[118th Congress Public Law 156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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        STRENGTHENING THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION

                               SYSTEM ACT

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Public Law 118-156
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
    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. <<NOTE: Dec. 17, 2024 -  [S. 3475]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Strengthening 
the Commercial Driver's License Information System Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 49 USC 30101 note.>>  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)--

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                    (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) <<NOTE: Time period.>> the Secretary shall 
                have access to fee statements on a quarterly basis.''.

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    (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''.

    Approved December 17, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3475:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Sept. 25, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 9, considered and passed House.

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