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‘‘(3) FUNDING.—From amounts made available 
in subsection (a), the Secretary shall make available 
such sums as are necessary to carry out this sub-
section each fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY; INITIAL DATE OF AVAIL-
ABILITY.—Amounts authorized from the Highway Trust 
Fund by this section shall be available for obligation on 
the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October 
1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever 
occurs first. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made avail-
able under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(g) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.—The approval of 
funds by the Secretary under this section is a contractual 
obligation of the Federal Government for payment of the 
Federal Government’s share of costs.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES; AUTHORIZATION 
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 31104 is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (i); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) 
and subsections (i) and (j), respectively. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER 
SUBSECTION (I).—Section 4116(d) of SAFETEA–LU
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(49 U.S.C. 31104 note) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 31104(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 31110’’. 
(3) INTERNAL COOPERATION.—Section 31161 is 
amended by striking ‘‘31104(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘31110’’. 
(4) 
SAFETEA–LU; 
OUTREACH
AND
EDU-
CATION.—Section 4127 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 
1741; Public Law 109–59) is repealed. 
(5) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
of subchapter I of chapter 311 is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘31110. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 32506. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM IM-
PLEMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31313 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 31313. Commercial driver’s license program imple-
mentation financial assistance program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall administer a financial assistance program for com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation for the 
purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(1) STATE
COMMERCIAL
DRIVER’S
LICENSE 
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Secretary 
of Transportation may make a grant to a State agen-
cy in a fiscal year—
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‘‘(A) to comply with the requirements of sec-
tion 31311; 
‘‘(B) in the case of a State that is making 
a good faith effort toward substantial compliance 
with the requirements of section 31311, to im-
prove its implementation of its commercial driv-
er’s license program, including expenses— 
‘‘(i) for computer hardware and soft-
ware; 
‘‘(ii) for publications, testing, per-
sonnel, training, and quality control; 
‘‘(iii) for commercial driver’s license 
program coordinators; and 
‘‘(iv) to implement or maintain a sys-
tem to notify an employer of an operator of 
a commercial motor vehicle of the suspen-
sion or revocation of the operator’s commer-
cial driver’s license consistent with the 
standards developed under section 32303(b) 
of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety En-
hancement Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 31304 
note). 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may 
make a grant or cooperative agreement in a fiscal 
year to a State agency, local government, or any per-
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son for research, development or testing, demonstra-
tion projects, public education, or other special activi-
ties and projects relating to commercial driver’s li-
censing and motor vehicle safety that— 
‘‘(A) benefit all jurisdictions of the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) address national safety concerns and 
circumstances; 
‘‘(C) address emerging issues relating to 
commercial driver’s license improvements; 
‘‘(D) support innovative ideas and solutions 
to commercial driver’s license program issues; or 
‘‘(E) address other commercial driver’s li-
cense issues, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—A recipient may not use finan-
cial assistance funds awarded under this section to rent, 
lease, or buy land or buildings. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall issue an annual 
report on the activities carried out under this section. 
‘‘(d) APPORTIONMENT.—All amounts made available 
to carry out this section for a fiscal year shall be appor-
tioned to a State or recipient described in subsection (a)(2) 
according to criteria prescribed by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
The table of contents of chapter 313 is amended by striking
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the item relating to section 31313 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘31313. Commercial driver’s license program implementation financial assistance 
program.’’. 
SEC. 32507. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. 
(a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
GRANT EXTENSION.—Section 31104(a) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘and, for fiscal year 2016, sections 31102, 
31107, and 31109 of this title and section 4128 of 
SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31100 note)’’ after 
‘‘31102’’; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(10) $218,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and 
‘‘(11) ‘$259,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF
GRANT
PROGRAMS.—Section 
4101(c) SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1715; Public Law 109– 
59), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) GRANT PROGRAMS FUNDING.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund the 
following sums for the following Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration programs:
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‘‘(1) COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM 
IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.—For carrying out the com-
mercial driver’s license program improvement grants 
program under section 31313 of title 49, United 
States Code, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(2) BORDER
ENFORCEMENT
GRANTS.—From 
amounts made available under section 31104(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, for border enforcement 
grants under section 31107 of that title, $32,000,000 
for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFOR-
MATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAMS.— 
From amounts made available under section 31104(a) 
of title 49, United States Code, for the performance 
and registration information systems management 
grant program under section 31109 of that title, 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(4) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYS-
TEMS AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.—For carrying 
out the commercial vehicle information systems and 
networks deployment program under section 4126 of 
this Act (the innovative technology deployment pro-
gram), $25,000,000, for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(5) SAFETY
DATA
IMPROVEMENT
GRANTS.— 
From amounts made available under section 31104(a)
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of title 49, United States Code, for safety data im-
provement grants under section 4128 of this Act, 
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
(c) HIGH-PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—Section 31104(j)(2), 
as redesignated by section 32505 of this Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(d) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.—Section 31144(g)(5)(B) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) SET ASIDE.—The Secretary shall set 
aside from amounts made available by section 
31104(a) up to $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 
for audits of new entrant motor carriers con-
ducted under this paragraph.’’. 
(e) GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHI-
CLE OPERATORS.—Section 4134(c) of SAFETEA–LU (49 
U.S.C. 31301 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.—From amounts made available under 
section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary 
shall make available, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 to 
carry out the commercial motor vehicle operators grant pro-
gram.’’. 
(f) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4126 of SAFETEA– 
LU (49 U.S.C. 31106 note; 119 Stat. 1738; Public 
Law 109–59) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Funds deobligated by the 
Secretary from previous year grants shall 
not be counted towards the $2,500,000 max-
imum aggregate amount for core deploy-
ment.’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Funds may also be used 
for planning activities, including the devel-
opment or updating of program or top level 
design plans.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Funds may also be used for 
planning activities, including the development or 
updating of program or top level design plans.’’. 
(2) INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PRO-
GRAM.—For fiscal year 2016, the commercial vehicle 
information systems and networks deployment pro-
gram under section 4126 of SAFETEA–LU (119 
Stat. 1738; Public Law 109–59) may also be referred 
to as the innovative technology deployment program.
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SEC. 32508. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM ALLOCATION. 
(a) WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall establish a motor carrier safety assistance pro-
gram formula working group (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘working group’’. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the working group shall consist of represent-
atives of the following: 
(i) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration. 
