110 HR 6747 IH: Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-07-31
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act
of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Motorcoach safety
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Regulations for improved occupant protection and
motorcoach crash avoidance.
Sec. 103. Study and report on improved bus crashworthiness and
crash avoidance.
Sec. 104. Improved oversight of providers of motorcoach
services and of other motor carriers of passengers.
Sec. 105. Motorcoach driver training.
Sec. 106. Improved commercial driver's license
testing.
Sec. 107. Improved physical fitness oversight and commercial
driver medical certificates.
Sec. 108. Safety enforcement technology to reduce driver
fatigue.
Sec. 109. Commercial motor vehicle safety inspection
programs.
Sec. 110. Regulations.
Title II—Credit for cost of motorcoaches complying with federal
safety requirements
Sec. 201. Credit for cost of motorcoaches complying with
federal safety requirements.
Title III—Other provisions
Sec. 301. Department of Transportation grants.
Sec. 302. Small business administration loans and loan
guarantees.
<enum>I</enum><header>Motorcoach
safety</header>
<section id="H562ACB8C2FD04CB99F11005E72F48300"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HFF6D7FAF6CF049F2B8101BB6C8EF2C5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced
glazing</header><text>The term <term>advanced glazing</term> means glazing
installed in a portal on the side or the roof of a motorcoach that is designed
to be highly resistant to partial or complete occupant ejection in all types of
motor vehicle crashes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE080639B6EB34BB28CBE96124934E9E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bus</header><text>The
term <term>bus</term> has the meaning given such term in section 571.3(b) of
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of this Act).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F7D41A2A7504619BCABB59F54C1470"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commercial motor
vehicle</header><text>The term <term>commercial motor vehicle</term> has the
meaning given such term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31132">section 31132(1)</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB30263981AE748A9A4AB00B52FDE036C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Manufacturer</header><text>The
term <term>manufacturer</term> has the meaning given such term in section
30102(a) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51D52ED00B8E4D708858D1B814F0E551"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Motor
carrier</header><text>The term <term>motor carrier</term> has the meaning given
such term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/13102">section 13102(14)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB98E06B871B845F68C9D75C235D6BF4C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Motorcoach</header><text>The
term <term>motorcoach</term> has the meaning given the term <term>over-the-road
bus</term> in section 3038(a)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/178">Public Law 105–178</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5310">49 U.S.C. 5310</external-xref> note), but does not include the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H88D47A632FFD4640B253952F2C350032"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Buses used in
public transportation provided by a State or local government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6BB616A5E6144EEB4053D6B5929975C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>School buses,
including multifunction school activity buses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H555D555401114CFE972E38C89D49B1AB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Motorcoach
manufacturer</header><text>The term <term>motorcoach manufacturer</term> means
a manufacturer that manufactures, assembles, or imports motorcoaches for
resale in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H073E28461E0745F3917D7B635FDD9389"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Motorcoach
services</header><text>The term <term>motorcoach services</term> means
passenger transportation by motorcoach for compensation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8721C8D0CA644B16B14524F9190794F0"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Multifunction
school activity buses</header><text>The term <term>multifunction school
activity buses</term> has the meaning given such term in section 571.3(b) of
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of this Act).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33FACDF3E8954B41A369964DB152082C"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Portal</header><text>The
term <term>portal</term> means any opening on the front, sides, rear, or roof
of a motorcoach that could, in the event of a crash involving the motorcoach,
permit the partial or complete ejection of any occupant from the motorcoach,
including a young child.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04C14D2B1E2645659E1DEEB80055725B"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Provider of
motorcoach services</header><text>The term <term>provider of motorcoach
services</term> means a motor carrier that provides passenger transportation
services with a motorcoach for compensation, including per-trip compensation
and contracted or chartered compensation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B3D06845D444A82BFA867912609EA98"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Public
transportation</header><text>The term <term>public transportation</term> has
the meaning given such term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5302">section 5302(a)(10)</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B454D2F02B24ACE837CF99B1F877030"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Safety
belt</header><text>The term <term>safety belt</term> has the meaning given such
term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/153">section 153(i)(4)(B)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB4EB097FD0448F9AAC3B1862F8D81B9"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H26ECA0AF46874990B30080ECE1C05C8C"><enum>102.</enum><header>Regulations for
improved occupant protection and motorcoach crash avoidance</header>
<subsection id="H5A35589CA224449BB14C80AE38A99BDE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations
required 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall prescribe regulations as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H68045A0B66754C07B28D25B813FB7993"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Safety
belts</header><text>The Secretary shall require safety belts be installed in
motorcoaches at each designated seating position.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EAB105629554350B25B99016F14665C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Anti-ejection
