```

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3475 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3475

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four

                                 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.

    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''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
```