MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999Public Law 106–159, as amendedMOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999159117–58Statute CompilationUnited States House of RepresentativesOffice of the Legislative Counseltext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.12021-12-13Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 199953851061999-12-09MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999[Public Law 106–159, enacted December 9, 1999][As Amended Through P.L. 117–58, Enacted November 15, 2021][Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 106–159. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/][Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) [49 U.S.C. 101 note]Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999”.(b) Table of Contents.—Sec. 1.Sec. 2.Sec. 3.Sec. 4.TITLE I—Sec. 101.Sec. 102.Sec. 103.Sec. 104.Sec. 105.Sec. 106.Sec. 107.TITLE II—Sec. 201.Sec. 202.Sec. 203.Sec. 204.Sec. 205.Sec. 206.Sec. 207.Sec. 208.Sec. 209.Sec. 210.Sec. 211.Sec. 212.Sec. 213.Sec. 214.Sec. 215.Sec. 216.Sec. 217.Sec. 218.Sec. 219.Sec. 220.Sec. 221.Sec. 222.Sec. 223.Sec. 224.Sec. 225.Sec. 226.Sec. 227.Sec. 228.Sec. 229.SEC. 2. [49 U.S.C. 101 note]SECRETARY DEFINED. In this Act, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.SEC. 3. [49 U.S.C. 113 note]FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings:(1) The current rate, number, and severity of crashes involving motor carriers in the United States are unacceptable.(2) The number of Federal and State commercial motor vehicle and operator inspections is insufficient and civil penalties for violators must be utilized to deter future violations.(3) The Department of Transportation is failing to meet statutorily mandated deadlines for completing rulemaking proceedings on motor carrier safety and, in some significant safety rulemaking proceedings, including driver hours-of-service regulations, extensive periods have elapsed without progress toward resolution or implementation.(4) Too few motor carriers undergo compliance reviews and the Department's data bases and information systems require substantial improvement to enhance the Department's ability to target inspection and enforcement resources toward the most serious safety problems and to improve States' ability to keep dangerous drivers off the roads.(5) Additional safety inspectors and inspection facilities are needed in international border areas to ensure that commercial motor vehicles, drivers, and carriers comply with United States safety standards.(6) The Department should rigorously avoid conflicts of interest in federally funded research.(7) Meaningful measures to improve safety must be implemented expeditiously to prevent increases in motor carrier crashes, injuries, and fatalities.(8) Proper use of Federal resources is essential to the Department's ability to improve its research, rulemaking, oversight, and enforcement activities related to commercial motor vehicles, operators, and carriers.SEC. 4. [49 U.S.C. 113 note]PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are—(1) to improve the administration of the Federal motor carrier safety program and to establish a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation; and(2) to reduce the number and severity of large-truck involved crashes through more commercial motor vehicle and operator inspections and motor carrier compliance reviews, stronger enforcement measures against violators, expedited completion of rulemaking proceedings, scientifically sound research, and effective commercial driver's license testing, recordkeeping and sanctions.