safety countermeasures</header><text>The Secretary shall require motorcoaches
have advanced glazing installed in each motorcoach portal to prevent partial or
complete ejection of passengers of motorcoaches, including such passengers that
are children.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE60B9E470CB940DDAFD1963474117418"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Firefighting
equipment</header><text>The Secretary shall require installation in
motorcoaches of improved firefighting equipment for the purpose of effectively
suppressing fires in motorcoaches to prevent passenger deaths and
injuries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6FD6F02C85D745F59182FB13EC848D81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations
required 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall prescribe regulations as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HFE2F5E7AD5DA4242B400EF4C72E7153"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compartmentalization
safety countermeasures</header><text>The Secretary shall require enhanced
compartmentalization safety countermeasures for motorcoaches, including
enhanced seating designs, to reduce substantially the risk of passengers being
thrown from their seats and colliding with other passengers, interior surfaces,
or components in the event of a crash involving a motorcoach.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38FEEE943FAD48FAB432B400056683A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interior impact
protection</header><text>The Secretary shall establish enhanced occupant impact
protection standards for motorcoach interiors to reduce substantially serious
injuries for all passengers of motorcoaches.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA87CB8BA6D164C59B064885D03AB9427"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reduced rollover
crashes</header><text>The Secretary shall require motorcoaches be equipped with
stability enhancing technologies, such as electronic stability control, roll
stability control, and torque vectoring, to reduce substantially the number and
frequency of rollover crashes among motorcoaches.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD857D1E89A974DE7BBE04F607E5D1BD5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Roof strength
and crush resistance</header><text>The Secretary shall establish improved roof
standards for motorcoaches that substantially improve the resistance of
motorcoach roofs to deformation and intrusion to prevent serious occupant
injury in rollover crashes involving motorcoaches.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC2E6D0208B54DEEB82DB8724D52255"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enhanced
conspicuity</header><text>The Secretary shall require enhanced conspicuity of
motorcoaches to enable other motor vehicle operators, cyclists, and pedestrians
to better detect motorcoaches in order to reduce the risk of collisions
involving motorcoaches.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA16AF65A06164904BB83F3351C12DA86"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Smoke
suppression</header><text>The Secretary shall amend Federal motor vehicle
safety standard number 302 (49 C.F.R. 571.302; relating to flammability of
interior materials) to require realistic tests to improve the resistance of
motorcoach interiors and components to burning, prevent inhalation by
passengers of toxic smoke and vapors, and permit sufficient time for the safe
evacuation of passengers from the motorcoach.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2434F49B85F3480AB745D165ED0633D5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Resistance to
fuel system fires</header><text>The Secretary shall amend Federal motor vehicle
safety standard number 301 (49 C.F.R. 571.301; relating to fuel system
integrity) to require that motorcoaches have improved fuel systems in order to
suppress fuel-fed fires and substantially reduce occupant deaths and injuries
from fuel fires.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H355263924C2B4886B588748D59D83D7E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Passenger
evacuation</header><text>The Secretary shall require motorcoaches be equipped
with the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H20630A3BD1694C809E9953E7C06511C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Improved
emergency evacuation designs</header><text>Improved emergency exit window,
door, and roof hatch designs to expedite access and use by passengers of
motorcoaches to ensure rapid evacuation from a motorcoach under all emergency
circumstances, including crashes and fires.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD673368067724D08B311D192FBC94641"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Emergency
interior lighting</header><text>Emergency interior lighting systems, including
luminescent or retroreflectorized delineation of evacuation paths and exits,
that are triggered by a crash or other emergency incidents to accomplish more
rapid and effective evacuation of passengers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H587FF149C82F4BB2A724BF4C342478DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations
required 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act</header><text>Not
later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall prescribe regulations as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H03C570A435824D0E97FEE972CFF8C65"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adaptive cruise
control</header><text>Require motorcoaches be equipped with adaptive cruise
control for maintaining safe trailing distances when underway and a collision
warning system that provides sufficient advance notice to the operator of a
motorcoach of any imminent impact.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7862EA6278AC40DA00373D92FE13CA85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Automatic fire
suppression</header><text>Require motorcoaches be equipped with highly
effective fire suppression systems that automatically respond to and suppress
all fires in such motorcoaches.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9C5E287A073D4145B5FE1ED47F10FD84"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application of
regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HA424FDAE2AAC4553852085E2E73108E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prospective
application</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a regulation
prescribed in accordance with subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall apply to all
motorcoaches that are manufactured on or after the effective date of such
regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE65D7C747C3346A1BB8300B9CDCEC98C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Retrofit safety
requirements for existing motorcoaches</header>
<subparagraph id="H64CBC06A019B4DACBEEB61003CF86433"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H149EA56022A448D8AA0034482DC2130"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), a regulation prescribed in accordance with subsection (a)(1)
