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Union Calendar No. 761 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3356 
[Report No. 118–931] 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment screening 
for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2023 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. PHILLIPS 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
employment screening for the motor carrier industry, 
and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Screening Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SAFETY PERFORMANCE HISTORY SCREENING. 
Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘and employ-
ment’’ after ‘‘preemployment’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘operator 
or’’ before ‘‘operator-applicant’s’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘operator or’’ before ‘‘oper-
ator-applicant’’ each place it appears; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or employment’’ after 
‘‘preemployment’’ each place it appears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘operator or’’ before ‘‘oper-
ator-applicant’’. 
SEC. 3. DATAQ IMPROVEMENT. 
Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(f); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) DATA SUBJECT TO REVIEW.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier Safety 
Screening Modernization Act, the Secretary shall ensure 
that during any period in which a safety violation is being 
contested, the report on such violation is labeled in a man-
ner that indicates such violation is being contested in the 
Motor Carrier Management Information System and in 
any other relevant databases, including the Employment 
Screening Program, the Safety Measurement System, and 
Analysis and Information Online, until the review of the 
contested violation is complete. 
‘‘(e) DATAQ APPEALS PROCESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier Safety 
Screening Modernization Act, the Secretary shall promul-
gate DataQ program participation guidelines that direct 
States and other Federal agencies receiving funds under the 
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program to provide for an 
appeals process by which— 
‘‘(1) following the conclusion of a request for 
data review, an affected party may appeal the dis-
position of such review; and 
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Union Calendar No. 761 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3356 
[Report No. 118–931] 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with re-
spect to employment screening for the motor car-
rier industry, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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