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION </heading>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. </heading>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Personnel Levels.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The number of personnel positions at the Office of Motor Carrier Safety (and, beginning on January 1, 2000, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) at its headquarters location in fiscal year 2000 shall not be increased above the level transferred from the Federal Highway Administration to the Office of Motor Carrier Safety. The Secretary shall provide detailed justifications to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives for the personnel requested for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration when the President submits his budget, including a justification for increasing personnel at headquarters above the levels so transferred.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s101/f" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31136">49 U.S.C. 31136 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authority to Promulgate Safety Standards for Retrofitting.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The authority under title 49, United States Code, to promulgate safety standards for commercial motor vehicles and equipment subsequent to initial manufacture is vested in the Secretary and may be delegated.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s101/g" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">(g) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s330">49 U.S.C. 330 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Conflicts of Interest.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s101/g/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Compliance with regulation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In awarding any contract for research, the Secretary shall comply with section 1252.209–70 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this section. The Secretary shall require that the text of such section be included in any request for proposal and contract for research made by the Secretary.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study.—</heading>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s101/g/2/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine whether or not compliance with the section referred to in paragraph (1) is sufficient to avoid conflicts of interest in contracts for research awarded by the Secretary and to evaluate whether or not compliance with such section unreasonably delays or burdens the awarding of such contracts.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s101/g/2/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In conducting the study under this paragraph, the Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, the Comptroller General, the heads of other Federal agencies, research organizations, industry representatives, employee organizations, safety organizations, and other entities.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s101/g/2/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit 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 results of the study conducted under this paragraph.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM. </heading>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transportation to carry out section 31102 of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="104">SEC. 104. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31100">49 U.S.C. 31100 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY STRATEGY. </heading>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Safety Goals.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In conjunction with existing federally required strategic planning efforts, the Secretary shall develop a long-term strategy for improving commercial motor vehicle, operator, and carrier safety. The strategy shall include an annual plan and schedule for achieving, at a minimum, the following goals:</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/a/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Reducing the number and rates of crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/a/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Improving the consistency and effectiveness of commercial motor vehicle, operator, and carrier enforcement and compliance programs.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/a/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Identifying and targeting enforcement efforts at high-risk commercial motor vehicles, operators, and carriers.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/a/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Improving research efforts to enhance and promote commercial motor vehicle, operator, and carrier safety and performance.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Contents of Strategy.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Measurable goals.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The strategy and annual plans under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, specific numeric or measurable goals designed to achieve the strategic goals of subsection (a). The purposes of the numeric or measurable goals are as follows:</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/1/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To increase the number of inspections and compliance reviews to ensure that all high-risk commercial motor vehicles, operators, and carriers are examined.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/1/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To eliminate, with meaningful safety measures, the backlog of rulemakings.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/1/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To improve the quality and effectiveness of data bases by ensuring that all States and inspectors accurately and promptly report complete safety information.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/1/D" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To eliminate, with meaningful civil and criminal penalties for violations, the backlog of enforcement cases.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/1/E" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To provide for a sufficient number of Federal and State safety inspectors, and provide adequate facilities and equipment, at international border areas.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Resource needs.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In addition, the strategy and annual plans shall include estimates of the funds and staff resources needed to accomplish each activity. Such estimates shall also include the staff skills and training needed for timely and effective accomplishment of each goal.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/b/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Savings clause.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In developing and assessing progress toward meeting the measurable goals set forth in this subsection, the Secretary and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator shall not take any action that would impinge on the due process rights of motor carriers and drivers.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Submission With the President's Budget.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Beginning with fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the strategy and annual plan at the same time as the President's budget submission.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Annual Performance.—</heading>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Annual performance agreement.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003, the following officials shall enter into annual performance agreements:</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/d/1/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/d/1/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator and the Deputy Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/d/1/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator and the Chief Safety Officer of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator and the regulatory ombudsman of the Administration designated by the Administrator under subsection (f).</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/d/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Goals.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each annual performance agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall include the appropriate numeric or measurable goals of subsection (b).</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Progress assessment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Consistent with the current performance appraisal system of the Department of Transportation, the Secretary shall assess the progress of each official (other than the Secretary) referred to in paragraph (1) toward achieving the goals in his or her performance agreement. The Secretary shall convey the assessment to such official, including identification of any deficiencies that should be remediated before the next progress assessment.