shall apply to all motorcoaches used for motorcoach services on or after the
effective date of such regulation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BCB8DDB3B5440FC9F34974EAFD04EA1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), a regulation prescribed in accordance with subsection (a)(3) shall apply
to all motorcoaches used for motorcoach services on or after the effective
date of such regulation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6BA88A26500446499866DEC06FE76F94" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), a regulation prescribed in accordance with subsection (b)(5)
shall apply to all motorcoaches used for motorcoach services on or after the
effective date of such regulation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8ED3979413694B5CA46425489CCC19BC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>In
the case of a motorcoach that was used for motorcoach services before the
effective date of a regulation described in subparagraph (A), such regulation
shall not apply to such motorcoach until—</text>
<clause id="H4FF75747525B4A0182FFF2F2D5ECA9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>2
years after the effective date of such regulation; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF9CAFB6925B48D6ACFC4673155286AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if
the Secretary determines that the application date described in clause (i)
would cause undue hardship, 5 years after the effective date of such
regulation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H93F64913D1114F16A96FE2D8DA0059CF"><enum>103.</enum><header>Study and
report on improved bus crashworthiness and crash avoidance</header>
<subsection id="H88B3DA01B01D40D18E68FD588982E101"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not
later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary shall complete a study of the
following, with respect to buses that are more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle
weigh rating (GVWR):</text>
<paragraph id="H1379F4B6B52D4F5BA6CB68D69E5BB15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Bus safety design
improvements and countermeasures for improving bus crashworthiness to achieve
substantial improvements in occupant protection in all types of crashes,
including the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFEA0E73E42EF457A90EE486DCC9F365F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Active and passive
restraint systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18C45F44E9F0472A83A89E03ADEA4C5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Enhanced passenger
compartmentalization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F10A37040534C690092667FE234CEEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Upper and lower
interior occupant impact protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADF914DD30E94F3C9EB4216BD65C002D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Improved
resistance to roof failures leading to deformation and intrusion that result in
occupant injury.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F67C39FDD294E6BB5575E75CDBFCC40"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Improved
resistance to occupant partial and complete ejection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60D6D66ED68E4C4A9CD3600EC99C9B1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Improved crash
compatibility with other types and weights of motor vehicles in order to reduce
both the number and severity of crashes and the number and severity of occupant
injuries both in buses and in the other vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB816C808679940BABA54DD1E17738E41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Crash avoidance
improvements to reduce the number and severity of bus crashes, including the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7C4F7EF2E8D4A62B48787509E101E1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Collision warning
systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1076DC58A18A4E059D1C7BBE8431EF70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Improved braking
capabilities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CACD8C92C8642B48BB2F0259E7DBEA8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Enhanced bus
conspicuity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA0091A8ECD544F2A61DC317FEAF003D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Increased
resistance to loss-of-control crashes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8F00DE0306A44F4AA00E55D28222320"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Improved
resistance to rollover crashes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6B186FBD42E4E2DB863D3B0AFC2C4AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Bus fire
protection and passenger evacuation improvements, including the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7B591DCC35BD4D6581DF19D8FFAAEA16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Effective
emergency exit design.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H611B883FAEFB41AF88196FA7FE5F10AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Effective
emergency evacuation of passengers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23ABB31248524C8E87B22D7715AB40DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Effective manual
and automated fire suppression systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H658EEFD8000D469BB4E8F653E4A2F769"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Increased vehicle
resistance to fire propagation, including both exterior and interior resistance
to burning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD66B600C69FF40DDBF3D1C963D701B8B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Suppression of
toxic smoke and vapors in bus fires.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42064746B8D14BD49BCA38FE34204462"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Resistance to bus
fuel system fires.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC63F448E956B417A88CB936811079F19"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Training of bus
operators in the use of firefighting equipment and the safe evacuation of
passengers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H163B1315DA3A486CAB2CEBA75BBD922E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Such other
occupant protection safety countermeasures as the Secretary considers
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08C66B87844C45AFB29EFEE807BEADF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy
and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report setting forth the
findings of the Secretary with respect to the study required by subsection (a)
and recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H78CCEFC7F70C4FDEBE5400C4F9C0743E"><enum>104.</enum><header>Improved
oversight of providers of motorcoach services and of other motor carriers of
passengers</header>
