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standable rating system that allows motor-
coach passengers to compare the safety per-
formance of motorcoach operators; and 
‘‘(ii) assign a safety fitness rating to 
each such provider. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall apply— 
‘‘(i) to any provider of motorcoach 
services registered with the Administration 
after the date of enactment of the Motor-
coach Enhanced Safety Act of 2012 begin-
ning not later than 2 years after the date 
of such registration; and 
‘‘(ii) to any provider of motorcoach 
services registered with the Administration 
on or before the date of enactment of that 
Act beginning not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of that Act. 
‘‘(2) PERIODIC REVIEW.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish, by regulation, a process for monitoring the 
safety performance of each provider of motorcoach 
services on a regular basis following the assignment 
of a safety fitness rating, including progressive inter-
vention to correct unsafe practices.
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‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT STRIKE FORCES.—In addi-
tion to the enhanced monitoring and enforcement ac-
tions required under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
may organize special enforcement strike forces tar-
geting providers of motorcoach services. 
‘‘(4) PERIODIC UPDATE OF SAFETY FITNESS RAT-
ING.—In conducting the safety reviews required under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) reassess the safety fitness rating of 
each provider not less frequently than once every 
3 years; and 
‘‘(B) annually assess the safety fitness of 
certain providers of motorcoach services that 
serve primarily urban areas with high passenger 
loads. 
‘‘(5) MOTORCOACH SERVICES DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘provider of motorcoach services’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 32702 of 
the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2012.’’. 
(b) DISCLOSURE OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE RATINGS 
OF MOTORCOACH SERVICES AND OPERATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 141 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
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‘‘§ 14105. Safety performance ratings of motorcoach 
services and operations 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) MOTORCOACH.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘motorcoach’ has the 
meaning given to the term ‘over-the-road bus’ in 
section 3038(a)(3) of the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note). 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘motorcoach’ 
does not include— 
‘‘(i) a bus used in public transpor-
tation that is provided by a State or local 
government; or 
‘‘(ii) a school bus (as defined in section 
30125(a)(1)), including a multifunction 
school activity bus. 
‘‘(2) 
MOTORCOACH
SERVICES
AND
OPER-
ATIONS.—The term ‘motorcoach services and oper-
ations’ means passenger transportation by a motor-
coach for compensation. 
‘‘(b) DISPLAY OF MOTOR CARRIER IDENTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of the 
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, 
no person may sell or offer to sell interstate motor-
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coach transportation services, or provide broker serv-
ices related to such transportation, unless the person, 
at the point of sale or provision of broker services, 
conspicuously displays— 
‘‘(A) the legal name and USDOT number of 
the single motor carrier responsible for the trans-
portation and for compliance with the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations under parts 
350 through 399 of title 49, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations; and 
‘‘(B) the URL for the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration’s public website where the 
Administration has posted motor carrier and 
commercial motor vehicle driver scores in the 
Safety Measurement System. 
‘‘(2) CIVIL PENALTIES.—A person who violates 
paragraph (1) shall be liable for civil penalties to the 
same extent as a person who does not prepare a 
record in the form and manner prescribed under sec-
tion 14901(a). 
‘‘(c) RULEMAKING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date on which the safety fitness determination 
rule is implemented, the Secretary shall require, by 
regulation—
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‘‘(A) each motor carrier that owns or leases 
1 or more motorcoaches that transport pas-
sengers subject to the Secretary’s jurisdiction 
under section 13501 to prominently display the 
safety fitness rating assigned under section 
31144(j)(1)(A)(ii)— 
‘‘(i) in each terminal of departure; 
‘‘(ii) in the motorcoach and visible 
from a position exterior to the vehicle at the 
point of departure, if the motorcoach does 
not depart from a terminal; and 
‘‘(iii) at all points of sale for such mo-
torcoach services and operations; and 
‘‘(B) any person who sells tickets for motor-
coach services and operations to display the rat-
ing system described in subparagraph (A) at all 
points of sale for such motorcoach services and 
operations. 
‘‘(2) ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE RULEMAKING.—In 
promulgating 
safety 
performance 
ratings 
for 
motorcoaches pursuant to the rulemaking required 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(A) the need and extent to which safety 
performance ratings should be made available in 
languages other than English; and
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(2) consult with— 
(A) motor carriers and drivers, shippers, 
and representatives of ports and other facilities 
where goods are loaded and unloaded; 
(B) government officials; and 
(C) other parties as appropriate; and 
(3) provide recommendations to the Secretary for 
addressing issues identified in the study. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a re-
port to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
that includes recommendations for legislation and for ad-
dressing the results of the study. 
SEC. 32912. PROHIBITION OF COERCION. 
Section 31136(a) is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3); 
(2) striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) adding after subsection (4) the following: 
‘‘(5) an operator of a commercial motor vehicle 
is not coerced by a motor carrier, shipper, receiver, or 
transportation intermediary to operate a commercial 
motor vehicle in violation of a regulation promul-