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Administration.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In deciding whether or not to award a bonus or other achievement award to an official of the Administration who is a party to a performance agreement required by this subsection, the Secretary shall give substantial weight to whether the official has made satisfactory progress toward meeting the goals of his or her performance agreement.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Achievement of Goals.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/e/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Progress assessment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">No less frequently than semiannually, the Secretary and the Administrator shall assess the progress of the Administration toward achieving the strategic goals of subsection (a). The Secretary and the Administrator shall convey their assessment to the employees of the Administration and shall identify any deficiencies that should be remediated before the next progress assessment.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s104/e/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report to congress.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall report annually to Congress the contents of each performance agreement entered into under subsection (d) and the official's performance relative to the goals of the performance agreement. In addition, the Secretary shall report to Congress on the performance of the Administration relative to the goals of the motor carrier safety strategy and annual plan under subsection (a).</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Expediting Regulatory Proceedings.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator shall designate a regulatory ombudsman to expedite rulemaking proceedings. The Secretary and the Administrator shall each delegate to the ombudsman such authority as may be necessary for the ombudsman to expedite rulemaking proceedings of the Administration to comply with statutory and internal departmental deadlines, including authority to—</chapeau>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">make decisions to resolve disagreements between officials in the Administration who are participating in a rulemaking process; and</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that sufficient staff are assigned to rulemaking projects to meet all deadlines.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="105">SEC. 105. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31100">49 U.S.C. 31100 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. </heading>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may establish a commercial motor vehicle safety advisory committee to provide advice and recommendations on a range of motor carrier safety issues.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Composition.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall include representatives of the motor carrier industry, drivers, safety advocates, manufacturers, safety enforcement officials, law enforcement agencies of border States, and other individuals affected by rulemakings under consideration by the Department of Transportation. Representatives of a single interest group may not constitute a majority of the members of the advisory committee.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Function.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The advisory committee shall provide advice to the Secretary on commercial motor vehicle safety regulations and other matters relating to activities and functions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination Date.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The advisory committee shall remain in effect until September 30, 2003.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="106">SEC. 106. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s113">49 U.S.C. 113 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SAVINGS PROVISION. </heading>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transfer of Assets and Personnel.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as otherwise provided in this Act and the amendments made by this Act, those personnel, property, and records employed, used, held, available, or to be made available in connection with a function transferred to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration by this Act shall be transferred to the Administration for use in connection with the functions transferred, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Office of Motor Carrier Safety (including any predecessor entity) shall also be transferred to the Administration.</content>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Legal Documents.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, settlements, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges—</chapeau>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective by the Office, any officer or employee of the Office, or any other Government official, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of any function that is transferred by this Act or the amendments made by this Act; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">that are in effect on the effective date of such transfer (or become effective after such date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective date),</content>
</paragraph><continuation style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text" role="subsection">shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by the Administration, any other authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or operation of law.</continuation>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Proceedings.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/c/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings or any application for any license pending before the Office at the time this Act takes effect, insofar as those functions are transferred by this Act; but such proceedings and applications, to the extent that they relate to functions so transferred, shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this Act had not been enacted; and orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/c/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Statutory construction.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any proceeding described in paragraph (1) under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if this Act had not been enacted.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/c/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Orderly transfer.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary is authorized to provide for the orderly transfer of pending proceedings from the Office.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Suits.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/d/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">This Act shall not affect suits commenced before the date of the enactment of this Act, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3). In all such suits, proceeding shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been enacted.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/d/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Suits by or against omcs.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any suit by or against the Office begun before January 1, 2000, shall be continued, insofar as it involves a function retained and transferred under this Act, with the Administration (to the extent the suit involves functions transferred to the Administration under this Act) substituted for the Office.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/d/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Remanded cases.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the court in a suit described in paragraph (1) remands a case to the Administration, subsequent proceedings related to such case shall proceed in accordance with applicable law and regulations as in effect at the time of such subsequent proceedings.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/e" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Continuance of Actions Against Officers.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against any officer in his official capacity as an officer of the Office shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. No cause of action by or against the Office, or by or against any officer thereof in his official capacity, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/f" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Exercise of Authorities.