[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6465-S6466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  STRENGTHENING THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 480, S. 3475.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3475) to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     allow the Secretary of Transportation to designate an 
     authorized operator of the commercial driver's license 
     information system, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which was reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3475) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3475

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening the Commercial 
     Driver's License Information System Act''.

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

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

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