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SEC. 7103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 31104 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transportation
to pay administrative expenses of the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration—
‘‘(A) $211,400,000 for fiscal year 2006,
‘‘(B) $217,500,000 for fiscal year 2007,
‘‘(C) $222,600,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
‘‘(D) $228,500,000 for fiscal year 2009,
of which $6,800,000 shall be available for each fiscal
year to make grants to, or execute contracts with,
States, local governments, or other persons for the
commercial vehicle analysis reporting system, with
the Federal share payable under any such grant to be
100 percent.
‘‘(2) The funds authorized by this subsection
shall be used for personnel costs; administrative infra-
structure; rent; information technology; programs for
research and technology, information management,
regulatory development (including a medical review
board and rules for medical examiners), performance
and registration information system management,
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and outreach and education; other operating expenses
and similar matters; and such other expenses as may
from time to time become necessary to implement
statutory mandates not funded from other sources.
‘‘(3) The amounts made available under this sec-
tion shall remain available until expended.’’.
(b) GRANT PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be
appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) for the following Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration programs:
(1) Border enforcement grants under section
31107 of title 49, United States Code—
(A) $33,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(B) $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(C) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(D) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(2) Performance and registration information
system management grant program under 31109 of
title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(3) Commercial driver’s license and driver im-
provement program grants under section 31318 of
title 49, United States Code—
(A) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(B) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
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(C) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(D) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(4) For carrying out the commercial vehicle in-
formation systems and networks deployment program
established under section 31151 of title 49, United
States Code, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006
through 2009.
(c) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Funds made
available under subsection (a) shall be administered in the
account established in the Treasury entitled ‘‘Motor Carrier
Safety Operations and Program 69–8159–0–7–401’’ and
the funds made available under subsection (b) shall be ad-
ministered in the account established in the Treasury enti-
tled ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants 69–8158–0–7–401’’.
(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made
available under subsection (b) of this section shall remain
available until expended.
SEC. 7104. HIGH RISK CARRIER COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.
From the funds authorized by section 31104(i)(1) of
title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall ensure that compliance reviews are completed
on motor carriers that have demonstrated through perform-
ance data that they pose the highest safety risk. At a min-
imum, compliance reviews shall be conducted whenever a
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motor carrier is rated as category A or B for 2 consecutive
months.
SEC. 
7105. 
OVERDUE 
REPORTS, 
STUDIES, 
AND
RULEMAKINGS.
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR
COMPLETION.—Within 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Transportation shall transmit to the Senate Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House
of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure a schedule for the completion of the following re-
ports, studies, and rulemaking proceedings:
(1) Motor Carrier Replacement Information and
Registration System, section 103, ICC Termination
Act of 1995.
(2) General Jurisdiction Over Freight Forwarder
Service, section 13531, ICC Termination Act of 1995.
(3) Performance-based CDL Testing, section
4019, Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-
First Century.
(4) Improved Flow of Driver History Pilot Pro-
gram, section 4022, Transportation Equity Act for
the Twenty-First Century.
(5) Employee Protections, section 4023, Trans-
portation Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century.
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(6) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2010 Strategy, section 104, Motor Carrier Safety Im-
provement Act of 1999.
(7) New Motor Carrier Entrant Requirements,
section 210, Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of
1999.
(8) Certified Motor Carrier Safety Auditors, sec-
tion 211, Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of
1999.
(9) Medical Certificate, section 215, Motor Car-
rier Safety Improvement Act of 1999.
(10) Truck Crash Causation Study, section 224,
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999.
(b) FINAL RULE REQUIRED.—Unless specifically oth-
erwise permitted by law, rulemaking proceedings shall be
considered completed for purposes of this section only when
the Secretary has issued a final rule and the docket for the
rulemaking proceeding is closed or the rulemaking pro-
ceeding is withdrawn or terminated and the docket closed
without further action.
(c) SCHEDULE
FOR COMPLETION.—The Secretary
shall transmit a revised schedule, indicating progress made
in completing the reports, studies, and rulemaking pro-
ceedings reported under subsection (a) every 6 months after
the first such report under subsection (a) until they are
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completed. The Inspector General of the Department of
Transportation shall monitor whether the schedule is being
met and report periodically to the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on
progress made in completing the reports, studies, and rule-
making proceedings.
(e) 
COMPLETION
OF
NEW
RULEMAKING
PRO-
CEEDINGS.—Nothing in this section delays or changes the
deadlines specified for new reports, studies, or rulemaking
mandates contained in this chapter.
(f) REPORT OF OTHER AGENCY ACTIONS.—Within 12
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure a report on the status
of the following projects:
(1) Rescinding the current regulation which pro-
hibits truck and bus drivers from viewing television
and monitor screens while operating commercial vehi-
cles.
(2) Consolidating Out-Of-Service Criteria regu-
lations enforced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.