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as otherwise provided by law, an officer or employee of the Administration may, for purposes of performing a function transferred by this Act or the amendments made by this Act, exercise all authorities under any other provision of law that were available with respect to the performance of that function to the official responsible for the performance of the function immediately before the effective date of the transfer of the function under this Act or the amendments made by this Act.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s106/g" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">(g) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">References.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any reference to the Office in any Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of or pertaining to the Office or an officer or employee of the Office is deemed to refer to the Administration or a member or employee of the Administration, as appropriate.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s107" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="107">SEC. 107. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">EFFECTIVE DATE. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s107/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s104">49 U.S.C. 104 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">This Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; except that the amendments made by section 101 shall take effect on January 1, 2000.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tI/s107/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105">31 U.S.C. 1105 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Budget Submissions.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The President's budget submission for fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter shall reflect the establishment of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in accordance with this Act.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER SAFETY </heading>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s209" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="209">SEC. 209. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">HOUSEHOLD GOODS AMENDMENTS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s209/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * *</elided>
</content>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s209/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s14104">49 U.S.C. 14104 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study of Enforcement of Consumer Protection Rules in the Household Goods Moving Industry.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the effectiveness of the Department of Transportation's enforcement of household goods consumer protection rules under title 49, United States Code. The study shall also include a review of other potential methods of enforcing such rules, including allowing States to enforce such rules.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s210" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="210">SEC. 210. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NEW MOTOR CARRIER ENTRANT REQUIREMENTS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s210/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * *</elided>
</content>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s210/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31144">49 U.S.C. 31144 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Minimum Requirements.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to establish minimum requirements for applicant motor carriers, including foreign motor carriers, seeking Federal interstate operating authority to ensure applicant carriers are knowledgeable about applicable Federal motor carrier safety standards. As part of that rulemaking, the Secretary shall establish a proficiency examination for applicant motor carriers as well as other requirements to ensure such applicants understand applicable safety regulations, commercial regulations, and provisions of subpart H of part 37 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations before being granted operating authority.</content>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s212" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="212">SEC. 212. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COMMERCIAL VAN RULEMAKING. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC" role="undesignated-level"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete Department of Transportation's rulemaking, Docket No. FHWA–99–5710, to amend Federal motor carrier safety regulations to determine which motor carriers operating commercial motor vehicles designed or used to transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver) for compensation shall be covered. At a minimum, the rulemaking shall apply such regulations to—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s212/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">commercial vans commonly referred to as “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">camionetas</quotedText>”; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s212/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">those commercial vans operating in interstate commerce outside commercial zones that have been determined to pose serious safety risks.</content>
</paragraph><continuation style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text" role="subsection">In no case should the rulemaking exempt from such regulations all motor carriers operating commercial vehicles designed or used to transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver) for compensation.</continuation>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s214" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="214">SEC. 214. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31305">49 U.S.C. 31305 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CDL SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENT. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC" role="undesignated-level"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall conduct a rulemaking to establish a special commercial driver's license endorsement for drivers of school buses. The endorsement shall, at a minimum—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s214/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">include a driving skills test in a school bus; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s214/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">address proper safety procedures for—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s214/2/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">loading and unloading children;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s214/2/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">using emergency exits; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s214/2/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">traversing highway rail grade crossings.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s215" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="215">SEC. 215. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31305">49 U.S.C. 31305 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">The Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to provide for a Federal medical qualification certificate to be made a part of commercial driver's licenses.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s216" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="216">SEC. 216. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">IMPLEMENTATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s216/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall implement the safety improvement recommendations provided for in the Department of Transportation Inspector General's Report TR–1999–091, except to the extent that such recommendations are specifically addressed in sections 206, 208, 217, and 222 of this Act, including any amendments made by such sections.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s216/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reports to Congress.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s216/b/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reports by the secretary.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until each of the recommendations referred to in subsection (a) has been implemented, the Secretary shall transmit 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 specific actions taken to implement such recommendations.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s216/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reports by the inspector general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Inspector General shall periodically transmit to the committees referred to in paragraph (1) a report assessing the Secretary's progress in implementing the recommendations referred to in subsection (a) and analyzing the number of violations cited by safety inspectors and the level of fines assessed and collected for such violations, and of the number of cases in which there are findings of extraordinary circumstances under section 222(c) of this Act and the circumstances in which these findings are made.