[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 3475 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3475

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of 
 Transportation to designate an authorized operator of the commercial 
      driver's license information system, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2023

 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of 
 Transportation to designate an authorized operator of the commercial 
      driver's license information system, 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 ``Strengthening the Commercial 
Driver's License Information System Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 31309 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``(referred to in this 
                        section as the `Secretary')'' after ``Secretary 
                        of Transportation''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``(referred to in this 
                        section as the `information system')'' after 
                        ``an information system''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
                ``information'' before ``system'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``(1) At a minimum, the 
                        information system under this section'' and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--At a minimum, the information system''; 
        and
                            (ii) by indenting subparagraphs (A) through 
                        (F) appropriately; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) The 
                information system under this section'' and inserting 
                the following:
            ``(2) Requirement.--The information system'';
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``under this section''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 
                        ``information'' after ``of the'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``commercial 
                driver's''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``under this 
                section'';
            (4) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking ``section 31313(a)'' and inserting 
                ``subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 31313''; and
                    (B) by striking ``section 31313'' and inserting 
                ``that section'';
            (5) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (6) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Authorized Operator.--The Secretary may authorize a qualified 
entity (referred to in this section as the `authorized operator')--
            ``(1) to operate, maintain, develop, modernize, and enhance 
        the information system; and
            ``(2) to collect fees on behalf of the Secretary in 
        accordance with subsection (e); and
            ``(3) to use any fees collected in accordance with that 
        subsection.
    ``(e) Fee System.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary or the authorized 
        operator, as applicable, may charge a reasonable fee for use of 
        the information system.
            ``(2) Amount of fees.--The total amount of fees collected 
        under this subsection shall equal, as nearly as possible, the 
        total amount necessary for the purposes and uses described in 
        paragraph (3)(B).
            ``(3) Use of fees.--Fees collected under this subsection 
        shall--
                    ``(A) be credited to--
                            ``(i) an appropriation account; or
                            ``(ii) an account designated by the 
                        authorized operator; and
                    ``(B) be available only for the purposes of 
                operating, maintaining, developing, modernizing, or 
                enhancing, or any other use relating to, the 
                information system, including for personnel and 
                administration costs relating to the information 
                system.
            ``(4) Availability of amounts.--Fees collected under this 
        subsection shall remain available until expended for a purpose 
        or use described in paragraph (3)(B).
            ``(5) Authorized operator.--If the Secretary designates an 
        authorized operator under subsection (d)--
                    ``(A) the Secretary shall not be charged a fee for 
                access to, use of, or data in the information system; 
                and
                    ``(B) the Secretary shall have access to fee 
                statements on a quarterly basis.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 31311(a)(21) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``By the date established by the 
Secretary under section 31309(e)(4), the State shall be operating'' and 
inserting ``The State shall operate''.
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