<subsection id="H7F341ECDBCAD4ADAB52875AD781BC2CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31144 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA772CB48E09408E8C3E094F6DE3E193" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H46D88B4B571E4D0A874D502BABFE75E1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Periodic safety
reviews of providers of motorcoach services</header>
<paragraph id="HA1EDBA2DD9674026852CA9B0B5648B23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Safety
review</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of
this subsection, the Secretary shall require, by regulation, each provider of
motorcoach services registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection to
undergo a periodic safety review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82F426B5B2B5479DA04F27BF13C8D3BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements of
review</header><text>In the regulations prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall establish the elements of the periodic safety review,
including basic safety management controls.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9E876CFADB6441D802E49E29D7C82F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Safety fitness
ratings</header><text>As part of the safety review required by this subsection,
the Secretary shall assign a safety fitness rating to each provider of
motorcoach services and shall reassess such rating not less frequently than
every 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H703805EB2FF14F6795BDD581B8EBCE4B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Motorcoach
services defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>provider of
motorcoach services</term> has the meaning provided such term in section 101 of
the <short-title>Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H607B05E597FE46FAA3E99CA99B7D009F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revision of
safety audit system</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2008, the
Secretary shall revise the safety fitness audit system of the Department of
Transportation established pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31144">section 31144</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code, to conform with safety recommendation H–99–6 of the National
Transportation Safety Board issued February 26, 1999.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8FD6D90FC76942DDB3FD00D7716B418E"><enum>105.</enum><header>Motorcoach
driver training</header>
<subsection id="HC179F777305245D38636787278FAF3E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
training curriculum</header>
<paragraph id="H6A011BA31558459080A7F04D8CB204E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall establish, by regulation, a training curriculum
for drivers of motorcoaches to be adopted by public and private schools and
motor carriers that provide training for drivers of motorcoaches.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H205FEE3C0A874F46B694C5D3961B61E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Curriculum
requirements</header><text>The training curriculum required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H74E3719486C74E23A6A117EE9C4EE909"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Classroom and
behind-the-wheel instruction that is adequate for all new drivers of
motorcoaches to operate safely motorcoaches and respond effectively to
emergency situations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5C8555E3C204A1AA7F6FC3004F87C6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Instruction in
advanced knowledge and skills that are necessary to operate motorcoaches
safely, including the knowledge and skills necessary—</text>
<clause id="H8BD2B5E8C1484BBB86273DAEC675BBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
suppress motorcoach fires; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA83D8042E1E64BE8B42105014CD99583"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
evacuate passengers from motorcoaches safely.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53345591323A4E5097DEFF90B655AF2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training
required</header>
<paragraph id="HBEC32E62557741C9BB348BD3B792169F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall require each motorcoach driver
seeking a commercial driver’s license (CDL) passenger endorsement to undergo a
training program that includes the training curriculum established pursuant to
subsection (a) before taking a test for a commercial driver’s license passenger
endorsement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF929E6AC2ACF43C1B48BABB1663D905B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certificate of
completion required</header><text>The Secretary shall require that each driver
seeking to take the test for the commercial driver’s license passenger
endorsement shall present a certificate to a State licensing authority
certifying that the driver has—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA8A801181CD246E89485EE1296BE8723"><enum>(A)</enum><text>successfully
completed a motorcoach driver training course that includes the curriculum
established in accordance with subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD24BF9BC4C474D84B1C2AD8207AF616"><enum>(B)</enum><text>received a passing
grade for an examination at the culmination of such training course.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2AD083D258BF4C3FB285DA70EBE203EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on
feasibility of establishing a system of certification of training
programs</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report on the feasibility of establishing a system of
certification of public and private schools and of motor carriers that provide
motorcoach driver training in accordance with the curriculum established by the
Secretary pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H749AC5025EC34263A7EABAC54F1FD20"><enum>106.</enum><header>Improved
commercial driver's license testing</header>
<subsection id="H3BB952B2F8D049B8A9606CE7CF67437"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increased
stringency of examination for commercial driver's license passenger-carrying
endorsement</header>
<paragraph id="H32B624EC0F204A58AEB6035E9BF95306"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe standards that improve the
quality and stringency of the examination for the commercial driver’s license
passenger-carrying endorsement. Such standards shall require—</text>
<subparagraph id="H383606496B3444339F553FFCEEEE58D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a more stringent
knowledge test than the test in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB7D883120844FCDBCAAE1A9906B2419"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a more stringent
examination of the driving skills necessary to operate safely a commercial
motor vehicle with passengers than the examination of such skills in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE7C4128B3234F3B98628DF665008604"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>In