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s217" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="217">SEC. 217. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PERIODIC REFILING OF MOTOR CARRIER IDENTIFICATION REPORTS. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">The Secretary shall amend section 385.21 of the Department of Transportation's regulations (49 CFR 385.21) to require periodic updating, not more frequently than once every 2 years, of the motor carrier identification report, form MCS–150, filed by each motor carrier conducting operations in interstate or foreign commerce. The initial update shall occur not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="218">SEC. 218. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31133">49 U.S.C. 31133 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">BORDER STAFFING STANDARDS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Development and Implementation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and implement appropriate staffing standards for Federal and State motor carrier safety inspectors in international border areas.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Factors To Be Considered.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In developing standards under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider volume of traffic, hours of operation of the border facility, types of commercial motor vehicles, types of cargo, delineation of responsibility between Federal and State inspectors, and such other factors as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Maintenance of Effort.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The standards developed and implemented under subsection (a) shall ensure that the United States and each State will not reduce its respective level of staffing of motor carrier safety inspectors in international border areas from its average level staffing for fiscal year 2000.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Border Commercial Motor Vehicle and Safety Enforcement Programs.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218/d/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Enforcement.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If, on October 1, 2001, and October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary has not ensured that the levels of staffing required by the standards developed under subsection (a) are deployed, the Secretary should designate the amount made available for allocation under section 31104(f)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code<ref style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref" idref="IDFBED10AECEAA4819B2BB024BCDEBDAE5" class="footnoteRef">1</ref>, for such fiscal year for States, local governments, and other persons for carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety programs and enforcement activities and projects.</content><footnote id="IDFBED10AECEAA4819B2BB024BCDEBDAE5" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">1</sup><content><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">Effective October 1, 2016, subsection (d)(1) of section 218 is amended by section 5101(e)(10)(A) of division A of Public Law 114–94 by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section 31104(f)(2)(B)
of title 49, United States Code</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section 31104(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code</quotedText>”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">Subparagraph (B) of such section 5101(e)(10) provides for a repeal (effective on October 1, 2016) of paragraph (3) of subsection (d).</p></content></footnote>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218/d/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Allocation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the Secretary makes a designation of an amount under paragraph (1), such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary to State agencies, local governments, and other persons that use and train qualified officers and employees in coordination with State motor vehicle safety agencies.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s218/d/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3)<ref style="-uslm-dtd:dangling-footnote-ref" class="footnoteRef">1</ref> </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the Secretary makes a designation pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may not make a designation under section 31104(f)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for such fiscal year.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s219" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="219">SEC. 219. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s14901">49 U.S.C. 14901 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FOREIGN MOTOR CARRIER PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATIONS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s219/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">General Rule.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier (as such terms are defined under section 13102 of title 49, United States Code) that operates without authority, before the implementation of the land transportation provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, outside the boundaries of a commercial zone along the United States-Mexico border shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty and shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle anywhere within the United States as provided in subsections (b) and (c).</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s219/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Penalty for Intentional Violation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The civil penalty for an intentional violation of subsection (a) by a carrier shall not be more than $10,000 and may include a disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle anywhere within the United States for a period of not more than 6 months.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s219/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Penalty for Pattern of Intentional Violations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The civil penalty for a pattern of intentional violations of subsection (a) by a carrier shall not be more than $25,000 and the carrier shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle anywhere within the United States and the disqualification may be permanent.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s219/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Leasing.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Before the implementation of the land transportation provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, during any period in which a suspension, condition, restriction, or limitation imposed under section 13902(c) of title 49, United States Code, applies to a motor carrier (as defined in section 13902(e) of such title), that motor carrier may not lease a commercial motor vehicle to another motor carrier or a motor private carrier to transport property in the United States.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s219/e" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Savings Clause.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">No provision of this section may be enforced if it is inconsistent with any international agreement of the United States.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s219/f" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Acts of Employees.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The actions of any employee driver of a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier committed without the knowledge of the carrier or committed unintentionally shall not be grounds for penalty or disqualification under this section.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s220" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="220">SEC. 220. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31131">49 U.S.C. 31131 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TRAFFIC LAW INITIATIVE. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s220/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In cooperation with one or more States, the Secretary may carry out a program to develop innovative methods of improving motor carrier compliance with traffic laws. Such methods may include the use of photography and other imaging technologies.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s220/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of any program conducted under this section, together with any recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s221" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="221">SEC. 221. