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(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘(c) USE OF GRANTS TO ENFORCE OTHER LAWS.—
A State may use amounts received under a grant under 
subsection (a)—
‘(1) for the following activities if the activities 
are carried out in conjunction with an appropriate 
inspection of the commercial motor vehicle to enforce 
Government or State commercial motor vehicle safe-
ty regulations: 
‘(A) enforcement of commercial motor ve-
hicle size and weight limitations at locations 
other than fixed weight facilities, at specific lo-
cations such as steep grades or mountainous 
terrains where the weight of a commercial 
motor vehicle can significantly affect the safe 
operation of the vehicle, or at ports where inter-
modal shipping containers enter and leave the 
United States; and 
‘(B) detection of the unlawful presence of 
a controlled substance (as defined under section 
102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802)) 
in a commercial motor vehicle or on the person
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of any occupant (including the operator) of the 
vehicle; and 
‘(2) for documented enforcement of State traf-
fic laws and regulations designed to promote the 
safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, includ-
ing documented enforcement of such laws and regu-
lations relating to noncommercial motor vehicles 
when necessary to promote the safe operation of 
commercial motor vehicles if the number of roadside 
safety inspections conducted in the State is main-
tained at a level at least equal to the average num-
ber conducted in the State in fiscal years 2001, 
2002, and 2003; except that the State may not use 
more than 5 percent of the aggregate amount the 
State receives under the grant under subsection (a) 
for enforcement activities relating to noncommercial 
motor vehicles described in this paragraph.’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate an 
annual report that describes the effect of activities carried 
out with funds from grants made under this section on 
commercial motor vehicle safety.’.
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
31104(a) of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (f), there 
are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
section 31102—
‘(1) $188,852,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
‘(2) $188,480,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘(3) $188,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘(4) $197,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘(5) $202,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
‘(6) $209,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’. 
(d) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.—Section 31104(f) of 
such title is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘deduction 
under subsection (e)’ and inserting ‘deductions 
under subsection (e) and paragraphs (2) and (3)’; 
(2) the first sentence of paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘or’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘technologies’ the 
following: ‘, or improve the quality and accuracy 
of data provided by the State’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘and border activities.—’ 
and all that follows through ‘5 percent’ and in-
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serting ‘activities.—The Secretary may des-
ignate up to 10 percent’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘(3) NEW
ENTRANT
AUDITS.—The Secretary 
may deduct up to $15,000,000 of the amounts avail-
able under subsection (a) for a fiscal year for audits 
of new entrant motor carriers under section 
31144(g).’. 
(e) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Sections 
31102(b)(3) and 31103(a) of such title are amended by 
striking ‘(1)(D)’ and inserting ‘(1)(E)’. 
SEC. 4103. BORDER ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 311 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking: 
‘Subchapter I—State Grants and Other 
Commercial Motor Vehicle Programs’; and 
(2) inserting 
‘Subchapter I—General Authority and State 
Grants’; and 
(3) by striking section 31107 and inserting the 
following:
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‘§ 31107. Border enforcement grants 
‘(a) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Transportation may make a grant in a fiscal year to a 
State that shares a land border with another country for 
carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety pro-
grams and related enforcement activities and projects. 
‘(b) MAINTENANCE OF EXPENDITURES.—The Sec-
retary may make a grant to a State under this section 
only if the State agrees that the total expenditure of 
amounts of the State and political subdivisions of the 
State, exclusive of amounts from the United States, for 
carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety pro-
grams and related enforcement activities and projects will 
be maintained at a level at least equal to the average level 
of that expenditure by the State and political subdivisions 
of the State for the last 2 fiscal years of the State ending 
before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users. 
‘(c) GOVERNMENTS SHARE
OF COSTS.—The Sec-
retary shall reimburse a State under a grant made under 
this section an amount that is not more than 100 percent 
of the costs incurred by the State in a fiscal year for car-
rying out border commercial motor vehicle safety pro-
grams and related enforcement activities and projects. 
‘(d) 
AVAILABILITY
AND
REALLOCATION
OF 
AMOUNTS.—Allocations to a State remain available for ex-
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penditure in the State for the fiscal year in which they 
are allocated and for the next fiscal year. Amounts not 
expended by a State during those 2 fiscal years are avail-
able to the Secretary for reallocation under this section.’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The analysis for 
such chapter is amended—
(1) by striking
‘SUBCHAPTER I—STATE GRANTS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE 
PROGRAMS’; and inserting the following:
‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL AUTHORITY AND STATE GRANTS’; and
(2) by striking the item relating to section 
31107 and inserting the following:
‘31107. Border enforcement grants.’.
SEC. 4104. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(a) STATE GRANTS.—Chapter 313 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 31312 
the following: 
‘§ 31313. Grants for commercial driver’s license pro-
gram improvements 
‘(a) GRANTS FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE 
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.—
‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Transportation may make a grant to a State in a 
fiscal year—