prescribing the standards required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
cooperate with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H947C964F7BD5469395DE00D1C69078B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of
requirements for commercial driver's license passenger-carrying
endorsement</header><text>The Secretary shall establish by regulation a
requirement that a driver shall have a commercial driver's license
passenger-carrying endorsement in order to operate a commercial motor vehicle
and transport not less than 9 and not more than 15 passengers (including a
driver) in interstate commerce for compensation.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEAFFC446D28D4558910970ACAAE54669"><enum>107.</enum><header>Improved
physical fitness oversight and commercial driver medical certificates</header>
<subsection id="H7452902B49604EFB86A76B2B5781C4D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Require passage
of rigorous examination To be listed in National Registry of Medical
Examiners</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31149">Section 31149(c)(1)(D)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71FCBD814DBB4232B842EBDD57DCA95E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD8A4216E12534D8E963454F5D5200008"><enum>(D)</enum><text>develop, as
appropriate, specific courses and materials for medical examiners who wish to
be listed in the national registry established under this section and develop a
rigorous examination for which a passing grade must be achieved to be listed in
such national
registry;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5AAC99B808F9429EBB2665C11133E8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integration of
Federal medical qualification certificate and commercial driver’s
license</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe the regulations required by section 215
of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31305
note).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA05D40FFBEBB405ABBB161011B3987B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Medical
examination form comparisons</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall require by regulation
that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB7004E78353B41819F49A83F039C9181"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each time a
medical examiner performs a medical examination to certify an applicant for a
commercial driver's license under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/391">section 391.43</external-xref> of title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations, such medical examiner shall submit to the appropriate State
licensing agency the form for such examination required by section 391.43(f) of
such title (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this
Act); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C53CE46D4314BE5B5D2E88F98ECB494"><enum>(2)</enum><text>as a condition of
approval of a State plan under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31102">section 31102(d)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code
(as added by<internal-xref idref="H8BD3B3B1E7724A969EF0FC1EFCB86C"> section
109(b)</internal-xref>), State licensing authorities compare the forms they
receive pursuant to paragraph (1) with the medical examiner's certificate
required by <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/49/391.43">section 391.43(g)</external-xref> of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) to determine
the accuracy and validity of the information contained in such forms and
certificates.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6800E3E08FB749C69648FB34FC93FB79"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
oversight of licensing authorities</header>
<paragraph id="HB90B171BEFD04A469220375EDC684959"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31149">Section 31149(c)(1)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A1D3D053B4F44B08417C0ECA833856E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking <quote>basis; and</quote> and inserting
<quote>basis;</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0AD46185BB44E2E87E3685645FF94FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48A57B419EBB4DCBBB83BE1816E82EE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EE1D4E692FF4C72B8095186CB7E32E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB37D2403955942E9B048A555CFCB3FBF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>each year, review
the licensing authorities of 10 States to assess the accuracy and validity of
physical examination reports and medical certificates submitted by certified
medical examiners to such State licensing
agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1117F430264C4EE6A1001C55F01FFF23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Internal
oversight policy</header>
<subparagraph id="H0B1943D490A84CA79CFA05006D00E1D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall establish an oversight policy and process within
the Department of Transportation for purposes of carrying out the requirement
of subparagraph (G) of such section 31149(c)(1), as added by paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E7B15B6591645E681C9EF01E14BC053"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The requirement of subparagraph (G) of section 31149(c)(1)
of title 49, United States Code, shall take effect on the date that the
oversight policies and processes are established pursuant to subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H89EA240D69B349CD9E66AED1C40036C0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deadline for
establishment of national registry of medical examiners</header><text>Not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
establish the national registry of medical examiners required by section
31149(d)(1) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7625205FFAF149A5BF855F14E8174FBD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional
function of Medical Review Board</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31149">Section 31149(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 49,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46E4C7460D4A4B5BB95F6E45497E2098" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBFAE96D8FC9B4145AA00799707037DB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
and function</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a
Medical Review Board with the following functions:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8280A4223AF34CC6B8A18626F4CCC000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Providing the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with medical advice and
recommendations on medical standards and guidelines for the following:</text>
<clause id="HB7498565E4A14DAFA1B3CF288C5B239F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The physical