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31311">49 U.S.C. 31311 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">STATE-TO-STATE NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATIONS DATA. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s221/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Development.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In cooperation with the States, the Secretary shall develop a uniform system to support the electronic transmission of data State-to-State on convictions for all motor vehicle traffic control law violations by individuals possessing a commercial drivers' licenses as required by paragraphs (9) and (19) of section 31311(a) of title 49, United States Code.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s221/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Status Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit 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 status of the implementation of this section.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="222">SEC. 222. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s521">49 U.S.C. 521 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM ASSESSMENTS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Transportation should ensure that motor carriers operate safely by imposing civil penalties at a level calculated to ensure prompt and sustained compliance with Federal motor carrier safety and commercial driver's license laws.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/b/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">should establish and assess minimum civil penalties for each violation of a law referred to in subsection (a); and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">shall assess the maximum civil penalty for each violation of a law referred to in subsection (a) by any person who is found to have committed a pattern of violations of critical or acute regulations issued to carry out such a law or to have previously committed the same or a related violation of critical or acute regulations issued to carry out such a law.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Extraordinary Circumstances.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the Secretary determines and documents that extraordinary circumstances exist which merit the assessment of any civil penalty lower than any level established under subsection (b), the Secretary may assess such lower penalty. In cases where a person has been found to have previously committed the same or a related violation of critical or acute regulations issued to carry out a law referred to in subsection (a), extraordinary circumstances may be found to exist when the Secretary determines that repetition of such violation does not demonstrate a failure to take appropriate remedial action.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report to Congress.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/d/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall conduct a study of the effectiveness of the revised civil penalties established in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and this Act in ensuring prompt and sustained compliance with Federal motor carrier safety and commercial driver's license laws.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s222/d/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Submission to congress.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall transmit the results of such study and any recommendations to Congress by September 30, 2002.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s223" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="223">SEC. 223. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRESS REPORT. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Not later than May 25, 2000, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a status report on the Department of Transportation's quantitative progress toward reducing motor carrier fatalities by 50 percent by the year 2009.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="224">SEC. 224. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31100">49 U.S.C. 31100 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">STUDY OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH CAUSATION. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Objectives.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive study to determine the causes of, and contributing factors to, crashes that involve commercial motor vehicles. The study shall also identify data requirements and collection procedures, reports, and other measures that will improve the Department of Transportation's and States' ability to—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/a/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">evaluate future crashes involving commercial motor vehicles;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/a/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">monitor crash trends and identify causes and contributing factors; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/a/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop effective safety improvement policies and programs.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Design.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The study shall be designed to yield information that will help the Department and the States identify activities and other measures likely to lead to significant reductions in the frequency, severity, and rate per mile traveled of crashes involving commercial motor vehicles, including vehicles described in section 31132(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code. As practicable, the study shall rank such activities and measures by the reductions each would likely achieve, if implemented.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In designing and conducting the study, the Secretary shall consult with persons with expertise on—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/c/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">crash causation and prevention;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/c/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">commercial motor vehicles, drivers, and carriers, including passenger carriers;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/c/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">highways and noncommercial motor vehicles and drivers;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/c/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Federal and State highway and motor carrier safety programs;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/c/5" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">research methods and statistical analysis; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/c/6" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">other relevant topics.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Public Comment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall make available for public comment information about the objectives, methodology, implementation, findings, and other aspects of the study.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/e" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reports.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/e/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall promptly transmit to Congress the results of the study, together with any legislative recommendations.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/e/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Review and update.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall review the study at least once every 5 years and update the study and report as necessary.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s224/f" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Funding.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 under section 4003(i) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 395–398), as added by section 103(b)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available only to carry out this section.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="225">SEC. 225. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31100">49 U.S.C. 31100 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In cooperation with the States, the Secretary shall carry out a program to improve the collection and analysis of data on crashes, including crash causation, involving commercial motor vehicles.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Program Administration.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall administer the program through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in cooperation with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/b/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">enter into agreements with the States to collect data and report the data by electronic means to a central data repository; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">train State employees and motor carrier safety enforcement officials to assure the quality and uniformity of the data.