(ii) The lead State commercial motor 
vehicle safety agencies responsible for ad-
ministering the plan required by section 
31102 of title 49, United States Code. 
(iii) 
An 
organization 
representing 
State agencies responsible for enforcing a 
program for inspection of commercial motor 
vehicles. 
(iv) Such other persons as the Sec-
retary considers necessary. 
(B) 
COMPOSITION.—Representatives 
of 
State commercial motor vehicle safety agencies
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shall comprise at least 51 percent of the member-
ship. 
(3) NEW ALLOCATION FORMULA.—The working 
group shall analyze requirements and factors for a 
new motor carrier safety assistance program alloca-
tion formula. 
(4) RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date the working group is established under 
paragraph (1), the working group shall make a rec-
ommendation to the Secretary regarding a new Motor 
Carrier Safety Assistance Program allocation for-
mula. 
(5) FACA EXEMPTION.—The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 
working group established under this subsection. 
(6) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
publish on a public website summaries of its meet-
ings, and the final recommendation provided to the 
Secretary. 
(b) NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—After re-
ceiving the recommendation under subsection (a)(4), the 
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice 
seeking public comment on a new allocation formula for
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the motor carrier safety assistance program under section 
31102 of title 49, United States Code. 
(c) BASIS FOR FORMULA.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the new allocation formula is based on factors that re-
flect, at a minimum— 
(1) the relative needs of the States to comply 
with section 31102 of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) the relative administrative capacities of and 
challenges faced by States in complying with section 
31102 of title 49, United States Code; 
(3) the average of each State’s new entrant motor 
carrier inventory for the 3-year period prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act; 
(4) the number of international border inspec-
tion facilities and border crossings by commercial ve-
hicles in each State; and 
(5) any other factors the Secretary considers ap-
propriate. 
(d) FUNDING AMOUNTS PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT OF 
A NEW ALLOCATION FORMULA.— 
(1) INTERIM FORMULA.—Prior to the develop-
ment of the new allocation formula, the Secretary 
may calculate the interim funding amounts for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program in fiscal year 
2017 (and later fiscal years, as necessary) under sec-
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tion 31104(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by section 32502 of this Act, by the fol-
lowing methodology: 
(A) The Secretary shall calculate the fund-
ing amount using the allocation formula the Sec-
retary used to award motor carrier safety assist-
ance program funding in fiscal year 2016 under 
section 2507 of this Act. 
(B) The Secretary shall average the funding 
awarded or other equitable amounts to a State 
in fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 for border 
enforcement 
grants 
awarded 
under 
section 
32603(c) of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 807; Public Law 
112–141) and new entrant audit grants awarded 
under that section, or other equitable amounts. 
(C) The Secretary shall add the amounts 
calculated in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Subject to the availability 
of funding and notwithstanding fluctuations in the 
data elements used by the Secretary, the initial 
amounts resulting from the calculation described in 
paragraph (1) shall be adjusted to ensure that, for 
each State, the amount shall not be less than 97 per-
cent of the average amount of funding received or
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other equitable amounts in fiscal years 2013, 2014, 
and 2015 for— 
(A) motor carrier safety assistance program 
funds awarded under section 32603(a) of MAP– 
21 (126 Stat. 807; Public Law 112–141); 
(B) border enforcement grants awarded 
under section 32603(a) of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 
807; Public Law 112–141); and 
(C) new entrant audit grants awarded 
under section 32603(a) of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 
807; Public Law 112–141). 
(3) IMMEDIATE RELIEF.—In developing the new 
allocation formula, the Secretary shall provide imme-
diate relief for at least 3 fiscal years to all States cur-
rently subject to the withholding provisions of Motor 
Carrier Safety Assistance Program funds for matters 
of noncompliance. 
(4) FUTURE WITHHOLDINGS.—Beginning on the 
date that the new allocation formula is implemented, 
the Secretary shall impose all future withholdings in 
accordance with section 31102(k) of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by section 32502 of this Act. 
(e) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—This section 
expires upon the implementation of a new Motor Carrier 
Safety Assistance Program Allocation Formula.
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SEC. 32509. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT CALCULATION. 
(a) BEFORE NEW ALLOCATION FORMULA.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—If a new allocation for-
mula has not been established for fiscal year 2017, 
then, for fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall calculate the maintenance of effort re-
quired under section 31102(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by section 32502 of this Act, 
by averaging the expenditures for fiscal years 2004 
and 2005 required by section 32601(a)(5) of MAP–21 
(Public Law 112–141), as that section was in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—The Secretary 
may use the methodology for calculating the mainte-
nance of effort for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal 
year thereafter if a new allocation formula has not 
been established. 
(b) BEGINNING
WITH
NEW
ALLOCATION
FORMA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and 
(3)(B), beginning on the date that a new allocation 
formula is established under section 2508, upon the 
request of a State, the Secretary may modify the base-
line maintenance of effort required by section 
31102(e) of title 49, United States Code, as amended 
by section 32502 of this Act, for the purpose of estab-
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lishing a new baseline maintenance of effort if the 
Secretary determines that a waiver or modification— 
(A) is equitable due to reasonable cir-
cumstances; 
(B) will ensure the continuation of commer-
cial motor vehicle enforcement activities in the 
State; and 
(C) is necessary to ensure that the total 
amount of State maintenance of effort and 
matching expenditures required under sections 
31102 and 31104 of title 49, United States Code, 
as amended by section 32502 of this Act, does 
not exceed a sum greater than the average of the 
total amount of State maintenance of effort and 
matching expenditures for the 3 fiscal years 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT
METHODOLOGY.—If requested 
by a State, the Secretary may modify the mainte-
nance of effort baseline according to the following 
methodology: 
(A) The Secretary shall establish the main-
tenance of effort using the average of fiscal years 
2004 
and 
2005, 
as 
required 
by 
section 
32601(a)(5) of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141).
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(B) The Secretary shall calculate the aver-
age required match by a lead State commercial 
motor vehicle safety agency for fiscal years 2013, 
2014, and 2015 for motor carrier safety assist-
ance grants established at 20 percent by section 
31103 of title 49, United States Code, as that 
section was in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(C) The Secretary shall calculate the esti-
mated match required under section 31104(b) of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by sec-
tion 32502 of this Act. 
