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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 311 of such title is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 31108 and inserting the following:
‘31108. Motor carrier research and technology program.’.
SEC. 4113. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 311 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
‘§ 31161. International cooperation 
‘The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to use 
funds made available by section 31104(i) to participate 
and cooperate in international activities to enhance motor 
carrier, driver, and highway safety by such means as ex-
changing information, conducting research, and examining 
needs, best practices, and new technology.’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
‘31161. International cooperation.’.
SEC. 4114. PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT. 
(a) DESIGN AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION.—
Section 31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and in-
serting the following:
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‘(2) DESIGN.—The program shall link Federal 
motor carrier safety information systems with State 
commercial vehicle registration and licensing systems 
and shall be designed to enable a State to—
‘(A) determine the safety fitness of a 
motor carrier or registrant when licensing or 
registering the registrant or motor carrier or 
while the license or registration is in effect; and 
‘(B) deny, suspend, or revoke the commer-
cial motor vehicle registrations of a motor car-
rier or registrant that has been issued an oper-
ations out-of-service order by the Secretary. 
‘(3) CONDITIONS
FOR
PARTICIPATION.—The 
Secretary shall require States, as a condition of par-
ticipation in the program, to—
‘(A) comply with the uniform policies, pro-
cedures, and technical and operational stand-
ards prescribed by the Secretary under sub-
section (a)(4); and 
‘(B) possess or seek the authority to deny, 
suspend, or revoke commercial motor vehicle 
registrations based on the issuance of an oper-
ations out-of-service order by the Secretary.’. 
(b) PERFORMANCE
AND REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT GRANTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 311 
of title 49, United States Code, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘§ 31109. Performance and registration information 
system management 
‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
may make a grant to a State to implement the perform-
ance and registration information system management re-
quirements of section 31106(b). 
‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 
available to a State under this section shall remain avail-
able until expended.’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis 
for such subchapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
‘31109. Performance and registration information system management.’.
SEC. 4115. DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. 
Section 31106(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘and’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘(F) ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
tical, all the data is complete, timely, and accu-
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rate across all information systems and initia-
tives; and 
‘(G) establish and implement a national 
motor carrier safety data correction system.’. 
SEC. 4116. DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT VEHICLES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 31111(a) of tile 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of 
the following: 
‘(4) 
DRIVE-AWAY
SADDLEMOUNT
WITH 
FULLMOUNT
VEHICLE
TRANSPORTER
COMBINA-
TION.—The term ‘‘drive-away saddlemount with 
fullmount vehicle transporter combination’’ means a 
vehicle combination designed and specifically used to 
tow up to 3 trucks or truck tractors, each connected 
by a saddle to the frame or fifth-wheel of the for-
ward vehicle of the truck or truck tractor in front 
of it.’. 
(b) GENERAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 31111(b)(1) of 
such title is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and 
(E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘(D) imposes a vehicle length limitation of not 
less than or more than 97 feet on a driveaway
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saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter com-
binations;’. 
SEC. 4117. COMPLETION OF UNIFORM CARRIER REGISTRA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14504 of title 49, United 
States Code, and the item relating to such section in anal-
ysis for chapter 145 of such title, are repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 13908 of 
such title is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘the single 
State registration system under section 14504,’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 
and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respec-
tively; 
(3) by striking subsection (d); and 
(4) by striking ‘(e) Deadline for Conclusion; 
Modification.—’ and all that follows through ‘1996,’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘(d) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of the Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,’.
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SEC. 4118. REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS AND 
FREIGHT FORWARDERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.—
Paragraphs (6), (7), (12), and (13) of section 13102 of 
title 49, United States Code, are each amended by striking 
‘motor vehicle’ and inserting ‘commercial motor vehicle (as 
defined in section 31132)’. 
(b) FREIGHT FORWARDERS.—Section 13903(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘The Secretary’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘(1) HOUSEHOLD GOODS.—The Secretary’; 
(2) by inserting ‘of household goods’ after 
‘freight forwarder’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘(2) OTHERS.—The Secretary may register a 
person to provide service subject to jurisdiction 
under subchapter III of chapter 135 as a freight for-
warder (other than a freight forwarder of household 
goods) if the Secretary finds that such registration 
is needed for the protection of shippers and that the 
person is fit, willing, and able to provide the service 
and to comply with this part and applicable regula-
tions of the Secretary and Board.’.
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SEC. 4119. DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN CIVIL PENALTIES INTO 
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 
Sections 31138(d)(5) and 31139(f)(5) of title 49, 
United States Code, are each amended by striking ‘Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts’ and inserting ‘Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)’. 
SEC. 4120. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct, 
through any combination of grants, contracts, or coopera-
tive agreements, an outreach and education program to 
be administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-
ministration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program shall in-
clude, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) A program to promote a more comprehen-
sive and national effort to educate commercial motor 
vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers about 
how commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger 
vehicle drivers can more safely share the road with 
each other. 
