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‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) for the Secretary to pay administrative ex-
penses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration— 
‘‘(A) $250,819,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 
‘‘(B) $248,523,000 for fiscal year 2013. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds authorized by 
this subsection shall be used for personnel costs, ad-
ministrative infrastructure, rent, information tech-
nology, programs for research and technology, infor-
mation management, regulatory development, the ad-
ministration of the performance and registration in-
formation system management, outreach and edu-
cation, other operating expenses, and such other ex-
penses as may from time to time be necessary to im-
plement statutory mandates of the Administration not 
funded from other sources. 
‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—The amounts 
made available under this section shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
‘‘(2) INITIAL DATE OF AVAILABILITY.—Author-
izations from the Highway Trust Fund (other than
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the Mass Transit Account) for this section shall be 
available for obligation on the date of their appor-
tionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal 
year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs 
first.’’ 
‘‘(j) PAYMENT TO RECIPIENTS OF FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE FOR COSTS.—Each grantee shall submit vouchers to 
the Secretary for costs the grantee has incurred under sec-
tions 31102, 31109, and 31313. The Secretary shall pay 
the grantee an amount equal to not more than the Govern-
ment share of costs incurred as of the date on which the 
vouchers are submitted.’’. 
SEC. 32607. HIGH RISK CARRIER REVIEWS. 
(a) 
HIGH
RISK
CARRIER
REVIEWS.—Section 
31104(h), as amended by section 32606 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘From the funds authorized by this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall ensure that a review is completed on each motor 
carrier that demonstrates through performance data that it 
poses the highest safety risk. At a minimum, a review shall 
be conducted whenever a motor carrier is among the highest 
risk carriers for 2 consecutive months.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4138 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
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uity Act: A Legacy for Users (49 U.S.C. 31144 note) is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 32608. DATA AND TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31109 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 31109. Data and technology grants 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation shall establish and administer a data and tech-
nology grant program to assist the States with the imple-
mentation and maintenance of data systems. The Secretary 
shall allocate the funds in accordance with section 31104. 
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE
GOALS.—The Secretary may 
make a grant to a State to implement the performance and 
registration information system management requirements 
of section 31106(b) to develop, implement, and maintain 
commercial vehicle information systems and networks, and 
other innovative technologies that the Secretary determines 
improve commercial motor vehicle safety. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant to imple-
ment the requirements of section 31106(b), the State shall 
design a program that— 
‘‘(1) links Federal motor carrier safety informa-
tion systems with the State’s motor carrier informa-
tion systems;
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‘‘(2) determines the safety fitness of a motor car-
rier or registrant when licensing or registering the 
registrant or motor carrier or while the license or reg-
istration is in effect; and 
‘‘(3) denies, suspends, or revokes the commercial 
motor vehicle registrations of a motor carrier or reg-
istrant that was issued an operations out-of-service 
order by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) REQUIRED PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall 
require States that participate in the program under sec-
tion 31106 to— 
‘‘(1) comply with the uniform policies, proce-
dures, and technical and operational standards pre-
scribed by the Secretary under section 31106(b); 
‘‘(2) possess or seek the authority to possess for 
a time period not longer than determined reasonable 
by the Secretary, to impose sanctions relating to com-
mercial motor vehicle registration on the basis of a 
Federal safety fitness determination; and 
‘‘(3) establish and implement a process to cancel 
the motor vehicle registration and seize the registra-
tion plates of a vehicle when an employer is found 
liable under section 31310(j)(2)(C) for knowingly al-
lowing or requiring an employee to operate such a
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commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out of 
service order. 
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The total Federal share of the 
cost of a project payable from all eligible Federal sources 
shall be at least 80 percent.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis of chap-
ter 311 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
31109 and inserting the following: 
‘‘31109. Data and technology grants.’’. 
SEC. 32609. DRIVER SAFETY GRANTS. 
(a) DRIVER FOCUSED GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 
31313 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 31313. Driver safety grants 
‘‘(a) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall 
make and administer a driver focused grant program to 
assist the States, local governments, entities, and other per-
sons with commercial driver’s license systems, programs, 
training, fraud detection, reporting of violations and other 
programs required to improve the safety of drivers as the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration deems crit-
ical. The Secretary shall allocate the funds for the program 
in accordance with section 31104. 
‘‘(b) COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE PROGRAM IM-
PROVEMENT GRANTS.—
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‘‘(1) PROGRAM GOAL.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation may make a grant to a State in a fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(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 this section and section 
31311, to improve its implementation of its com-
mercial driver’s license program; 
‘‘(C) for research, development demonstra-
tion projects, public education, and other special 
activities and projects relating to commercial 
driver licensing and motor vehicle safety that are 
of benefit to all jurisdictions of the United States 
or are designed to address national safety con-
cerns and circumstances; 
‘‘(D) for commercial driver’s license pro-
gram coordinators; 
‘‘(E) to implement or maintain a system to 
notify an employer of an operator of a commer-
cial motor vehicle of the suspension or revocation 
of the operator’s commercial driver’s license con-
sistent with the standards developed under sec-
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tion 32304(b) of the Commercial Motor Vehicle 
Safety Enhancement Act of 2012; or 
‘‘(F) to train operators of commercial motor 
vehicles, as defined under section 31301, and to 
train operators and future operators in the safe 
use of such vehicles. Funding priority for this 
discretionary grant program shall be to regional 
or multi-state educational or nonprofit associa-
tions serving economically distressed regions of 
the United States. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri-
ority, in making grants under paragraph (1)(B), to 
a State that will use the grants to achieve compliance 
with the requirements of the Motor Carrier Safety Im-
provement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1748), including 
the amendments made by the Commercial Motor Vehi-
cle Safety Enhancement Act of 2012. 
‘‘(3) RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary may allocate 
grants to State agencies, local governments, and other 
persons for carrying out activities and projects that 
improve commercial driver’s license safety and com-
pliance with commercial driver’s license and commer-
cial motor vehicle safety regulations in accordance 
with the program goals under paragraph (1) and that 
train operators on commercial motor vehicles. The
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Secretary may make a grant to a State to comply 
with section 31311 for commercial driver’s license 
program coordinators and for notification systems. 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a 
grant made under this program shall be at least 80 
percent, except that the Federal share of grants for 
commercial driver license program coordinators and 
training commercial motor vehicle operators shall be 
100 percent.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis of chap-
ter 313 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
31313 and inserting the following: 
‘‘31313. Driver safety grants.’’. 
SEC. 32610. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
AND NETWORKS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives that includes— 
(1) established time frames and milestones for re-
suming the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems 
and Networks Program; and 
(2) a strategic workforce plan for its grants 
management office to ensure that it has determined