qualifications of operators of commercial motor vehicles.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A183437B2EE47E68F03DAD98FB45456"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Medical examiner
education.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC062BC86992F401C96D857DD2E73F0CF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Medical
research.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D8715C575154D9B9DEA6007B9ED0BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Providing the
Secretary with advice and recommendations concerning the criteria to be used
for evaluating medical examiners for admission to the national registry
established under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H27FD421AEA124E99B904B83B9BC04ECD"><enum>108.</enum><header>Safety
enforcement technology to reduce driver fatigue</header>
<subsection id="HB1A810A0469342D8B1A500409BCEE922"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe
regulations requiring that all commercial motor vehicles used by a motor
carrier in interstate commerce be equipped with electronic on-board recorders
linked with vehicle engine functions and electronic control modules that
accurately record commercial driver hours of service and provide real-time
tracking of driver and vehicle location.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H40B50A633B8C4D4F8302F4094270C1BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall apply to all commercial motor
vehicles used by motor carriers in interstate commerce beginning on the date
that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7C32024B355F49E1A551483EC200C376"><enum>109.</enum><header>Commercial
motor vehicle safety inspection programs</header>
<subsection id="HEE43DD1C076741D1BFE3B913A2B0000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31142">Section 31142</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended
by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADDF4E47143C4F2BB1E8D52EFDF0EF30" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9B759086B73049C08224B82EB04346ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual safety
inspection program</header>
<paragraph id="HD9C15E38210F4F90BFC49700DEF3D57C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
required</header><text>In order to receive a grant pursuant to section 31102 of
this title, a State shall carry out an annual safety inspection program for
commercial motor vehicles, including motor carriers transporting not less than
9 and not more than 15 passengers (including a driver), that receives approval
from the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6FC797FCB5264ED18EC72D50DE496200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inspection of
safety equipment</header><text>A commercial motor vehicle inspected under a
program established pursuant to paragraph (1) is required to pass an inspection
of all safety equipment required under the regulations prescribed under section
31136 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8700FD71C9044F6A861958524006DFD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Periodic review
of State safety inspection programs</header><text>Not less frequently than once
every 3 years, the Secretary shall review and approve or disapprove each safety
inspection program established pursuant to paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9640AE6070E94C3F88638E49B0618E6B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations for
inspection of vehicles and record retention</header>
<paragraph id="H644DA67452A94F4887CE41D339C7EE46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe regulations on Government
standards for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7158BB4173B4D848800D9E0B280682"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inspection of
commercial motor vehicles under programs established pursuant to subsection
(a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9C97F56A95648F8B2E3281FBF019C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>retention by
employers of records of such an inspection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0A269220FF24723976FEC650002BD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Regulations
prescribed under this subsection are treated as regulations prescribed under
section 31136 of this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8BD3B3B1E7724A969EF0FC1EFCB86C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Condition on State
grants</header><text>Section 31102(d) of such title is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEE2F2A501AE45F5983DBC007F5520F8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H952E7BAFC1E5475E882215580617D000"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continuous
evaluation of plans</header>
<paragraph id="H5887D74DD3CE4F188C417B46096DD0D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On the basis of reports submitted by a State motor
vehicle safety agency of a State with a plan approved under this section and
the Secretary's own investigations, the Secretary shall make a continuing
evaluation of the way the State is carrying out the plan. If the Secretary
finds, after notice and opportunity for comment, the State plan previously
approved is not being followed or has become inadequate to ensure enforcement
of the regulations, standards, or orders, the Secretary shall withdraw approval
of the plan and notify the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3CE8D5B8C8F4D7087CA78B9EFA29910"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of annual commercial motor vehicle
inspection programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, under
paragraph (3) of section 31142(a) of this title, the Secretary disapproves of
an annual safety inspection program of a State established pursuant to
paragraph (1) of such section 31142(a), the Secretary shall withdraw approval
of the plan of such State and notify the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D18A561C57247B7A6DAFDE769C36F2B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date
of plan disapproval</header><text>A State plan stops being effective under this
subsection when notice is received by the State under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBC272E4B2C3429D8EA879A7C382BB8C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>A State adversely affected by a withdrawal of approval
under this subsection may seek judicial review under chapter 7 of title
5.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H491ABBC60E9C45E7BABB6B345CDDDE9F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Retention of
jurisdiction</header><text>Notwithstanding a withdrawal of approval under this
subsection, the State may retain jurisdiction in administrative or judicial
proceedings begun before the withdrawal if the issues involved are not related
directly to the reasons for the
withdrawal.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC322C4D147AC4F53A3DF5F84F02D9814"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5F49CE164D154312986F4B98DEDFF161"><enum>110.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any standard or regulation prescribed or