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Use of Data.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/c/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">integrate the data, including driver citation and conviction information; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/c/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">make the data base available electronically to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the States, motor carriers, and other interested parties for problem identification, program evaluation, planning, and other safety-related activities.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 3 years after the date on which the improved data program begins, the Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress on the program, together with any recommendations the Secretary finds appropriate.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/e" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Funding.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Of the amounts deducted under section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available only to carry out this section.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/f" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Additional Funding for Information Systems.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/f/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 under section 4003(i) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 395–398), as added by section 103(b)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available only to carry out section 31106 of title 49, United States Code.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s225/f/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Amounts as additional.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The amounts made available by paragraph (1) shall be in addition to amounts made available under section 31107 of title 49, United States Code.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="226">SEC. 226. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31306">49 U.S.C. 31306 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DRUG TEST RESULTS STUDY. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall conduct a study of the feasibility and merits of—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/a/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">requiring medical review officers or employers to report all verified positive controlled substances test results on any driver subject to controlled substances testing under part 382 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, including the identity of each person tested and each controlled substance found, to the State that issued the driver's commercial driver's license; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/a/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">requiring all prospective employers, before hiring any driver, to query the State that issued the driver's commercial driver's license on whether the State has on record any verified positive controlled substances test on such driver.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study Factors.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In carrying out the study under this section, the Secretary shall assess—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/b/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">methods for safeguarding the confidentiality of verified positive controlled substances test results;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the costs, benefits, and safety impacts of requiring States to maintain records of verified positive controlled substances test results; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/b/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether a process should be established to allow drivers—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/b/3/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to correct errors in their records; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/b/3/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to expunge information from their records after a reasonable period of time.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s226/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study carried out under this section, together with such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content>
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</subsection>
</section><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Section 228 was transferred to subchapter III of chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code and redesignated as section 354 of such title by section 8(a) of Public Law 108–168, 117 Stat. 2034.<b>]</b> </editorialNote>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="229">SEC. 229. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s31136">49 U.S.C. 31136 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Exemptions.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Regulations prescribed by the Secretary under sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used by motor carriers shall not apply during planting and harvest periods, as determined by each State, to—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/1/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">drivers transporting agricultural commodities from the source of the agricultural commodities to a location within a 150 air-mile radius from the source;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/1/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">drivers transporting farm supplies for agricultural purposes from a wholesale or retail distribution point of the farm supplies to a farm or other location where the farm supplies are intended to be used within a 150 air-mile radius from the distribution point; </content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/1/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">drivers transporting farm supplies for agricultural purposes from a wholesale distribution point of the farm supplies to a retail distribution point of the farm supplies within a 150 air-mile radius from the wholesale distribution point; or</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/1/D" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">drivers transporting livestock (as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) including insects) within a 150 air-mile radius from the final destination of the livestock.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transportation and operation of ground water well drilling rigs.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Such regulations shall, in the case of a driver of a commercial motor vehicle who is used primarily in the transportation and operation of a ground water well drilling rig, permit any period of 7 or 8 consecutive days to end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 24 or more consecutive hours for the purposes of determining maximum driving and on-duty time. Except as required in section 395.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this sentence, no additional off-duty time shall be required in order to operate such vehicle.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transportation of construction materials and equipment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Such regulations shall, in the case of a driver of a commercial motor vehicle who is used primarily in the transportation of construction materials and equipment, permit any period of 7 or 8 consecutive days to end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 24 or more consecutive hours for the purposes of determining maximum driving and on-duty time.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Operators of utility service vehicles.—</heading>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/4/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Inapplicability of federal regulations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Such regulations shall not apply to a driver of a utility service vehicle.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/4/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Prohibition on state regulations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A State, a political subdivision of a State, an interstate agency, or other entity consisting of two or more States, shall not enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, or standard that imposes requirements on a driver of a utility service vehicle that are similar to the requirements contained in such regulations.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/a/5" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Snow and ice removal.