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minal, Jersey Gardens Mall, Elizabeth Port to
Lot D at Newark Airport) and any appropriate
fixed guideway system in Passaic County,’’.
SEC. 333. PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILI-
TIES.
Of the amounts made available to carry out section
5309(m)(1)(C) for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000,
the Secretary shall make funds available for the following
projects in not less than the amounts specified for the fis-
cal year:
Project
FY 1999
(in millions)
FY 2000
(in millions)
1.
Albuquerque, NM buses ...........................
1.250
1.250
2.
Alexandria, VA bus maintenance facility
1.000
1.000
3.
Alexandria, VA King Street Station
access ....................................................
1.100
0.000
4.
Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority
buses and transit system improvements
0.842
0.842
5.
Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority
Logan Valley Mall Suburban Transfer
Center ...................................................
0.080
0.000
6.
Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority
Transit Center improvements ...............
0.424
0.000
7.
Arkansas Highway and Transit Depart-
ment buses ............................................
0.200
2.000
8.
Armstrong County-Mid County, PA bus
facilities and buses ...............................
0.150
0.150
9.
Atlanta, GA MARTA buses .....................
9.000
13.500
10.
Austin, TX buses .....................................
1.250
1.250
11.
Babylon, NY Intermodal Center ..............
1.250
1.250
12.
Birmingham-Jefferson County, AL buses
1.250
1.250
13.
Boulder/Denver, CO RTD buses ..............
0.625
0.625
14.
Bradford 
County, 
Endless 
Mountain
Transportation Authority buses ...........
1.000
0.000
15.
Brookhaven 
Town, 
NY 
elderly 
and
disabled buses and vans .......................
0.225
0.000
16.
Brooklyn-Staten Island, NY Mobility
Enhancement buses ..............................
0.800
0.000
17.
Broward County, FL buses ......................
1.000
0.000
18.
Buffalo, 
NY 
Auditorium 
Intermodal
Center ...................................................
2.000
2.000
19.
Buffalo, NY Crossroads Intermodal Sta-
tion .......................................................
1.000
0.000
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Project
FY 1999
(in millions)
FY 2000
(in millions)
20.
Cambria County, PA bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
0.575
0.575
21.
Centre Area, PA Transportation Author-
ity buses ................................................
1.250
1.250
22.
Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority
buses .....................................................
0.300
0.000
23.
Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority
Intermodal Center ................................
1.000
0.000
24.
Chester County, PA Paoli Transportation
Center ...................................................
1.000
1.000
25.
Clark County, NV Regional Transpor-
tation Commission buses ......................
1.250
1.250
26.
Cleveland, OH Triskett Garage bus
maintenance facility ..............................
0.625
0.625
27.
Crawford Area, PA Transportation buses
0.500
0.000
28.
Culver City, CA CityBus buses ................
1.250
1.250
29.
Davis, CA Unitrans transit maintenance
facility ...................................................
0.625
0.625
30.
Dayton, OH Multimodal Transportation
Center ...................................................
0.625
0.625
31.
Daytona, FL Intermodal Center ..............
2.500
2.500
32.
Duluth, MN Transit Authority commu-
nity circulation vehicles ........................
1.000
1.000
33.
Duluth, MN Transit Authority intelligent
transportation systems .........................
0.500
0.500
34.
Duluth, MN Transit Authority Transit
Hub .......................................................
0.500
0.500
35.
Dutchess County, NY Loop System buses
0.521
0.521
36.
East Hampton, NY elderly and disabled
buses and vans .....................................
0.100
0.000
37.
Erie, PA Metropolitan Transit Authority
buses .....................................................
1.000
1.000
38.
Everett, WA Multimodal Transportation
Center ...................................................
1.950
1.950
39.
Fayette County, PA Intermodal Facilities
and buses ..............................................
1.270
1.270
40.
Fayetteville, AR University of Arkansas
Transit System buses ...........................
0.500
0.500
41.
Fort Dodge, IA Intermodal Facility
(Phase II) .............................................
0.885
0.885
42.
Gary, IN Transit Consortium buses ........
1.250
1.250
43.
Grant County, WA buses and vans ..........
0.600
0.000
44.
Greensboro, NC Multimodal Center .........
3.340
3.339
45.
Greensboro, NC Transit Authority buses
1.500
1.500
46.
Greensboro, NC Transit Authority small
buses and vans .....................................
0.321
0.000
47.