(D) The Secretary will subtract the amount 
in subparagraph (B) from the amount in sub-
paragraph (C) and— 
(i) if the number is greater than 0, 
then the Secretary shall subtract the number 
from the amount in subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) if the number is not greater than 
0, then the Secretary shall calculate the 
maintenance of effort using the methodology 
in subparagraph (A). 
(3) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
the amount calculated in paragraph (2) as the
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baseline maintenance of effort required in section 
31102(f) of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by section 32502 of this Act. 
(B) DEADLINE.—If a State does not request 
a waiver or modification under this subsection 
before September 30 during the first fiscal year 
that the Secretary implements the new allocation 
formula under section 32508, the Secretary shall 
calculate the maintenance of effort using the 
methodology in paragraph (2)(A) of this sub-
section. 
(4) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT DESCRIBED.—The 
maintenance of effort calculated under this section is 
the amount required under section 31102(f) of title 
49, United States Code, as amended by section 32502 
of this Act. 
(c) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The authority 
under this section terminates effective on the date that the 
new maintenance of effort is calculated based on the new 
allocation formula implemented under section 32508. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Provisions 
SEC. 32601. WINDSHIELD TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the
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regulations in section 393.60(e) of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations (relating to the prohibition on obstructions to 
the driver’s field of view) to exempt from that section the 
voluntary mounting on a windshield of vehicle safety tech-
nology likely to achieve a level of safety that is equivalent 
to or greater than the level of safety that would be achieved 
absent the exemption. 
(b) DEFINITION OF VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.— 
In this section, ‘‘vehicle safety technology’’ includes fleet- 
related incident management system, performance or behav-
ior management system, speed management system, lane de-
parture warning system, forward collision warning or miti-
gation system, active cruise control system, and any other 
technology that the Secretary considers applicable. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of this 
section, any windshield mounted technology with a short 
term exemption under part 381 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall be considered likely to achieve a level of safety 
that is equivalent to or greater than the level of safety that 
would be achieved absent an exemption under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 32602. ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICES REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 31137(b) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘apply to’’ 
and inserting ‘‘except as provided in paragraph (3), 
apply to’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—A motor carrier, when trans-
porting a motor home or recreation vehicle trailer 
within the definition of ‘driveaway-towaway oper-
ation’ (as defined in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations) may comply with the hours of 
service requirements by requiring each driver to use— 
‘‘(A) a paper record of duty status form; or 
‘‘(B) an electronic logging device.’’. 
SEC. 32603. LAPSE OF REQUIRED FINANCIAL SECURITY; 
SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION. 
Section 13906(e) is amended by inserting ‘‘or suspend’’ 
after ‘‘revoke’’. 
SEC. 32604. ACCESS TO NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER. 
Section 30305(b) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(13) The Administrator of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration may request the chief 
driver licensing official of a State to provide informa-
tion under subsection (a) of this section about an in-
dividual in connection with a safety investigation 
under the Administrator’s jurisdiction.’’.
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SEC. 32605. STUDY ON COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIV-
ER COMMUTING. 
(a) EFFECTS OF COMMUTING.—The Administrator of 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall con-
duct a study of the effects of motor carrier operator com-
mutes exceeding 150 minutes commuting time on safety and 
commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue. 
(b) STUDY.—In conducting the study, the Adminis-
trator shall consider— 
(1) the prevalence of driver commuting in the 
commercial motor vehicle industry, including the 
number and percentage of drivers who commute; 
(2) the distances traveled, time zones crossed, 
time spent commuting, and methods of transportation 
used; 
(3) research on the impact of excessive com-
muting on safety and commercial motor vehicle driver 
fatigue; 
(4) the commuting practices of commercial motor 
vehicle drivers and policies of motor carriers; 
(5) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration regulations, policies, and guidance regarding 
driver commuting; and 
(6) any other matters the Administrator con-
siders appropriate.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a report containing the findings under the 
study and any recommendations for legislative action con-
cerning driver commuting. 
SEC. 32606. HOUSEHOLD GOODS CONSUMER PROTECTION 
WORKING GROUP. 
(a) WORKING GROUP.—The Secretary shall establish 
a working group for the purpose of developing recommenda-
tions on how to best convey to inexperienced consumers the 
information such consumers need to know with respect to 
the Federal laws concerning the interstate transportation 
of household goods by motor carrier. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
the working group is comprised of individuals with exper-
tise in consumer affairs, educators with expertise in how 
people learn most effectively, and representatives of the 
household goods moving industry. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) CONTENTS.—The recommendations developed 
by the working group shall include, at a minimum, 
recommendations on— 
(A) condensing publication ESA 03005 of 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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into a format that is more easily used by con-
sumers; 
(B) using state-of-the-art education tech-
niques and technologies, including optimizing 
the use of the Internet as an educational tool; 
and 
(C) reducing and simplifying the paperwork 
required of motor carriers and shippers in inter-
state transportation. 
(2) DEADLINE.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the working group 
shall make the recommendations described in para-
graph (1) which the Secretary shall publish on a pub-
lic website. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the working group makes its recommendations, the 
Secretary shall issue a report to Congress on the implemen-
tation of such recommendations. 
(e) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT EXEMP-
TION.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall not apply to the working group established 
under this section. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The working group shall terminate 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 32607. INTERSTATE VAN OPERATIONS. 
Section 4136 of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 
119 Stat. 1745; 49 U.S.C. 3116 note) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘with the exception of commuter vanpool operations, 
which shall remain exempt’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 32608. REPORT ON DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 
WIRELESS ROADSIDE INSPECTION SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report 
regarding the design, development, testing, and implemen-
tation of wireless roadside inspection systems. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include a determination as to whether wireless 
roadside inspection systems— 
(1) conflict with existing non-Federal electronic 
screening systems, or create capabilities already 
available; 
(2) require additional statutory authority to in-
corporate generated inspection data into the safety 
measurement system or the safety fitness determina-
tions program; and
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(3) provide appropriate restrictions to specifi-
cally address privacy concerns of affected motor car-
riers and operators. 
