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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2558
To amend chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for the
transfer of selected National Driver Register functions to non-Federal
management, to provide authorizations for appropriations for each of
fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 30, 1995
Mr. OBERSTAR (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
to provide for the transfer of selected National Driver
Register functions to non-Federal management, to pro-
vide authorizations for appropriations for each of fiscal
years 1996 and 1997, 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 ‘‘National Driver Reg-
ister Amendments of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF SELECTED NATIONAL DRIVER REG-
ISTER FUNCTIONS TO NON-FEDERAL MAN-
AGEMENT.
Section 30302 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) TRANSFER OF SELECTED FUNCTIONS TO NON-
FEDERAL MANAGEMENT.—(1) The Secretary may enter
into an agreement with an organization that represents
the interests of the States to manage, administer, and op-
erate the National Driver Register’s computer timeshare
and user assistance functions. If the Secretary decides to
enter into such an agreement, the Secretary shall ensure
that the management of these functions is compatible with
this chapter and the regulations issued to implement this
chapter.
‘‘(2) Any transfer of the National Driver Register’s
computer timeshare and user assistance functions to an
organization that represents the interests of the States
shall begin only after a determination is made by the Sec-
retary that all States are participating in the National
Driver Register’s ‘Problem Driver Pointer System’, the
system used by the Register to effect the exchange of
motor vehicle driving records, and that the system is func-
tioning properly.
‘‘(3) The agreement entered into under this sub-
section shall include a provision for a transition period suf-
ficient to allow the States to make the budgetary and leg-
islative changes that the States may need to pay fees
charged by the organization representing their interests
for their use of the National Driver Register’s computer
timeshare and user assistance functions. During this tran-
sition period, the Secretary (acting through the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration) shall continue to
fund these transferred functions.
‘‘(4) The total of the fees charged by the organization
representing the interests of the States in any fiscal year
for the use of the National Driver Register’s computer
timeshare and user assistance functions shall not exceed
the total cost to the organization for performing these
functions in such fiscal year.
‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
diminish, limit, or otherwise affect the authority of the
Secretary to carry out this chapter.’’.
SEC. 3. ACCESS TO REGISTER INFORMATION.
(a) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
30305(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘, unless the information is about a revocation or suspen-
sion still in effect on the date of the request’’.
(b) FEDERAL AGENCY ACCESS.—Section 30305(b) of
such title is further amended—
from the Register under this section may request and re-
ceive such information from the Secretary.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1994 and’’ and inserting
‘‘1994,’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘1995,’’ the following:
‘‘and $2,400,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 and
1997’’.
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