Hartford, 
CT 
Transportation 
Access
Project ..................................................
0.800
0.000
48.
Healdsburg, CA Intermodal Facility ........
1.000
1.000
49.
Honolulu, HI bus facility and buses ........
2.250
2.250
50.
Hot Springs, AR Transportation Depot
and Plaza ..............................................
0.560
0.560
51.
Humboldt, CA Intermodal Facility ..........
1.000
0.000
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FY 1999
(in millions)
FY 2000
(in millions)
52.
Huntington, WV Intermodal Facility .......
8.000
12.000
53.
Illinois statewide buses and bus-related
equipment .............................................
6.800
8.200
54.
Indianapolis, IN buses .............................
5.000
5.000
55.
Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus
safety and security ...............................
1.000
1.000
56.
Ithaca, 
NY 
TCAT 
bus 
technology
improvements ........................................
1.250
1.250
57.
Lackawanna County, PA Transit System
buses .....................................................
0.600
0.600
58.
Lakeland, FL Citrus Connection transit
vehicles and related equipment .............
1.250
1.250
59.
Lane County, OR Bus Rapid Transit ......
4.400
4.400
60.
Lansing, 
MI 
CATA 
bus 
technology
improvements ........................................
0.600
0.000
61.
Little 
Rock, 
AR 
Central 
Arkansas
Transit buses ........................................
0.300
0.300
62.
Livermore, CA automatic vehicle locator
1.000
1.000
63.
Long Island, NY CNG transit vehicles
and facilities .........................................
1.250
1.250
64.
Los Angeles County, CA Foothill Transit
buses .....................................................
1.625
1.250
65.
New York, NY West 72nd St. Intermodal
Station ..................................................
1.750
1.750
66.
Los Angeles, CA San Fernando Valley
smart shuttle buses ..............................
0.300
0.000
67.
Los Angeles, CA Union Station Gateway
Intermodal Transit Center ...................
1.250
1.250
68.
Louisiana statewide bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
8.000
12.000
69.
Maryland statewide bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
7.000
11.500
70.
Mercer County, PA buses .........................
0.750
0.000
71.
Miami 
Beach, 
FL 
Electric 
Shuttle
Service ..................................................
0.750
0.750
72.
Miami-Dade, FL buses .............................
2.250
2.250
73.
Michigan statewide buses .........................
10.000
13.500
74.
Milwaukee County, WI buses ...................
4.000
6.000
75.
Mineola/Hicksville, NY LIRR Intermodal
Centers .................................................
1.250
1.250
76.
Modesto, CA bus maintenance facility .....
0.625
0.625
77.
Monroe 
County, 
PA 
Transportation
Authority buses ....................................
1.000
0.000
78.
Monterey, CA Monterey-Salinas buses .....
0.625
0.625
79.
Morango Basin, CA Transit Authority
bus facility ............................................
0.650
0.000
80.
New Haven, CT bus facility .....................
2.250
2.250
81.
New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses ..
1.750
1.750
82.
Newark, NJ Morris & Essex Station
access and buses ...................................
1.250
1.250
83.
Northstar 
Corridor, 
MN 
Intermodal
Facilities and buses ..............................
6.000
10.000
84.
Norwich, CT buses ...................................
2.250
2.250
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Project
FY 1999
(in millions)
FY 2000
(in millions)
85.
Ogden, UT Intermodal Center .................
0.800
0.800
86.
Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
5.000
5.000
87.
Orlando, 
FL 
Downtown 
Intermodal
Facility .................................................
2.500
2.500
88.
Palm Springs, CA fuel cell buses .............
1.000
1.000
89.
Perris, CA bus maintenance facility ........
1.250
1.250
90.
Philadelphia, PA Frankford Transpor-
tation Center ........................................
5.000
5.000
91.
Philadelphia, PA Intermodal 30th Street
Station ..................................................
1.250
1.250
92.
Portland, OR Tri-Met buses ....................
1.750
1.750
93.
Pritchard, AL bus transfer facility ..........
0.500
0.000
94.
Reading, 
PA 
BARTA 
Intermodal
Transportation Facility ........................
1.750
1.750
95.
Red Rose, PA Transit Bus Terminal .......
1.000
0.000
96.
Richmond, VA GRTC bus maintenance
facility ...................................................
1.250
1.250
97.
Riverhead, NY elderly and disabled buses
and vans ...............................................
0.125
0.000
98.
Robinson, PA Towne Center Intermodal
Facility .................................................