SEC. 32609. MOTORCOACH HOURS OF SERVICE STUDY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
BEFORE
IMPLEMENTING
NEW 
RULES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may not 
amend, adjust, or revise the driver hours of service 
regulations for motor carriers of passengers, by rule-
making or any other means, until the Secretary con-
ducts a formal study that properly accounts for oper-
ational differences and variances in crash data for 
drivers in intercity motorcoach service and interstate 
property carrier operations and between segments of 
the intercity motorcoach industry. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study required under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) the impact of the current hours of serv-
ice regulations for motor carriers of passengers 
on 
fostering 
safe 
operation 
of 
intercity 
motorcoaches; 
(B) the separation of the failures of the cur-
rent passenger carrier hours-of-service regula-
tions and the lack of enforcement of the current 
regulations by Federal and State agencies;
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(C) the correlation of noncompliance with 
current passenger carrier hours of service rule to 
passenger carrier accidents using data from 2000 
through 2013; and 
(D) how passenger carrier crashes could 
have been mitigated by any changes to passenger 
carrier hours of service rules. 
(b) EMERGENCY REGULATIONS.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to affect the Secretary’s existing au-
thority to provide relief from the hours of service regulations 
in the event of an emergency under section 390.232 of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 32610. GAO REVIEW OF SCHOOL BUS SAFETY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, a review of the following: 
(1) Existing Federal and State rules and guid-
ance, as of the date of the review, concerning school 
bus transportation of elementary school and sec-
ondary school students engaging in home-to-school 
transport or other transport determined by the Comp-
troller General to be a routine part of kindergarten
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through grade 12 education, including regulations 
and guidance regarding driver training programs, ca-
pacity requirements, programs for special needs stu-
dents, inspection standards, vehicle age requirements, 
best practices, and public access to inspection results 
and crash records. 
(2) Any correlation between public or private 
school bus fleet operators whose vehicles are involved 
in an accident as defined by section 390.5 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A failure by those same operators of 
State or local safety inspections. 
(B) The average age or odometer readings of 
the school buses in the fleets of such operators. 
(C) Violations of Federal laws administered 
by the Department of Transportation, or of State 
law equivalents of such laws. 
(D) Violations of State or local law relating 
to illegal passing of a school bus. 
(3) A regulatory framework comparison of public 
and private school bus operations. 
(4) Expert recommendations on best practices for 
safe and reliable school bus transportation, including 
driver training programs, inspection standards,
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school bus age and odometer reading maximums for 
retirement, the percentage of buses in a local bus fleet 
needed as spare buses, and capacity levels per school 
bus for different age groups. 
SEC. 32611. USE OF HAIR TESTING FOR PREEMPLOYMENT 
AND 
RANDOM 
CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCES 
TESTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF HAIR TESTING AS AN ACCEPT-
ABLE PROCEDURE
FOR PREEMPLOYMENT
AND RANDOM 
CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
TESTS.—Section 31306 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 
regulations shall permit such motor carriers to 
conduct preemployment testing of such employees 
for the use of alcohol.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) The regulations prescribed under subparagraph 
(A) shall permit motor carriers—
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‘‘(i) to conduct preemployment testing of com-
mercial motor vehicle operators for the use of alcohol; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to use hair testing as an acceptable alter-
native to urinalysis— 
‘‘(I) in conducting preemployment screening 
for the use of a controlled substance; and 
‘‘(II) in conducting random screening for 
the use of a controlled substance by individuals 
who were subject to preemployment screening.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) laboratory protocols and cut-off levels 
for hair testing to detect the use of a controlled 
substance;’’. 
(c) EXEMPTION FROM MANDATORY URINALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any motor carrier that dem-
onstrates, to the satisfaction of the Administrator of 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in 
consultation with the Department of Health and
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Human Services, that it can carry out an applicable 
hair testing program, consistent with generally ac-
cepted industry standards, to detect the use of a con-
trolled substance by commercial motor vehicle opera-
tors, may apply to the Administrator for an exemp-
tion from the mandatory urinalysis testing require-
ments set forth in subpart C of part 382 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations until a final rule is 
issued implementing the amendments made by sub-
section (b). 
(2) EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating applica-
tions for an exemption under paragraph (1), the 
Administrator, in consultation with the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, shall deter-
mine if the applicant’s testing program employs 
procedures and protections similar to fleets that 
have carried out hair testing programs for at 
least 1 year. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—A testing program 
may not receive an exemption under paragraph 
(1) unless the applicable testing laboratories— 
(i) have obtained laboratory accredita-
tion specific to hair testing from an accred-
iting body, compliant with international or
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other Federal standards, as appropriate, 
such as the College of American Patholo-
gists; and 
(ii) utilize hair testing assays that 
have been cleared by the Food and Drug 
Administration under section 510(k) of the 
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 360(k)). 
(3) DEADLINE FOR DECISIONS.—Not later than 
90 days after receiving an application from a motor 
carrier under this subsection, the Administrator, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall determine whether the motor 
carrier is exempt from the testing requirements de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Any motor car-
rier that is granted an exemption under paragraph 
(1) shall submit records to the national clearinghouse 
established under section 31306a of title 49, United 
States Code, relating to all positive test results and 
test refusals from the hair testing program described 
in that paragraph. 
(d) GUIDELINES FOR HAIR TESTING.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall issue scientific
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and technical guidelines for hair testing as a method of de-
tecting the use of a controlled substance for purposes of sec-
tion 31306 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by 
subsection (b). When issuing the scientific and technical 
guidelines, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
may consider differentiating between exposure to, and usage 
of, various controlled substances. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall submit an annual report to Congress that— 
(1) summarizes the results of preemployment and 
random drug testing using both hair testing and uri-
nalysis; 
(2) evaluates the efficacy of each method; and 
(3) determines which method provides the most 
accurate means of detecting the use of controlled sub-
stances over time. 
TITLE XXXIII—HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS 
SEC. 33101. ENDORSEMENTS. 
(a) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 5117(d)(1) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(D) a service vehicle (as defined in section 
33101 of the Comprehensive Transportation and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2015) carrying die-
sel fuel in quantities of 3,785 liters (1,000 gal-
lons) or less that is— 
‘‘(i) driven by a class A commercial 
driver’s license holder who is a custom har-
vester, an agricultural retailer, an agricul-
tural business employee, an agricultural co-
operative employee, or an agricultural pro-
ducer; and 
‘‘(ii) clearly marked with a placard 
reading ‘Diesel Fuel’.’’. 
