for cause; whose motor vehicle operator's license is revoked, 
suspended, or canceled by that department or agency for cause; or about 
whom the department or agency has been notified of a conviction of any 
of the motor vehicle-related offenses or comparable offenses listed in 
section 30304(a)(3) and over whom the department or agency has 
licensing authority. The report shall contain the information specified 
in section 30304(b).
    ``(7) The head of a Federal department or agency authorized to 
receive information regarding an individual from the Register under 
this section may request and receive such information from the 
Secretary.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1994 and'' and inserting ``1994,''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``1995,'' the following: ``and 
        $2,400,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997''.
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