1.500
1.500
99.
Rome, NY Intermodal Center ..................
0.400
0.000
100.
Sacramento, CA CNG buses ....................
1.250
1.250
101.
San Francisco, CA Islais Creek Mainte-
nance Facility .......................................
1.250
1.250
102.
San Juan, Puerto Rico Intermodal access
0.600
0.600
103.
Santa Clarita, CA facilities and buses .....
1.250
1.250
104.
Santa Cruz, CA bus facility .....................
0.625
0.625
105.
Santa Rosa/Cotati, CA Intermodal Trans-
portation Facilities ...............................
0.750
0.750
106.
Seattle, WA Intermodal Transportation
Terminal ...............................................
1.250
1.250
107.
Shelter Island, NY elderly and disabled
buses and vans .....................................
0.100
0.000
108.
Smithtown, NY elderly and disabled
buses and vans .....................................
0.125
0.000
109.
Somerset County, PA bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
0.175
0.175
110.
South Amboy, NJ Regional Intermodal
Transportation Initiative ......................
1.250
1.250
111.
South 
Bend, 
IN 
Urban 
Intermodal
Transportation Facility ........................
1.250
1.250
112.
South Carolina statewide Virtual Transit
Enterprise .............................................
1.220
1.220
113.
South Dakota statewide bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
1.500
1.500
114.
Southampton, NY elderly and disabled
buses and vans .....................................
0.125
0.000
115.
Southold, NY elderly and disabled buses
and vans ...............................................
0.100
0.000
116.
Springfield, MA Union Station ................
1.250
1.250
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FY 1999
(in millions)
FY 2000
(in millions)
117.
St. 
Louis, 
MO 
Bi-state 
Intermodal
Center ...................................................
1.250
1.250
118.
Denver, CO Stapleton Intermodal Center
1.250
1.250
119.
Suffolk County, NY elderly and disabled
buses and vans .....................................
0.100
0.000
120.
Texas statewide small urban and rural
buses .....................................................
4.000
4.500
121.
Towamencin Township, PA Intermodal
Bus Transportation Center ..................
1.500
1.500
122.
Tuscaloosa, AL Intermodal Center ..........
1.000
0.000
123.
Ukiah, CA Transportation Center ...........
0.500
0.000
124.
Utah Transit Authority, UT Intermodal
Facilities ...............................................
1.500
1.500
125.
Utah 
Transit 
Authority/Park 
City
Transit, UT buses ................................
6.500
6.500
126.
Utica, NY Union Station .........................
2.100
2.100
127.
Utica and Rome, NY bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
0.500
0.000
128.
Washington 
County, 
PA 
Intermodal
Facilities ...............................................
0.630
0.630
129.
Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transpor-
tation Center ........................................
2.500
2.500
130.
Washoe County, NV transit improve-
ments ....................................................
1.250
1.250
131.
Waterbury, CT bus facility ......................
2.250
2.250
132.
West 
Virginia 
statewide 
Intermodal
Facility and buses ................................
5.000
5.000
133.
Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit
system fareboxes ...................................
0.979
0.979
134.
Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit
system shuttle buses .............................
1.000
1.000
135.
Westchester County, NY DOT articulated
buses .....................................................
1.250
1.250
136.
Westmoreland County, PA Intermodal
Facility .................................................
0.200
0.200
137.
Wilkes-Barre, PA Intermodal Facility .....
1.250
1.250
138.
Williamsport, PA Bus Facility .................
1.200
1.200
139.
Windsor, CA Intermodal Facility .............
0.750
0.750
140.
Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and
buses .....................................................
8.000
12.000
141.
Woodland Hills, CA Warner Center
Transportation Hub .............................
0.325
0.625
142.
Worcester, MA Union Station Intermodal
Transportation Center ..........................
2.500
2.500
143.
Lynchburg, VA buses ...............................
0.200
0.000
144.
Harrisonburg, VA buses ...........................
0.200
0.000
145.
Roanoke, VA buses ...................................
0.200
0.000
146.
Allegheny County, PA buses ....................
0.000
1.500
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SEC. 334. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct
a study of the Secretary of Transportation’s implementa-
tion of project management oversight under section 5327
of title 49, United States Code.
(b) CONTENTS.—The study shall include the follow-
ing:
(1) A listing of the amounts made available
under section 5327(c)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, for project management oversight in each of
fiscal years 1992 through 1997 and a description of
the activities funded using such amounts.