(b) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENDORSEMENT EXEMP-
TION.—The Secretary shall exempt all class A commercial 
driver’s license holders who are custom harvesters, agricul-
tural retailers, agricultural business employees, agricul-
tural cooperative employees, or agricultural producers from 
the requirement to obtain a hazardous materials endorse-
ment under part 383 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, while operating a service vehicle carrying diesel fuel 
in quantities of 3,785 liters (1,000 gallons) or less if the 
tank containing such fuel is clearly marked with a placard 
reading ‘‘Diesel Fuel’’.
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(c) DEFINITION OF SERVICE VEHICLE.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘service vehicle’’ means a vehicle carrying 
diesel fuel that will be deductible as a profit-seeking activ-
ity— 
(1) under section 162 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 as a business expense; or 
(2) under section 212 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 as a production of income expense. 
SEC. 33102. ENHANCED REPORTING. 
Section 5121(h) is amended by striking ‘‘transmit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate’’ and inserting 
‘‘post on the Department of Transportation public website’’. 
SEC. 33103. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INFORMATION. 
(a) DERAILMENT DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
revise the form for reporting a rail equipment acci-
dent or incident under section 225.21 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations (Form FRA F 6180.54, Rail 
Equipment Accident/Incident Report), including to 
its instructions, to require additional data concerning 
rail cars carrying crude oil or ethanol that are in-
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volved in a reportable rail equipment accident or in-
cident under part 225 of that title. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The data under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(A) the number of rail cars carrying crude 
oil or ethanol; 
(B) the number of rail cars carrying crude 
oil or ethanol damaged or derailed; and 
(C) the number of rail cars releasing crude 
oil or ethanol. 
(3) DIFFERENTIATION.—The data described in 
paragraph (2) shall be reported separately for crude 
oil and for ethanol. 
(b) DATABASE CONNECTIVITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
implement information management practices to en-
sure that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safe-
ty Administration Hazardous Materials Incident Re-
ports Database (referred to in this section as ‘‘Inci-
dent Reports Database’’) and the Federal Railroad 
Administration Railroad Safety Information System 
contain accurate and consistent data on a reportable 
rail equipment accident or incident under part 225
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of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, involving the 
release of hazardous materials. 
(2) IDENTIFIERS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the Incident Reports Database uses a searchable 
Federal Railroad Administration report number, or 
other applicable unique identifier that is linked to the 
Federal Railroad Safety Information System, for each 
reportable rail equipment accident or incident under 
part 225 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, in-
volving the release of hazardous materials. 
(c) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Transpor-
tation Inspector General shall— 
(A) evaluate the accuracy of information in 
the Incident Reports Database, including deter-
mining whether any inaccuracies exist in— 
(i) the type of hazardous materials re-
leased; 
(ii) the quantity of hazardous mate-
rials released; 
(iii) the location of hazardous mate-
rials released; 
(iv) the damages or effects of hazardous 
materials released; and
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(v) any other data contained in the 
database; and 
(B) considering the requirements in sub-
section (b), evaluate the consistency and accu-
racy of data involving accidents or incidents re-
portable to both the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration and the Federal 
Railroad Administration, including whether the 
Incident Reports Database uses a searchable 
identifier described in subsection (b)(2). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Department of 
Transportation Inspector General shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives a report of the findings under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1) and recommendations 
for resolving any inconsistencies or inaccuracies. 
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 
be construed to prohibit the Secretary from requiring other 
commodity-specific information for any reportable rail 
equipment accident or incident under part 225 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations.
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SEC. 33104. NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RE-
SPONSE. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 5101 is amended by inserting 
and ‘‘and to facilitate the safe movement of hazardous mate-
rials during national emergencies’’ after ‘‘commerce’’. 
(b) GENERAL
REGULATORY
AUTHORITY.—Section 
5103 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER AND EMER-
GENCY AREAS.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, may prescribe standards 
to facilitate the safe movement of hazardous materials into, 
from, and within a federally declared disaster area or a 
national emergency area.’’. 
SEC. 33105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 5128 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 5128. Authorization of appropriations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary to carry out this chapter (except 
sections 5107(e), 5108(g)(2), 5113, 5115, 5116, and 5119)— 
‘‘(1) $43,660,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(2) $44,577,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(3) $45,513,000 for fiscal year 2018;
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‘‘(4) $46,469,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(5) $47,445,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(6) $48,441,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(b) HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS
EMERGENCY
PRE-
PAREDNESS FUND.—From the Hazardous Materials Emer-
gency Preparedness Fund established under section 5116(i), 
the Secretary may expend, during each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021— 
‘‘(1) $188,000 to carry out section 5115; 
‘‘(2) $21,800,000 to carry out subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 5116, of which not less than 
$13,650,000 shall be available to carry out section 
5116(b); 
‘‘(3) $150,000 to carry out section 5116(f); 
‘‘(4) $625,000 to publish and distribute the 
Emergency 
Response 
Guidebook 
under 
section 
5116(i)(3); and 
‘‘(5) $1,000,000 to carry out section 5116(j). 
‘‘(c) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRAINING GRANTS.— 
From the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness 
Fund established pursuant to section 5116(i), the Secretary 
may expend $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 
through 2021 to carry out section 5107(e). 
‘‘(d) CREDITS TO APPROPRIATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) EXPENSES.—In addition to amounts other-
wise made available to carry out this chapter, the 
Secretary may credit amounts received from a State, 
Indian tribe, or other public authority or private en-
tity for expenses the Secretary incurs in providing 
training to the State, authority, or entity. 
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS.—Amounts 
made available under this section shall remain avail-
able until expended.’’. 
TITLE XXXIV—HIGHWAY AND 
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY 
Subtitle A—Highway Traffic Safety 
PART I—HIGHWAY SAFETY 
SEC. 34101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are authorized 
to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account): 
(1) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—For carrying 
out section 402 of title 23, United States Code— 
(A) $243,526,500 for fiscal year 2016; 
(B) $252,267,972 for fiscal year 2017; 
(C) $261,229,288 for fiscal year 2018; 
(D) $270,415,429 for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) $279,831,482 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(F) $289,482,646 for fiscal year 2021.
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in this subtitle, and in the amendments made by this sub-
title, the amounts made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for a program 
under such chapter— 
(1) shall only be used to carry out such program; 
and 
(2) may not be used by States or local govern-
ments for construction purposes. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Except as otherwise 
provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and 
in this subtitle, amounts made available under subsection 
(a) for fiscal years 2016 through 2021 shall be available 
for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were 
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. 