modified pursuant to this title shall be done in accordance with section 553 of
title 5, United States Code.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Credit for cost
of motorcoaches complying with federal safety requirements</header>
<section id="H9C7C5CC1DC2F401A8822A3723142092C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Credit for cost
of motorcoaches complying with federal safety requirements</header>
<subsection id="HC2C82970FF394429B700E7442E602B17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business-related credits) is amended by
inserting after section 45P the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H825497793386425787CDB91E1C7CEA61" style="OLC">
<section id="H5A4EB37DF7E8405BB07CE3DA32350473"><enum>45Q.</enum><header>Credit for cost
of motorcoaches complying with federal safety requirements</header>
<subsection id="HCAF8D73570354FD7A6A3CACDEF2D0042"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
section 38, the qualified motorcoach safety credit determined under this
subsection for any taxable year is an amount equal to 10 percent of the
aggregate amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year
for—</text>
<paragraph id="HA9767E9D1FF8490A915333B5C28C1790"><enum>(1)</enum><text>qualified new
motorcoaches, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46232D286BBC46CEA8D46F1B9225B484"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such improvements
to any in-service motorcoach which is used by the taxpayer as are necessary for
such motorcoach to satisfy the requirements prescribed under section 102 of the
<short-title>Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC3D7E9CE1D344214B59471B96C424171"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
credit determined under subsection (a) with respect to any motorcoach shall not
exceed $45,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBEDF35021CA469B816000C17F37593E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified new
and in-service motorcoaches</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H8F3F74A6B62D4B63A2D78B06B3C9BF44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualified new
motorcoach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>qualified new motorcoach</term> means any motorcoach—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD0AB283BBE614877A82106A1E9E5C482"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the original use of which commences with
the taxpayer,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AC17BFFF94345DDAC20B89EC6EDAAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which is acquired
for use or lease by the taxpayer and not for resale,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75C4565666474E54B079104241A4CDB9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>which is property
of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEA9DE5C136C4BFE99DBDBF05EA1D58"><enum>(D)</enum><text>which is made by a
manufacturer,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD6CA2BADC3D4F4600CAB22E56D17E3D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>which is
manufactured after the specified effective date, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDFB81D360F440B0921D4F6D1B02DE89"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which meets the requirements prescribed
under section 102 of the <short-title>Motorcoach Enhanced
Safety Act of 2008</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE0B7CE3D571A4583A3324E09C060BBF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-service
motorcoach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
‘in-service motorcoach’ means any motorcoach—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7FF65CC9F0F47B48809ED8E4839D9B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which is property of a character subject to
an allowance for depreciation, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B6ECDEFA00546978D1300E100992165"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which is manufactured on or before the
specified effective date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H841AFB88B0AC441BBD036343009660A3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
definitions and special rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H06465F34F9934E7991A98EAAF8F97F98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Motorcoach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>motorcoach</term> means any
vehicle to which the requirements prescribed under section 102 of the
<short-title>Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of
2008</short-title> apply, or would apply if such vehicle were manufactured
after the specified effective date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D7B50565F8F48D79C7F31421702A559"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specified
effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>specified effective date</term> means the effective date of the
regulation prescribed under section 102(a)(1) of the
<short-title>Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD9A48EFB8A44331894D6E065D044836"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Basis
reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The basis of any
property for which a credit is determined under subsection (a) shall be reduced
by the amount of the credit so determined.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D57AF7A17F84B3C8B7C0091F670091"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recapture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, by regulations,
provide for recapturing the benefit of any credit determined under subsection
(a) with respect to any property which ceases to be property eligible for such
credit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA65C16E7BD2D497EB6D12E4D2E9E3758"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Property used
outside United States, etc., not qualified</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No credit shall be determined under
subsection (a) with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H555C940D6FD143C4B15CCCA71F5E2968"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the portion of the
cost of any property taken into account under section 179, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69075714662E412AB33209001DE7B841"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any property
referred to in section 50(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE88B2AB4979A4817812590D1E1834F9B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Election not to
take credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No credit shall
be determined under subsection (a) for any vehicle if the taxpayer elects to
not have this section apply to such vehicle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HABFA0CE1E2AA461C9FBD1C8C42F75D4F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No credit shall be determined under this