(2) A description of the major capital projects
subject to project management oversight, including
the grant amounts for such projects.
(3) A description of the contracts entered into
for project management oversight, including the
scope of work and dollar amounts of such contracts.
(4) A determination of whether the project
management oversight activities conducted by the
Secretary are authorized under section 5327.
(5) A description of any cost savings or pro-
gram improvements resulting from project manage-
ment oversight.
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(6) Recommendations regarding any changes
that would improve the project management over-
sight function.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
the Senate a report containing the results of the study.
SEC. 335. PRIVATIZATION.
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 3 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into
an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of
the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of
the effect of privatization or contracting out mass trans-
portation operation and administrative functions on cost,
availability and level of service, efficiency, safety, quality
of services provided to transit-dependent populations, and
employer-employee relations.
(b) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—The agreement entered
into in subsection (a) shall provide that—
(1) the Transportation Research Board, in con-
ducting the study, consider the number of grant re-
cipients that have privatized or contracted out serv-
ices, the size of the population served by such grant
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recipients, the basis for decisions regarding privat-
ization or contracting out, and the extent to which
contracting out was affected by the integration and
coordination of resources of transit agencies and
other Federal agencies and programs; and
(2) the panel conducting the study shall include
representatives of transit agencies, employees of
transit agencies, private contractors, academic and
policy analysts, and other interested persons.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 24 months after the
date of entry into the agreement under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate a report containing the results of the
study.
(d) FUNDING.—There shall be available from the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
carry out this section $200,000 for fiscal year 1998, sub-
ject to the obligation limitation set forth in section 329(b).
(e) CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATION.—Entry into an
agreement to carry out this section that is financed with
amounts made available under subsection (c) is a contrac-
tual obligation of the United States to pay the Govern-
ment’s share of the cost of the study.
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SEC. 336. SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 3 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into
an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of
the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of
the safety issues attendant to transportation of school chil-
dren to and from school and school-related activities by
various transportation modes.
(b) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—The agreement entered
into in subsection (a) shall provide that—
(1) the Transportation Research Board, in con-
ducting the study, consider—
(A) in consultation with the National
Transportation Safety Board, the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, and other relevant
entities, available crash injury data, and if un-
available or insufficient, recommend a new data
collection regimen and implementation guide-
lines; and
(B) vehicle design and driver training re-
quirements, routing, and operational factors
that affect safety and other factors that the
Secretary considers appropriate; and
(2) the panel conducting the study shall include
representatives of highway safety organizations,
school transportation, mass transportation opera-
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tors, employee organizations, bicycling organizations,
academic and policy analysts, and other interested
parties.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the
date of entry into the agreement under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate a report containing the results of the
study.
(d) FUNDING.—There shall be available from the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
carry out this section $200,000 for fiscal year 1998, sub-
ject to the obligation limitation set forth in section 329(b).
(e) CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATION.—Entry into an
agreement to carry out this section that is financed with
amounts made available under subsection (c) is a contrac-
tual obligation of the United States to pay the Govern-
ment’s share of the cost of the study.
SEC. 337. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA STUDY.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine whether the current formula for apportioning
funds to urbanized areas accurately reflects the transit
needs of the urbanized areas and if not whether any
changes should be made either to the formula or through
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some other mechanism to reflect the fact that some urban-
ized areas with a population between 50,000 and 200,000
have transit systems that carry more passengers per mile
or hour than the average of those transit systems in ur-
banized areas with a population over 200,000.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1999,
the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the study
conducted under this section together with any proposed
changes to the method for apportioning funds to urbanized
areas with a population over 50,000.
SEC. 338. COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct
a study of Federal departments and agencies (other than
the Department of Transportation) that receive Federal
financial assistance for non-emergency transportation
services.
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the Comp-
troller General shall—
(1) identify each Federal department and agen-
cy (other than the Department of Transportation)
that has received Federal financial assistance for
non-emergency transportation services in any of the
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3 fiscal years preceding the date of the enactment
of this Act;
(2) identify the amount of such assistance re-
ceived by each Federal department and agency in
such fiscal years; and
(3) identify the projects and activities funded
using such financial assistance.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report containing the results of the study and
any recommendations for enhanced coordination between
the Department of Transportation and other Federal de-
partments and agencies that provide funding for non-
emergency transportation.
SEC. 339. FINAL ASSEMBLY OF BUSES.