(d) 
REGULATORY
AUTHORITY.—Grants 
awarded 
under this subtitle shall be in accordance with regulations 
issued by the Secretary. 
(e) STATE MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—If a grant 
awarded under this subtitle requires a State to share in 
the cost, the aggregate of all expenditures for highway safety 
activities made during any fiscal year by the State and 
its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for 
carrying out the grant (other than planning and adminis-
tration) shall be available for the purpose of crediting the 
State during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of
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the cost of any project under this subtitle (other than plan-
ning or administration) without regard to whether such ex-
penditures were actually made in connection with such 
project. 
(f) GRANT APPLICATION AND DEADLINE.—To receive 
a grant under this subtitle, a State shall submit an applica-
tion, and the Secretary shall establish a single deadline for 
such applications to enable the award of grants early in 
the next fiscal year. 
(g) TRANSFERS.—Section 405(a)(1)(G) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(G) TRANSFERS.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F), the Secretary shall 
reallocate, before the last day of any fiscal year, 
any 
amounts 
remaining 
available 
of 
the 
amounts allocated to carry out any of the activi-
ties described in subsections (b) through (g) to 
increase the amount made available to carry out 
section 402, in order to ensure, to the maximum 
extent possible, that all such amounts are obli-
gated during such fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 34102. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—Section 402(g) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(g) RESTRICTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the appropriation or expenditure of 
funds for highway construction, maintenance, or design 
(other than design of safety features of highways to be incor-
porated into guidelines).’’. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) 
HIGHWAY
SAFETY
PROGRAMS.—Section 
402(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘A State may provide the funds appor-
tioned under this section to a political subdivision of 
a State, including Indian tribal governments.’’ after 
‘‘neighboring States.’’. 
(2) NATIONAL
PRIORITY
SAFETY
PROGRAMS.— 
Section 405(a)(1) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(I) POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS.—A State 
may provide the funds awarded under this sec-
tion to a political subdivision of a State, includ-
ing Indian tribal governments.’’. 
(c) TRACKING PROCESS.—Section 412 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(f) TRACKING PROCESS.—The Secretary shall develop 
a process to identify and mitigate possible systemic issues 
across States and regional offices by reviewing oversight
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findings and recommended actions identified in triennial 
State management reviews.’’. 
(d) HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANS.—Section 402(k)(5)(A) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘60’’ 
and inserting ‘‘45’’. 
(e) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Section 405(a)(1)(H) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(H) MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT
CERTIFI-
CATION.—As part of the grant application re-
quired in section 402(k)(3)(F), a State receiving 
a grant in any fiscal year under subsection (b), 
subsection (c), or subsection (d) of this section 
shall provide certification that the lead State 
agency responsible for programs described in any 
of those sections is maintaining aggregate ex-
penditures at or above the average level of such 
expenditures in the 2 fiscal years prior to the 
date of enactment of the Comprehensive Trans-
portation and Consumer Protection Act of 
2015.’’. 
SEC. 34103. GRANTS FOR ALCOHOL-IGNITION INTERLOCK 
LAWS AND 24–7 SOBRIETY PROGRAMS. 
Section 405(d) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by amending the heading to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by amending the 
heading to read as follows: ‘‘GRANTS TO STATES 
WITH ALCOHOL-IGNITION INTERLOCK LAWS.—’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 
respectively; 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A), 
the following: 
‘‘(B) GRANTS TO STATES WITH 24–7 SOBRI-
ETY
PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall make a 
separate grant under this subsection to each 
State that— 
‘‘(i) adopts and is enforcing a law that 
requires all individuals convicted of driving 
under the influence of alcohol or of driving 
while intoxicated to receive a restriction on 
driving privileges; and 
‘‘(ii) provides a 24–7 sobriety pro-
gram.’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘and subparagraph (B)’’ after ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A)’’;
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(F) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘and subparagraph (B)’’ after ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A)’’; 
(G) by amending subparagraph (E), as re-
designated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(i) FUNDING FOR GRANTS TO STATES 
WITH
ALCOHOL-IGNITION
INTERLOCK 
LAWS.—Not more than 12 percent of the 
amounts made available to carry out this 
subsection in a fiscal year shall be made 
available by the Secretary for making 
grants under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) FUNDING FOR GRANTS TO STATES 
WITH 24–7 SOBRIETY PROGRAMS.—Not more 
than 3 percent of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this subsection in a fiscal 
year shall be made available by the Sec-
retary for making grants under subpara-
graph (B).’’; and 
(H) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) EXCEPTIONS.—A State alcohol-igni-
tion interlock law under subparagraph (A) may 
include 
exceptions 
for 
the 
following 
cir-
cumstances:
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‘‘(i) The individual is required to oper-
ate an employer’s motor vehicle in the 
course and scope of employment and the 
business entity that owns the vehicle is not 
owned or controlled by the individual. 
‘‘(ii) The individual is certified by a 
medical doctor as being unable to provide a 
deep lung breath sample for analysis by an 
ignition interlock device.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (7)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or a State agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or an agency with jurisdic-
tion’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘bond,’’ before ‘‘sen-
tence’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘who plead 
guilty or’’ and inserting ‘‘who was arrested, 
plead guilty, or’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘at a testing 
location’’ after ‘‘per day’’. 
SEC. 34104. REPEAT OFFENDER CRITERIA. 
Section 164(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) 
as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(1) 24–7 SOBRIETY PROGRAM.—The term ‘24– 
7 sobriety program’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 405(d)(7)(A).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5), as redesignated— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘or combination of laws or pro-
grams’’ after ‘‘State law’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) receive, for a period of not less than 1 
year— 
‘‘(i) a suspension of all driving privi-
leges; 
‘‘(ii) a restriction on driving privileges 
that limits the individual to operating only 
motor vehicles with an ignition interlock de-
vice installed, unless a special exception ap-
plies; 
‘‘(iii) a restriction on driving privi-
leges that limits the individual to operating 
motor vehicles only if participating in, and
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complying with, a 24–7 sobriety program; 
or 
‘‘(iv) any combination of clauses (i) 
through (iii);’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; and 
(E) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘; and’’; and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(III) the State certifies that the 
general practice is that such an indi-
vidual will be incarcerated; and’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘; and’’; and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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(III) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(III) the State certifies that the 
general practice is that such an indi-
vidual will receive approximately 10 
days of incarceration.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end— 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL EXCEPTION.—The term ‘special ex-
ception’ means an exception under a State alcohol-ig-
nition interlock law for the following circumstances: 
‘‘(A) The individual is required to operate 
an employer’s motor vehicle in the course and 
scope of employment and the business entity that 
owns the vehicle is not owned or controlled by 
the individual. 