(2) A program to promote enhanced traffic en-
forcement efforts aimed at reducing the incidence of 
the most common unsafe driving behaviors that 
cause or contribute to crashes involving commercial 
motor vehicles and passenger vehicles.
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(3) A program to establish a public-private 
partnership to provide resources and expertise for 
the development and dissemination of information 
relating to sharing the road referred to in para-
graphs (1) and (2) to each partner’s constituents 
and to the general public through the use of bro-
chures, videos, paid and public advertisements, the 
Internet, and other media. 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a pro-
gram or activity for which a grant is made under this sec-
tion shall be 100 percent of the cost of such program or 
activity. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare 
and transmit to Congress an annual report on the pro-
grams and activities carried out under this section. 
(e) FUNDING.—From amounts made available under 
section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, the Sec-
retary shall make available $1,000,000 to the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and $3,000,000 to 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for 
each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 4121. INSULIN TREATED DIABETES MELLITUS. 
(a) NO PERIOD OF COMMERCIAL DRIVING WHILE 
USING INSULIN REQUIRED FOR QUALIFICATION.—The
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Secretary may not require individuals with insulin-treated 
diabetes mellitus who are applying for an exemption from 
the physical qualification standards to have experience op-
erating commercial motor vehicles while using insulin in 
order to be exempted from the physical qualification 
standards to operate a commercial motor vehicle in inter-
state commerce. 
(b) MINIMUM PERIOD OF INSULIN USE.—Subject to 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall require individuals with 
insulin-treated diabetes mellitus to have a minimum period 
of insulin use to demonstrate stable control of diabetes 
before operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate 
commerce. For individuals who have been newly diagnosed 
with type 1 diabetes, the minimum period of insulin use 
may not exceed 2 months, unless directed by the treating 
physician. For individuals who have type 2 diabetes and 
are converting to insulin use, the minimum period of insu-
lin use may not exceed 1 month, unless directed by the 
treating physician. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—Insulin-treated individuals may 
not be held by the Secretary to a higher standard of phys-
ical qualification in order to operate a commercial motor 
vehicle in interstate commerce than other individuals ap-
plying to operate, or operating, a commercial motor vehicle 
in interstate commerce; except to the extent that limited
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operating, monitoring, and medical requirements are 
deemed medically necessary under regulations issued by 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 4122. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VE-
HICLE OPERATORS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a grant program for training operators of commercial 
motor vehicles (as defined in section 31301 of title 49, 
United States Code). The purpose of the program shall 
be to train operators and future operators in the safe use 
of such vehicle. 
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
for which a grant is made under this section shall be 80 
percent. 
(c) FUNDING.—From amounts made available under 
section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, the Sec-
retary shall make available $1,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 4123. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a commercial motor vehicle safety advisory committee to 
provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on 
commercial motor vehicle safety regulations and other
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matters relating to activities and functions of the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The members of the advisory 
committee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall 
include representatives of the motor carrier industry, driv-
ers, safety advocates, manufacturers, safety enforcement 
officials, law enforcement agencies of border States, and 
other individuals affected by rulemakings under consider-
ation by the Department of Transportation. Representa-
tives of a single interest group may not constitute a major-
ity of the members of the advisory committee. 
(c) TERMINATION DATE.—The advisory committee 
shall remain in effect until September 30, 2009. 
SEC. 4124. SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants 
to States for projects and activities to improve the accu-
racy, timeliness, and completeness of commercial motor 
vehicle safety data reported to the Secretary. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall be eligible for a 
grant under this section in a fiscal year if the Secretary 
determines that the State has—
(1) conducted a comprehensive audit of its com-
mercial motor vehicle safety data system within the 
preceding 2 years;
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(2) developed a plan that identifies and 
prioritizes its commercial motor vehicle safety data 
needs and goals; and 
(3) identified performance-based measures to 
determine progress toward those goals. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2009. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by this sec-
tion shall be available for obligation in the same manner 
as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code, except that the Federal share of 
the cost of a project or activity carried out using such 
funds shall be 80 percent and such funds shall remain 
available until expended. 
(e) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, 
the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the 
activities and results of the program carried out under this 
section, together with any recommendations the Secretary 
determines appropriate.
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SEC. 4125. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE INFORMATION 
SYSTEM MODERNIZATION. 
(a) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
make a grant to a State or organization representing 
agencies and officials of a State in a fiscal year to mod-
ernize its commercial driver’s license information system 
in accordance with subsection (c) if the State is in sub-
stantial compliance with the requirements of section 
31311 of title 49, United States Code, and this section, 
as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall estab-
lish criteria for the distribution of grants and notify each 
State annually of such criteria. 
(b) MODERNIZATION PLAN.—No later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
publish a comprehensive national plan to modernize the 
commercial driver’s license information system. The plan 
shall be developed in consultation with representatives of 
the motor carrier industry, State safety enforcement agen-
cies, and State licensing agencies designated by the Sec-
retary. 
