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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3475 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of Transportation to designate an authorized operator of the commercial driver’s 

license information system, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 12, 2023 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

A BILL 

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

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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


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1 SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE INFORMATION 

2 SYSTEM. 

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

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in the first sentence— 

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

8 section as the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Sec9 retary of Transportation’’; and 

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

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

12 ‘‘an information system’’; and 

13 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 

14 ‘‘information’’ before ‘‘system’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

18 the information system under this section’’ 

19 and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At a minimum, the infor21 mation system’’; and 

22 (ii) by indenting subparagraphs (A) 

23 through (F) appropriately; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) The 

25 information system under this section’’ and in26 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—The information sys2 tem’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by striking ‘‘under this sec7 tion’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘information’’ after ‘‘of the’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘com11 mercial driver’s’’; and 

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

13 this section’’; 

14 (4) in subsection (f)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘section 31313(a)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 

17 31313’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘section 31313’’ and in19 serting ‘‘that section’’; 

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

21 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 

22 (6) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

23 following: 


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

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

3 the ‘authorized operator’)— 

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

5 and enhance the information system; and 

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

7 in accordance with subsection (e); and 

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

9 with that subsection. 

10 ‘‘(e) FEE SYSTEM.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the au12 thorized operator, as applicable, may charge a rea13 sonable fee for use of the information system. 

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

15 fees collected under this subsection shall equal, as 

16 nearly as possible, the total amount necessary for 

17 the purposes and uses described in paragraph 

18 (3)(B). 

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

20 subsection shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) be credited to— 

22 ‘‘(i) an appropriation account; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) an account designated by the au24 thorized operator; and 


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

2 operating, maintaining, developing, modern3 izing, or enhancing, or any other use relating 

4 to, the information system, including for per5 sonnel and administration costs relating to the 

6 information system. 

7 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Fees col8 lected under this subsection shall remain available 

9 until expended for a purpose or use described in 

10 paragraph (3)(B). 

11 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZED OPERATOR.—If the Sec12 retary designates an authorized operator under sub13 section (d)— 

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

15 fee for access to, use of, or data in the informa16 tion system; and 

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

18 statements on a quarterly basis.’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

20 31311(a)(21) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

21 by striking ‘‘By the date established by the Secretary 

22 under section 31309(e)(4), the State shall be operating’’ 

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

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