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct
a study to review monitoring by the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration of preaward and post-delivery audits for com-
pliance with the requirements for final assembly of buses
of section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
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transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report containing the results of the study.
SEC. 340. CLEAN FUEL VEHICLES.
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct
a study of the various low and zero emission fuel tech-
nologies for transit vehicles, including compressed natural
gas, liquified natural gas, biodiesel fuel, battery, alcohol
based fuel, hybrid electric, fuel cell, and clean diesel to
determine the status of the development and use of such
technologies, the environmental benefits of such tech-
nologies under the Clean Air Act, and the cost of such
technologies and any associated equipment.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2000, the
Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the
study, together with recommendations for incentives to en-
courage the use of low and zero emission fuel technology
for transit vehicles.
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TITLE IV—MOTOR CARRIER
SAFETY
SEC. 401. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES
CODE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made
to a section or other provision of title 49, United States
Code.
SEC. 402. STATE GRANTS.
(a) OBJECTIVE AND DEFINITIONS.—Section 31101
is amended—
(1) by striking
‘‘§ 31101. Definitions’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘§ 31101. Objective and definitions’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or gross vehicle weight’’
after ‘‘rating’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘10,000 pounds’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10,001 pounds, whichever is greater’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(C) by inserting ‘‘and
transported in a quantity requiring placarding under
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regulations prescribed by the Secretary under sec-
tion 5103’’ after ‘‘title’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘In this subchapter—’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this subchapter the following
definitions apply:’’; and
(5) by inserting after the section heading the
following:
‘‘(a) OBJECTIVE.—The objective of this subchapter
is to ensure that the Secretary, States, and other political
jurisdictions establish programs to improve motor carrier,
commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety to support a
safe and efficient transportation system by—
‘‘(1) promoting safe for-hire and private trans-
portation, including transportation of passengers
and hazardous materials, to reduce the number and
severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes;
‘‘(2) developing and enforcing effective, compat-
ible, and cost-beneficial motor carrier, commercial
motor vehicle, and driver safety regulations and
practices, including enforcement of State and local
traffic safety laws and regulations;
‘‘(3) assessing and improving statewide pro-
gram performance by setting program outcome
goals, improving problem identification and counter-
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measures planning, designing appropriate perform-
ance standards, measures, and benchmarks, improv-
ing performance information, and monitoring pro-
gram effectiveness;
‘‘(4) ensuring that drivers of commercial motor
vehicles and enforcement personnel obtain adequate
training in safe operational practices and regulatory
requirements; and
‘‘(5) advancing promising technologies and en-
couraging adoption of safe operational practices.’’.
(b) PERFORMANCE-BASED GRANTS AND HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.—Section 31102
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘improving motor carrier
safety and’’ after ‘‘programs for’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, hazardous material
transportation safety,’’ after ‘‘commercial motor
vehicle safety’’; and
(2) in the first sentence of paragraph (b)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘adopt and assume respon-
sibility for enforcing’’ and inserting ‘‘assume re-
sponsibility for improving motor carrier safety
and to adopt and enforce’’; and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘, hazardous material
transportation safety,’’ after ‘‘commercial motor
vehicle safety’’.
(c) 
CONTENTS
OF
STATE
PLANS.—Section
31102(b)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (J) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’
after ‘‘(c)’’;
(2) by striking subparagraphs (K), (L), (M),
and (N) and inserting the following:
‘‘(K) ensures consistent, effective, and reason-
able sanctions;
‘‘(L) ensures that the State agency will coordi-
nate the plan, data collection, and information sys-
tems with State highway safety programs under title
23;
‘‘(M) ensures participation in motor carrier,
commercial motor vehicle, and driver information
systems by all appropriate jurisdictions receiving
funding under this section;
‘‘(N) implements performance-based activities
by fiscal year 2003;’’;
(3) in subparagraph (O)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘activities’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘in support of national priorities and
performance goals, including’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘to remove’’ in clause (i)
and inserting ‘‘activities aimed at removing’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘to provide’’ in clause (ii)
and inserting ‘‘activities aimed at providing’’;
and
(D) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon
at the end of clause (ii); and
(E) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(iii) interdiction activities affecting the
transportation of controlled substances by com-
mercial motor vehicle drivers and training on
appropriate strategies for carrying out those
interdiction activities;’’;
(4) by striking subparagraph (P) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(P) provides that the State will establish a
program to ensure the proper and timely correction
of commercial motor vehicle safety violations noted
during an inspection carried out with funds author-
ized under section 31104;’’;
(5) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (Q) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(R) ensures that roadside inspections will be
conducted only at a distance that is adequate to pro-
tect the safety of drivers and enforcement person-
nel.’’.
