118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3475 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening the 

3 Commercial Driver’s License Information System Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE INFORMATION 

5 SYSTEM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31309 of title 49, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in the first sentence— 

10 (i) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this 

11 section as the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Sec12 retary of Transportation’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this 

14 section as the ‘information system’)’’ after 

15 ‘‘an information system’’; and 

16 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 

17 ‘‘information’’ before ‘‘system’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) At a minimum, 

21 the information system under this section’’ 

22 and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At a minimum, the infor24 mation system’’; and 

25 (ii) by indenting subparagraphs (A) 

26 through (F) appropriately; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) The 

2 information system under this section’’ and in3 serting the following: 

4 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—The information sys5 tem’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (e)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) in the matter preceding subpara9 graph (A), by striking ‘‘under this sec10 tion’’; and 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

12 ‘‘information’’ after ‘‘of the’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘com14 mercial driver’s’’; and 

15 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘under 

16 this section’’; 

17 (4) in subsection (f)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘section 31313(a)’’ and in19 serting ‘‘subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 

20 31313’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘section 31313’’ and in22 serting ‘‘that section’’; 

23 (5) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

24 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
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1 (6) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED OPERATOR.—The Secretary may 

4 authorize a qualified entity (referred to in this section as 

5 the ‘authorized operator’)— 

6 ‘‘(1) to operate, maintain, develop, modernize, 

7 and enhance the information system; and 

8 ‘‘(2) to collect fees on behalf of the Secretary 

9 in accordance with subsection (e); and 

10 ‘‘(3) to use any fees collected in accordance 

11 with that subsection. 

12 ‘‘(e) FEE SYSTEM.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the au14 thorized operator, as applicable, may charge a rea15 sonable fee for use of the information system. 

16 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The total amount of 

17 fees collected under this subsection shall equal, as 

18 nearly as possible, the total amount necessary for 

19 the purposes and uses described in paragraph 

20 (3)(B). 

21 ‘‘(3) USE OF FEES.—Fees collected under this 

22 subsection shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) be credited to— 

24 ‘‘(i) an appropriation account; or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) an account designated by the au2 thorized operator; and 

3 ‘‘(B) be available only for the purposes of 

4 operating, maintaining, developing, modern5 izing, or enhancing, or any other use relating 

6 to, the information system, including for per7 sonnel and administration costs relating to the 

8 information system. 

9 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Fees col10 lected under this subsection shall remain available 

11 until expended for a purpose or use described in 

12 paragraph (3)(B). 

13 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZED OPERATOR.—If the Sec14 retary designates an authorized operator under sub15 section (d)— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Secretary shall not be charged a 

17 fee for access to, use of, or data in the informa18 tion system; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the Secretary shall have access to fee 

20 statements on a quarterly basis.’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 31311(a)(21) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘By the date established by the Secretary 
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1 under section 31309(e)(4), the State shall be operating’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘The State shall operate’’. 

Passed the Senate September 25, 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3475 

AN ACT 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow the 

poses. cense information system, and for other purthorized operator of the commercial driver’s liSecretary of Transportation to designate an au-