‘‘(B) The individual is certified by a med-
ical doctor as being unable to provide a deep 
lung breath sample for analysis by an ignition 
interlock device.’’. 
SEC. 34105. STUDY ON THE NATIONAL ROADSIDE SURVEY 
OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE BY DRIVERS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date that the Comp-
troller General reviews and reports on the overall value of 
the National Roadside Survey to researchers and other pub-
lic safety stakeholders, the differences between a National
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Roadside Survey site and typical law enforcement check-
points, and the effectiveness of the National Roadside Sur-
vey methodology at protecting the privacy of the driving 
public, as requested by the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate on June 5, 2014 (Senate Report 113–182), 
the Secretary shall report to Congress on the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration’s progress toward re-
viewing that report and implementing any recommenda-
tions made in that report. 
SEC. 34106. INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DAN-
GERS OF DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING. 
(a) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—The Administrator of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in con-
sultation with the White House Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, State highway safety offices, and other interested par-
ties, as determined by the Administrator, shall identify and 
carry out additional actions that should be undertaken by 
the Administration to assist States in their efforts to in-
crease public awareness of the dangers of drug-impaired 
driving, including the dangers of driving while under the 
influence of heroin or prescription opioids. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives that describes the additional actions undertaken by the 
Administration pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 34107. IMPROVEMENT OF DATA COLLECTION ON 
CHILD OCCUPANTS IN VEHICLE CRASHES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the crash 
investigation data collection system of the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration to include the collection 
of the following data in connection with vehicle crashes 
whenever a child restraint system was in use in a vehicle 
involved in a crash: 
(1) The type or types of child restraint systems 
in use during the crash in any vehicle involved in the 
crash, including whether a five-point harness or belt- 
positioning booster. 
(2) If a five-point harness child restraint system 
was in use during the crash, whether the child re-
straint system was forward-facing or rear-facing in 
the vehicle concerned. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In implementing subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall work with law enforcement officials, 
safety advocates, the medical community, and research or-
ganizations to improve the recordation of data described in
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subsection (a) in police and other applicable incident re-
ports. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives a report on child occupant 
crash data collection in the crash investigation data collec-
tion system of the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration pursuant to the revision required by subsection 
(a). 
PART II—STOP MOTORCYCLE CHECKPOINT 
FUNDING ACT 
SEC. 34121. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Motorcycle Check-
point Funding Act’’. 
SEC. 34122. GRANT RESTRICTION. 
Notwithstanding section 153 of title 23, United States 
Code, the Secretary may not provide a grant or any funds 
to a State, county, town, township, Indian tribe, munici-
pality, or other local government that may be used for any 
program— 
(1) to check helmet usage; or 
(2) to create checkpoints that specifically target 
motorcycle operators or motorcycle passengers.
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PART III—IMPROVING DRIVER SAFETY ACT OF 
2015 
SEC. 34131. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Driver Safe-
ty Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 34132. DISTRACTED DRIVING INCENTIVE GRANTS. 
Section 405(e) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘includes dis-
tracted driving issues as part of the State’s driver’s 
license examination and’’ after ‘‘any State that’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) establishes a minimum fine for a vio-
lation of the statute; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) does not provide for an exception that 
specifically allows a driver to use a personal 
wireless communications device for texting while 
stopped in traffic.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows:
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‘‘(A) prohibits the use of a personal wireless 
communications device while driving for driv-
ers— 
‘‘(i) younger than 18 years of age; or 
‘‘(ii) in the learner’s permit and inter-
mediate license stages;’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) establishes a minimum fine for a vio-
lation of the statute; and 
‘‘(D) does not provide for an exception that 
specifically allows a driver to text through a per-
sonal wireless communications device while 
stopped in traffic.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 31152’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 31136’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(D) any additional exceptions determined 
by the Secretary through the rulemaking proc-
ess.’’; 
(5) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(6) 
ADDITIONAL
DISTRACTED
DRIVING 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall use up to 50 per-
cent of the amounts available for grants under 
this subsection to award grants to any State 
that— 
‘‘(i) in fiscal year 2017— 
‘‘(I) certifies that it has enacted a 
basic text messaging statute that— 
‘‘(aa) is applicable to drivers 
of all ages; and 
‘‘(bb) makes violation of the 
basic text messaging statute a pri-
mary offense or secondary enforce-
ment action as allowed by State 
statute; and 
‘‘(II) is otherwise ineligible for a 
grant under this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) in fiscal year 2018—
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‘‘(I) meets the requirements under 
clause (i); 
‘‘(II) imposes fines for violations; 
and 
‘‘(III) has a statute that prohibits 
drivers who are younger than 18 years 
of age from using a personal wireless 
communications device while driving. 
‘‘(B) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (5) and subject to clauses (ii) 
and (iii) of this subparagraph, amounts re-
ceived by a State under subparagraph (A) 
may be used for activities related to the en-
forcement of distracted driving laws, includ-
ing for public information and awareness 
purposes. 
‘‘(ii) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—In fiscal year 
2017, up to 15 percent of the amounts re-
ceived by a State under subparagraph (A) 
may be used for any eligible project or ac-
tivity under section 402. 
‘‘(iii) FISCAL
YEAR
2018.—In fiscal 
year 2018, up to 25 percent of the amounts 
received by a State under subparagraph (A)
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may be used for any eligible project or ac-
tivity under section 402.’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (9)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘, includ-
ing operation while temporarily stationary because of 
traffic, a traffic light or stop sign, or otherwise’’. 
SEC. 34133. BARRIERS TO DATA COLLECTION REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
that— 
(1) identifies any legal and technical barriers to 
capturing adequate data on the prevalence of the use 
of wireless communications devices while driving; and 
(2) provides recommendations on how to address 
such barriers. 
