I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7261 
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 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Mr. MANN (for himself, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, and Mr. SCHMIDT) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
employment screening for the motor carrier industry, 
and for other purposes. 
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— 
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(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or employment’’ after 
‘‘preemployment’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘operator or’’ before ‘‘op-
erator-applicant’’ each place it appears; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘opera-
tor’s or’’ before ‘‘operator-applicant’s written 
consent’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the second sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘preemployment’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘operator or’’ before 
‘‘operator-applicant’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Use’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY USE; LIMITATION.—Use’’; 
(B) in the first sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘driver-related’’ after 
‘‘serious’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘as a preemployment 
condition’’; 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or operator appli-
cant’s’’ after ‘‘individual operator’s’’; and 
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(iv) by striking ‘‘The process’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The process’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADVERSE
ACTIONS.—A person may not 
take an adverse action (as defined in section 603(k) 
of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
1681a(k))) with respect to an operator or operator- 
applicant based in whole or in part on the data in 
the reports provided under subsection (a) from the 
Motor Carrier Management Information System un-
less the person provides— 
‘‘(A) notice to the operator or operator-ap-
plicant consistent with section 604(b)(3) of that 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b(b)(3)); and 
‘‘(B) a reasonable period of time for— 
‘‘(i) the operator to initiate an appeal 
under subsection (e); and 
‘‘(ii) any appeal process initiated 
under that subsection to conclude pursuant 
to the issuance of a final disposition.’’. 
SEC. 3. DATAQS IMPROVEMENT. 
Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘safety’’ 
after ‘‘serious driver-related’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) 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 that violation is labeled 
in a manner that indicates such violation is being con-
tested in the Motor Carrier Management Information Sys-
tem 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) DATAQS APPEALS PROCESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier 
Safety Screening Modernization Act, the Secretary shall 
promulgate DataQs program participation guidelines that 
direct States receiving funds under the motor carrier safe-
ty assistance program under section 31102 to provide for 
an appeals process by which— 
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‘‘(1) following the conclusion of a request for 
data review, an affected party may appeal the dis-
position of the review; and 
‘‘(2) an appeal of the disposition is decided in 
a reasonable period of time by a person or persons 
other than the person that issued the violation.’’. 
Æ 
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