(d) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT’S SHARE
OF
COSTS.—The first sentence of section 31103 is amended
by inserting ‘‘improve commercial motor vehicle safety
and’’ before ‘‘enforce’’.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Section 31104(a)
of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are made
available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to incur obligations to carry out section 31102:
‘‘(1) Not more than $78,000,000 for fiscal year
1998.
‘‘(2) Not more than $110,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999.
‘‘(3) Not more than $130,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2003.’’
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 31104(b) is
amended by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and by striking paragraph (2).
(g) ALLOCATION CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY.—Sec-
tion 31104 is further amended—
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(1) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(f) ALLOCATION CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each fiscal
year or as soon after that date as practicable and
after making the deduction under subsection (e), the
Secretary shall allocate amounts made available to
carry out section 31102 for such fiscal year among
the States with plans approved under section 31102.
Such allocation shall be made under such criteria as
the Secretary prescribes by regulation.
‘‘(2) 
HIGH-PRIORITY
ACTIVITIES
AND
PROJECTS.—The Secretary may designate up to 5
percent of amounts available for allocation under
paragraph (1) to reimburse—
‘‘(A) States for carrying out high priority
activities and projects that improve commercial
motor vehicle safety and compliance with com-
mercial motor vehicle safety regulations, includ-
ing activities and projects that are national in
scope, increase public awareness and education,
or demonstrate new technologies; and
‘‘(B) local governments and other persons
that use trained and qualified officers and em-
ployees, for carrying out activities and projects
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described in subparagraph (A) in coordination
with State motor vehicle safety agencies.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (g);
(3) by striking subsection (i);
(4) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (h); and
(5) in the first sentence of subsection (h), as so
redesignated, by striking ‘‘tolerance’’.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 311 is amended by striking the item re-
lating to section 31101 and inserting the following:
‘‘31101. Objective and definitions.’’.
SEC. 403. INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31106 is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘§ 31106. Information systems
‘‘(a) INFORMATION SYSTEMS
AND DATA ANALY-
SIS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of
this section, the Secretary shall establish and oper-
ate motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and
driver information systems and data analysis pro-
grams to support safety activities required under
this title.
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‘‘(2) COORDINATION
INTO
NETWORK.—In co-
operation with the States, the information systems
under this section shall be coordinated into a net-
work providing identification of motor carriers and
drivers, commercial motor vehicle registration and li-
cense tracking, and motor carrier, commercial motor
vehicle, and driver safety performance data.
‘‘(3) DATA
ANALYSIS
CAPACITY
AND
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary shall develop and maintain
under this section data analysis capacity and pro-
grams that provide the means to—
‘‘(A) identify and collect necessary motor
carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver
data;
‘‘(B) evaluate the safety fitness of motor
carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and driv-
ers;
‘‘(C) develop strategies to mitigate safety
problems and to measure the effectiveness of
such strategies and related programs;
‘‘(D) determine the cost-effectiveness of
Federal and State safety and enforcement pro-
grams and other countermeasures; and
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‘‘(E) adapt, improve, and incorporate other
information and information systems as the
Secretary determines appropriate.
‘‘(4) STANDARDS.—To implement this section,
the Secretary may prescribe technical and oper-
ational standards to ensure—
‘‘(A) uniform, timely, and accurate infor-
mation collection and reporting by the States
and other entities;
‘‘(B) uniform Federal, State, and local
policies and procedures; and
‘‘(C) the reliability and availability of the
information to the Secretary, States, and others
as the Secretary determines appropriate.
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) 
INFORMATION
CLEARINGHOUSE.—The
Secretary shall include, as part of the information
systems authorized by this section, a program to es-
tablish and maintain a clearinghouse and repository
of information related to State registration and li-
censing of commercial motor vehicles and the motor
carriers operating the vehicles. The clearinghouse
and repository shall include information on the safe-
ty fitness of each motor carrier and registrant and
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other information the Secretary considers appro-
priate, including information on motor carrier, com-
mercial motor vehicle, and driver safety perform-
ance.