SEC. 34134. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE GRAD-
UATED 
DRIVER 
LICENSING 
INCENTIVE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 405(g)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘21’’ and 
inserting ‘‘18’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) LICENSING PROCESS.—A State is in 
compliance with the 2-stage licensing process de-
scribed in this subparagraph if the State’s driv-
er’s license laws include— 
‘‘(i) a learner’s permit stage that— 
‘‘(I) is at least 6 months in dura-
tion; 
‘‘(II) contains a prohibition on 
the driver using a personal wireless 
communications device (as defined in 
subsection (e)) while driving except 
under an exception permitted under 
paragraph (4) of that subsection, and 
makes a violation of the prohibition a 
primary offense; 
‘‘(III) requires applicants to suc-
cessfully pass a vision and knowledge 
assessment prior to receiving a learn-
er’s permit; 
‘‘(IV) requires that the driver be 
accompanied and supervised at all
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times while the driver is operating a 
motor vehicle by a licensed driver who 
is at least 21 years of age or is a 
State-certified driving instructor; 
‘‘(V) has a requirement that the 
driver— 
‘‘(aa) complete a State-cer-
tified driver education or training 
course; or 
‘‘(bb) obtain at least 50 hours 
of behind-the-wheel training, with 
at least 10 hours at night, with a 
licensed driver; 
‘‘(VI) remains in effect until the 
driver— 
‘‘(aa) reaches 16 years of age 
and enters the intermediate stage; 
or 
‘‘(bb) reaches 18 years of age; 
‘‘(ii) an intermediate stage that— 
‘‘(I) commences immediately after 
the expiration of the learner’s permit 
stage and successful completion of a 
driving skills assessment;
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‘‘(II) is at least 6 months in du-
ration; 
‘‘(III) prohibits the driver from 
using a personal wireless communica-
tions device (as defined in subsection 
(e)) while driving except under an ex-
ception permitted under paragraph (4) 
of that subsection, and makes a viola-
tion of the prohibition a primary of-
fense; 
‘‘(IV) for the first 6 month of the 
intermediate stage, restricts driving at 
night between the hours of 10:00 p.m. 
and 5:00 a.m. when not supervised by 
a licensed driver 21 years of age or 
older, 
excluding 
transportation 
to 
work, school, religious activities, or 
emergencies; 
‘‘(V) prohibits the driver from op-
erating a motor vehicle with more than 
1 nonfamilial passenger younger than 
21 years of age unless a licensed driver 
who is at least 21 years of age is in the 
motor vehicle; and
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‘‘(VI) remains in effect until the 
driver reaches 17 years of age; and 
‘‘(iii) a learner’s permit and inter-
mediate stage that require, in addition to 
any other penalties imposed by State law, 
the granting of an unrestricted driver’s li-
cense be automatically delayed for any indi-
vidual who, during the learner’s permit or 
intermediate stage, is convicted of a driv-
ing-related offense during the first 6 
months, including— 
‘‘(I) driving while intoxicated; 
‘‘(II) misrepresentation of the in-
dividual’s age; 
‘‘(III) reckless driving; 
‘‘(IV) driving without wearing a 
seat belt; 
‘‘(V) speeding; or 
‘‘(VI) any other driving-related of-
fense, as determined by the Secretary.’’.
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PART IV—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 34141. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE MOTOR VE-
HICLE AND HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT 
ACT OF 2012. 
(a) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 402 of 
title 23, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘except 
as provided in paragraph (3),’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(E)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘in which a State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for which a State’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (k)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (k)(4), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)’’. 
(b) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH
AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—Section 403(e) of title 23, United States Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘of title 49’’ after ‘‘chapter 301’’. 
(c) NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 
405 of title 23, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(5), by striking ‘‘section 
402(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 402’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(4)(A)(iv), by striking ‘‘de-
veloped under subsection (g)’’.
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Subtitle B—Vehicle Safety 
SEC. 34201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), there is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
chapter 301 of title 49, and part C of subtitle VI of title 
49, United States Code, amounts as follows: 
(1) $132,730,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
(2) $135,517,330 for fiscal year 2017. 
(3) $138,363,194 for fiscal year 2018. 
(4) $141,268,821 for fiscal year 2019. 
(5) $144,235,466 for fiscal year 2020. 
(6) $147,264,411 for fiscal year 2021. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
IF A CERTIFICATION IS MADE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) to 
carry out chapter 301 of title 49, and part C of sub-
title VI of title 49, United States Code, if the certifi-
cation described in paragraph (2) is made during a 
fiscal year there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary for that purpose for that fiscal year and 
subsequent fiscal years an additional amount as fol-
lows: 
(A) $46,270,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
(B) $51,537,670 for fiscal year 2017.
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(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) reimburse planning and design ex-
penses relating to projects described in subpara-
graph (A) or (C).’’. 
SEC. 35605. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) APPLICATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES.—Sec-
tion 502(i) (45 U.S.C. 822(i)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(i) APPLICATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION STATUS NOTICES.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date that the Secretary receives 
an application under this section, the Secretary shall 
provide the applicant written notice as to whether the 
application is complete or incomplete. 
‘‘(2) INCOMPLETE
APPLICATIONS.—If the Sec-
retary determines that an application is incomplete, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide the applicant with a descrip-
tion of all of the specific information or material 
that is needed to complete the application; and 
‘‘(B) allow the applicant to resubmit the in-
formation and material described under sub-
paragraph (A) to complete the application. 
‘‘(3) 
APPLICATION
APPROVALS
AND
DIS-
APPROVALS.—
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‘‘(2) To improve the safety, security, efficiency, 
and resiliency of freight transportation in rural and 
urban areas. 
‘‘(3) To improve the condition of the national 
freight network. 
‘‘(4) To use advanced technology to improve the 
safety and efficiency of the national freight network. 
‘‘(5) To incorporate concepts of performance, in-
novation, competition, and accountability into the op-
eration and maintenance of the national freight net-
work. 
‘‘(6) To improve the efficiency and productivity 
of the national freight network. 
‘‘(7) To pursue these goals in a manner that is 
not burdensome to State and local governments. 
‘‘(c) STRATEGIES.—The United States may achieve the 
goals described in subsection (b) by— 
‘‘(1) providing funding to maintain and improve 
freight infrastructure facilities; 
‘‘(2) implementing appropriate safety, environ-
mental, energy and other transportation policies; 
‘‘(3) utilizing advanced technology and innova-
tion; 
‘‘(4) promoting workforce development; and 
‘‘(5) using performance management activities.