(c) USE OF GRANT.—A State may use a grant under 
this section only to implement improvements that are con-
sistent with the modernization plan developed by the Sec-
retary. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may conduct 
with grants under this section a 3-year pilot pro-
gram in no more than 3 States to evaluate a system 
for sharing driver’s license information on all com-
mercial and noncommercial driver’s licenses issued 
in each participating State. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use no more 
than 50 percent of the funds available to carry out 
this section for the pilot program in any fiscal year. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
last day of the pilot program, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the 
pilot program. 
(e) GOVERNMENT SHARE.—A grant under this sec-
tion to a State or organization may not be for more than 
80 percent of the costs incurred by the State or organiza-
tion in a fiscal year in implementing the modernization 
program developed by the Secretary. In determining these 
costs, the Secretary shall include in-kind contributions of 
the State. 
(f) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section—
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
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(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(g) CONTRACT AUTHORITY AND AVAILABILITY.—
(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts 
made available under subsection (f) shall remain 
available until expended. 
(2) INITIAL DATE OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
authorized to be appropriated from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 
by subsection (f) 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 au-
thorized, whichever occurs first. 
(3) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Approval by the 
Secretary of a grant with funds made available 
under subsection (f) imposes upon the United States 
a contractual obligation for payment of the Govern-
ment’s share of costs incurred in carrying out the 
objectives of the grant. 
SEC. 4126. MAXIMUM HOURS OF SERVICE FOR OPERATORS 
OF GROUND WATER WELL DRILLING RIGS. 
Section 345(a)(2) of the National Highway System 
Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat 
613) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘Ex-
cept as required in section 395.3 of title 49, Code of Fed-
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eral Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment 
of this sentence, no additional off-duty time shall be re-
quired in order to operate such vehicle.’. 
SEC. 4127. SAFETY PERFORMANCE HISTORY SCREENING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide per-
sons conducting preemployment screening services for the 
motor carrier industry electronic access to the following 
reports contained in the Motor Carrier Management Infor-
mation System: 
(1) Commercial motor vehicle accident reports. 
(2) Inspection reports that contain no driver-re-
lated safety violations. 
(3) Serious driver-related safety violation in-
spection reports. 
(b) CONDITIONS
ON PROVIDING ACCESS.—Before 
providing a person access to the Motor Carrier Manage-
ment Information System under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) ensure that any information that is released 
to such person will be in accordance with the Fair 
Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and 
all other applicable Federal law; 
(2) ensure that such person will not conduct a 
screening without the operator-applicant’s written 
consent;
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(3) ensure that any information that is released 
to such person will not be released to any person or 
entity, other than the motor carrier requesting the 
screening services or the operator-applicant, unless 
expressly authorized or required by law; and 
(4) provide a procedure for the operator-appli-
cant to correct inaccurate information in the System 
in a timely manner. 
(c) DESIGN.—The process for providing access to the 
Motor Carrier Management Information System under 
subsection (a) shall be designed to assist the motor carrier 
industry in assessing an individual operator’s crash and 
serious safety violation inspection history as a preemploy-
ment condition. Use of the process shall not be mandatory 
and may only be used during the preemployment assess-
ment of an operator-applicant. 
(d) SERIOUS OPERATOR-RELATED SAFETY VIOLA-
TION DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘serious oper-
ator-related violation’ means a violation by an operator of 
a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 31102 
of title 49, United States Code) that the Secretary deter-
mines will result in the operator being prohibited from 
continuing to operate a commercial motor vehicle until the 
violation is corrected.
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SEC. 4128. INTERMODAL CHASSIS ROADABILITY RULE-MAK-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after pro-
viding notice and opportunity for comment, shall issue 
regulations establishing a program to ensure that inter-
modal equipment used to transport intermodal containers 
are safe. 
(b) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS.—The 
regulations under this section shall be issued as part of 
the Federal motor carrier safety regulations of the De-
partment of Transportation. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The regulations issued under this 
section shall include, at a minimum—
(1) a requirement to identify providers of inter-
modal equipment that is interchanged or intended 
for interchange to motor carriers in intermodal 
transportation; 
(2) a requirement to match such intermodal 
equipment readily to the intermodal equipment pro-
vider through a unique identifying number; 
(3) a requirement to ensure that each inter-
modal equipment provider maintains a system of 
maintenance and repair records for such equipment;
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(4) a requirement to evaluate the compliance of 
intermodal equipment providers with the applicable 
Federal motor carrier safety regulations; 
(5) a provision that—
(A) establishes a civil penalty structure 
consistent with section 521(b) of title 49, 
United States Code, for intermodal equipment 
providers that fail to attain satisfactory compli-
ance with applicable Federal motor carrier safe-
ty regulations; and 
(B) prohibits intermodal equipment pro-
viders from placing intermodal equipment on 
the public highways if such providers are found 
to pose an imminent hazard; 
(6) a process by which motor carriers and 
agents of motor carriers may petition the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration to undertake 
an investigation of a noncompliant intermodal equip-
ment provider; and 
(7) an inspection and audit program of inter-
modal equipment providers. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR RULEMAKING PROCEEDING.—
The regulations under this section shall be issued pursu-
ant to a rulemaking proceeding initiated not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.