[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3887 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3887

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to increase certain penalties 
  relating to commercial motor vehicle safety, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2015

  Mr. Chabot introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to increase certain penalties 
  relating to commercial motor vehicle safety, 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 ``Driver Accountability and Accident 
Prevention (DAAP) Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PENALTIES.

    (a) Civil Penalty.--Section 521(b)(2)(A) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``$2,500'' and inserting ``$5,000''.
    (b) Criminal Penalty.--Section 521(b)(6)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``$2,500'' and inserting 
``$5,000''.
    (c) Disqualifications.--
            (1) First violation or committing felony.--Section 
        31310(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(F) determined by the Secretary to have operated a 
        commercial motor vehicle that the individual knew or reasonably 
        should have known had a defect that resulted in a fatality.''.
            (2) Second and multiple violations.--Section 31310(c)(1) of 
        title 49, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
                subparagraph (G);
                    (C) in subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated)--
                            (i) by striking ``(E)'' and inserting 
                        ``(F)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, operations,'' after 
                        ``violations''; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(F) determined by the Secretary to have more than once 
        operated a commercial motor vehicle that the individual knew or 
        reasonably should have known had a defect that resulted in a 
        fatality; or''.
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