‘‘(2) DESIGN.—The program shall link Federal
safety information systems with State registration
and licensing systems and shall be designed to en-
able a State to—
‘‘(A) determine the safety fitness of a
motor carrier or registrant when licensing or
registering the motor carrier or commercial
motor vehicle or while the license or registration
is in effect; and
‘‘(B) decide, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary, whether and what types of sanctions or
operating limitations to impose on the motor
carrier or registrant to ensure safety.
‘‘(3) CONDITIONS
FOR
PARTICIPATION.—The
Secretary shall require States, as a condition of par-
ticipation in the program, to—
‘‘(A) comply with the technical and oper-
ational standards prescribed by the Secretary
under subsection (a)(4); and
‘‘(B) possess or seek authority to impose
commercial motor vehicle registration sanctions
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or operating limitations on the basis of a Fed-
eral safety fitness determination.
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under section 31107, not more than $6,000,000
in each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 may be
used to carry out this subsection.
‘‘(c) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER SAFETY
PROGRAM.—In coordination with the information system
under section 31309, the Secretary is authorized to estab-
lish a program to improve commercial motor vehicle driver
safety. The objectives of the program shall include—
‘‘(1) enhancing the exchange of driver licensing
information among the States and among the
States, the Federal Government, and foreign coun-
tries;
‘‘(2) providing information to the judicial sys-
tem on commercial motor vehicle drivers;
‘‘(3) evaluating any aspect of driver perform-
ance that the Secretary determines appropriate; and
‘‘(4) developing appropriate strategies and
countermeasures to improve driver safety.
‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, GRANTS, AND
CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may carry out this section
either independently or in cooperation with other Federal
departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, or by mak-
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ing grants to, and entering into contracts and cooperative
agreements with, States, local governments, associations,
institutions, corporations, and other persons.
‘‘(e) INFORMATION
AVAILABILITY
AND
PRIVACY
PROTECTION.—
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
INFORMATION.—The
Secretary shall make data collected in systems and
through programs under this section available to the
public to the maximum extent permissible under the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Free-
dom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
‘‘(2) REVIEW OF DATA.—The Secretary shall
allow individuals and motor carriers to whom the
data pertains to review periodically such data and to
request corrections or clarifications.
‘‘(3) STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.—State and
local safety and enforcement officials shall have ac-
cess to data made available under this subsection to
the same extent as Federal safety and enforcement
officials.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
31107 is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 31107. Authorization of appropriations for infor-
mation systems
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available from the
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) to carry out sections 31106 and 31309 of this
title—
‘‘(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
‘‘(2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(3) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2003.
The amounts made available under this subsection shall
remain available until expended.
‘‘(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Approval by the Sec-
retary of a grant with funds made available under this
section imposes upon the United States Government a
contractual obligation for payment of the Government’s
share of costs incurred in carrying out the objectives of
the grant.’’.
(c) SUBCHAPTER HEADING.—The heading for sub-
chapter I of chapter 311 is amended by inserting after
‘‘GRANTS’’ the following: ‘‘AND OTHER COMMER-
CIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PROGRAMS’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 311 is amended—
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(1) by striking
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—STATE GRANTS’’
and inserting
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—STATE GRANTS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL
MOTOR VEHICLE PROGRAMS’’;
(2) by striking the item relating to section
31106 and inserting the following:
‘‘31106. Information systems.’’; and
(3) by striking the item relating to section
31107 and inserting the following:
‘‘31107. Authorization of appropriations for information systems.’’.
SEC. 404. AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTER DEFINED.
Section 31111(a) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section—’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion, the following definitions apply:’’;
(2) by inserting after ‘‘(1)’’ the following:
‘‘MAXI-CUBE VEHICLE.—The term’’;
(3) by inserting after ‘‘(2)’’ the following:
‘‘TRUCK TRACTOR.—The term’’;
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
(5) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following:
‘‘(1) AUTOMOBILE
TRANSPORTER.—The term
‘automobile transporter’ means any vehicle combina-
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tion designed and used specifically for the transport
of assembled highway vehicles.’’.
SEC. 405. INSPECTIONS AND REPORTS.
(a) GENERAL POWERS OF THE SECRETARY.—Sec-
tion 31133(a)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘and make con-
tracts for’’ after ‘‘conduct’’.
(b) REPORTS
AND RECORDS.—Section 504(c) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(and, in the case of a motor car-
rier, a contractor)’’ before the second comma.