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A State may waive the requirements of chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to a vehicle that is being operated within the boundaries of an eligible unit of local government by an employee of such unit for the purpose of removing snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, sanding, or salting. Such waiver authority shall only apply in a case where the employee is needed to operate the vehicle because the employee of the eligible unit of local government who ordinarily operates the vehicle and who has a commercial drivers license is unable to operate the vehicle or is in need of additional assistance due to a snow emergency.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Preemption.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as provided in subsection (a)(4), nothing contained in this section shall require the preemption of State laws and regulations concerning the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles as the result of exemptions from Federal requirements provided under this section.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Review by the Secretary.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may conduct a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether granting any exemption provided by subsection (a) (other than paragraph (1), (2), or (4)) is not in the public interest and would have a significant adverse impact on the safety of commercial motor vehicles. If, at any time as a result of such a proceeding, the Secretary determines that granting such exemption would not be in the public interest and would have a significant adverse impact on the safety of commercial motor vehicles, the Secretary may prevent the exemption from going into effect, modify the exemption, or revoke the exemption. The Secretary may develop a program to monitor the exemption, including agreements with carriers to permit the Secretary to examine insurance information maintained by an insurer on a carrier.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall monitor the commercial motor vehicle safety performance of drivers of vehicles that are subject to an exemption under this section. If the Secretary determines that public safety has been adversely affected by an exemption granted under this section, the Secretary shall report to Congress on the determination.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definitions.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the following definitions apply:</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">
<inline style="-uslm-dtd:enum-in-header">7 </inline>or 8 consecutive days.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">7 or 8 consecutive days</term>” means the period of 7 or 8 consecutive days beginning on any day at the time designated by the motor carrier for a 24-hour period.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">
<inline style="-uslm-dtd:enum-in-header">24-</inline>hour period.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">24-hour period</term>” means any 24 consecutive hour period beginning at the time designated by the motor carrier for the terminal from which the driver is normally dispatched.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Ground water well drilling rig.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">ground water well drilling rig</term>” means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or specialized mobile equipment propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on highways to transport water well field operating equipment, including water well drilling and pump service rigs equipped to access ground water.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transportation of construction materials and equipment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">transportation of construction materials and equipment</term>” means the transportation of construction and pavement materials, construction equipment, and construction maintenance vehicles, by a driver to or from an active construction site (a construction site between initial mobilization of equipment and materials to the site to the final completion of the construction project) within a 75 air mile radius of the normal work reporting location of the driver, except that a State, upon notice to the Secretary, may establish a different air mile radius limitation for purposes of this paragraph if such limitation is between 50 and 75 air miles and applies only to movements that take place entirely within the State. This paragraph does not apply to the transportation of material found by the Secretary to be hazardous under section 5103 of title 49, United States Code, in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations issued to carry out such section.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/5" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Eligible unit of local government.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">eligible unit of local government</term>” means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law which has a total population of 3,000 individuals or less.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/6" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Utility service vehicle.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">utility service vehicle</term>” means any commercial motor vehicle—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/6/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">used in the furtherance of repairing, maintaining, or operating any structures or any other physical facilities necessary for the delivery of public utility services, including the furnishing of electric, gas, water, sanitary sewer, telephone, and television cable or community antenna service;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/6/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">while engaged in any activity necessarily related to the ultimate delivery of such public utility services to consumers, including travel or movement to, from, upon, or between activity sites (including occasional travel or movement outside the service area necessitated by any utility emergency as determined by the utility provider); and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/6/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">except for any occasional emergency use, operated primarily within the service area of a utility's subscribers or consumers, without regard to whether the vehicle is owned, leased, or rented by the utility.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/7" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Agricultural commodity.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">agricultural commodity</term>” means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock (including livestock as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) and insects).</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/e/8" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Farm supplies for agricultural purposes.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">farm supplies for agricultural purposes</term>” means products directly related to the growing or harvesting of agricultural commodities during the planting and harvesting seasons within each State, as determined by the State, and livestock feed at any time of the year.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/f" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Emergency Condition Requiring Immediate Response.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/f/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Propane or pipeline emergency.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A regulation prescribed under section 31136 or 31502 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to a driver of a commercial motor vehicle which is used primarily in the transportation of propane winter heating fuel or a driver of a motor vehicle used to respond to a pipeline emergency if such regulations would prevent the driver from responding to an emergency condition requiring immediate response.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/106/159/tII/s229/f/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definition.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An emergency condition requiring immediate response is any condition that, if left unattended, is reasonably likely to result in immediate serious bodily harm, death, or substantial damage to property. In the case of propane such conditions shall include (but are not limited to) the detection of gas odor, the activation of carbon monoxide alarms, the detection of carbon monoxide poisoning, and any real or suspected damage to a propane gas system following a severe storm or flooding. An “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">emergency condition requiring an immediate response</quotedText>” does not include requests to re-fill empty gas tanks. In the case of pipelines such conditions include (but are not limited to) indication of an abnormal pressure event, leak, release or rupture.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>