subsection for any taxable year ending after December 31,
2026.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H7F7C3FD8020F4AB0BA5D00A2C188009F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Denial of double
benefit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 280C of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FF7C78119044996829E9BD39351ACA1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H466AE2F116C746278DBF70CED3C887ED"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Credit for cost
of motorcoaches complying with federal safety requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No deduction shall be allowed for that
portion of the expenses otherwise allowable as a deduction for the taxable year
which is equal to the amount of the credit determined for the taxable year
under section
45O(a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H92F17396331D4CEA807D7519A6CA1E4C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H63043494FF074377A3764022BEEE15DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 38(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at
the end of paragraph (32), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (33)
and inserting <quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BA42FEB46504186B0214C9F00E1F859" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H92BF2671E65E4572A2BB5D20DC2125BC"><enum>(34)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the qualified motorcoach safety credit
determined under section
45Q(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF484F4F0DD6B4D2800B0EE9E97E02231"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1016(a) of such Code is amended by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (35), by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0937CE3ED34F4099878BA78126F8F388" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H91D728CCDA3B4FEDA67E15E7EDC1201D"><enum>(37)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent provided in section
45Q(d)(3).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF15746AAB8E4954A9F2B87443FD9618"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6501(m) of such Code is amended by
inserting <quote>45Q(d)(6),</quote> after <quote>45H(g),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00603F42950C453EB7A9E1DA3C00DB66"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart D of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 45P the following new item:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 45Q. Credit for cost of motorcoaches
complying with Federal safety
requirements.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBAE88B4F310E478C91CEA5C01BB4BEB0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31,
2008.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Other
provisions</header>
<section id="H63AE5A0A37C048649FDB23F9A6886FB8"><enum>301.</enum><header>Department of
Transportation grants</header>
<subsection id="H610F329E95DB4E5B88E7FCA52D36C8BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation shall develop and administer supplemental grants, not to exceed
$20,000, for operators of motorcoaches in order to assist with the cost of
retrofitting motorcoaches in order to comply with the Federal motor vehicle
safety standards prescribed under section 102 of the
<short-title>Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDE637232C27468EA72D7C8CD97F9614"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To
be eligible for a grant established under subsection (a), a motorcoach operator
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H338926D995674E8CB5F55EB5979A6B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have a fleet of not
more than 25 motorcoaches;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD920BBB1225C488AB202D905E200E759"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have total annual
revenue of less than $5,000,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71B70CCABEDC4C45B9AFE2334B2D4E61"><enum>(3)</enum><text>demonstrate to the
Secretary that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A42C6DAE9E2469CBD6E257387EFF345"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the operator has
been in business as an over-the-road motorcoach operator for not less than 3
consecutive years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA76E22974F044F9EB5DF90F7E0C6E727"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the operator
was unable to recover, through allowed tax credits established under section
201 in a consecutive 2 year period, the full cost of retrofitting motorcoaches
in order to comply with the applicable Federal motor vehicle safety
standards.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2543379515074762B39F46A6283DCF9E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant
requirements</header><text>A grant under this section shall be subject to all
of the terms and condition applicable to subrecipients who provide intercity
bus transportation under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5311">section 5311(f)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, and
such other terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEEF02ADE479E4C27A52E41B5ABF930C6"><enum>302.</enum><header>Small business
administration loans and loan guarantees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H0FAC6039B247405F8212C1C6F5C12FB6"><enum>(34)</enum><header>Motorcoaches</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subsection with
respect to the over-the-road motorcoach industry, the following shall
apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8BE065114CA41BF9527EE91B461E46F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Administrator
shall adopt underwriting criteria specific to that industry.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C326A8741A749D2A6D1B763F0EAFA11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Administrator
shall make available the assistance under this subsection to members of that
industry to facilitate retrofitting of motorcoaches for occupant
protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51B9AFF85D854803002471003DED286B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Multiple
motorcoaches shall be treated as a single source of collateral.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81EC10B416E249C392CF7E99E3141FB3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A member of that
industry who owns a single motorcoach shall be treated as eligible for such
assistance, without regard to whether the member otherwise meets the applicable
size standard for eligibility.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H446DFF3122D349FC9706F5B7861590DF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Administrator
shall provide any applicant who is a member of that industry with counseling
and advice regarding the other assistance programs of the Administration that
may be available to members of that
industry.</text>
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