SEC. 406. EXEMPTIONS AND PILOT PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31315 is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘§ 31315. Exemptions and pilot programs
‘‘(a) EXEMPTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of a request
pursuant to paragraph (3), the Secretary of Trans-
portation may grant to a person or class of persons
an exemption from a regulation prescribed under
this chapter or section 31136 if the Secretary finds
such exemption would likely achieve a level of safety
equal to or greater than the level that would be
achieved absent such exemption. An exemption may
be granted for no longer than 2 years from its ap-
proval date and may be renewed upon application to
the Secretary.
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‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
TO
REVOKE
EXEMPTION.—
The Secretary shall immediately revoke an exemp-
tion if the person fails to comply with the terms and
conditions of such exemption or if continuation of
the exemption would not be consistent with the goals
and objectives of this chapter or section 31136, as
the case may be.
‘‘(3) REQUESTS
FOR
EXEMPTION.—Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this section and after notice and an opportunity for
public comment, the Secretary shall specify by regu-
lation the procedures by which a person may request
an exemption. Such regulations shall, at a minimum,
require the person to provide the following informa-
tion for each exemption request:
‘‘(A) The provisions from which the person
requests exemption.
‘‘(B) The time period during which the ex-
emption would apply.
‘‘(C) An analysis of the safety impacts the
exemption may cause.
‘‘(D) The specific countermeasures the
person would undertake, if the exemption were
granted, to ensure an equal or greater level of
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safety than would be achieved absent the ex-
emption.
‘‘(4) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—
‘‘(A) UPON
RECEIPT
OF
A
REQUEST.—
Upon receipt of an exemption request, the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register a
notice explaining the request that has been filed
and shall give the public an opportunity to in-
spect the safety analysis and any other relevant
information known to the Secretary and to com-
ment on the request. This subparagraph does
not require the release of information protected
by law from public disclosure.
‘‘(B) UPON GRANTING A REQUEST.—Upon
granting a request for exemption, the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register the name
of the person granted the exemption, the provi-
sions from which the person will be exempt, the
effective period, and all terms and conditions of
the exemption.
‘‘(C) UPON DENYING A REQUEST.—Upon
denying a request for exemption, the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register the name
of the person denied the exemption and the rea-
sons for such denial.
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‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS
TO
BE
DEALT
WITH
PROMPTLY.—The Secretary shall grant or deny an
exemption request after a thorough review of its
safety implications, but in no case later than 180
days after the filing date of such request, or the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register the rea-
son for the delay in the decision and an estimate of
when the decision will be made.
‘‘(6) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary
shall establish terms and conditions for each exemp-
tion to ensure that it will likely achieve a level of
safety equal to or greater than the level that would
be achieved absent such exemption. The Secretary
shall monitor the implementation of the exemption
to ensure compliance with its terms and conditions.
‘‘(7) NOTIFICATION
OF
STATE
COMPLIANCE
AND ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.—Before granting
a request for exemption, the Secretary shall notify
State safety compliance and enforcement personnel,
including roadside inspectors, and the public that a
person will be operating pursuant to an exemption
and any terms and conditions that will apply to the
exemption.
‘‘(b) PILOT PROGRAMS.—
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with the implementation of all similar laws and reg-
ulations of other States.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (e); and
(3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
(h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
(e) INSPECTION OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT.—Section
31142(a) is amended by striking ‘‘part 393 of title 49,
Code of Federal Regulations’’ and inserting ‘‘the regula-
tions issued under section 31136’’.
(f) PROTECTION
OF
STATES
PARTICIPATING
IN
STATE GROUPS.—Section 31142(c)(1)(C) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘from’’ the following:
‘‘participating in the activities of a voluntary group
of States’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘that meets’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘1984’’.
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
report on the status of implementation of the amendments
made by subsection (a)(2) of this section.
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SEC. 420. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION REG-
ULATION AND FARM SERVICE VEHICLES.
(a) EXCEPTIONS.—Section 5117(d)(2) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘do not prohibit’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘do not prohibit’’ before
‘‘or regulate’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it ap-
pears;
(3) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘do not
prohibit’’ before ‘‘transportation’’;
(4) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) do not prohibit a State from providing an
exception from requirements relating to placarding,
shipping papers, and emergency telephone numbers
for the private motor carriage in intrastate transpor-
tation of an agricultural production material from a
source of supply to a farm, from a farm to another
farm, from a field to another field on a farm, or
from the farm back to the source of supply.
In granting any exception under subparagraph (C), a
State must certify to the Secretary that such exception
is in the public interest, the need for such exception, and
that the State shall monitor the exception and take such