110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1773
AN ACT 
To limit the authority of the Secretary of Transportation 
to grant authority to motor carriers domiciled in Mexico 
to operate beyond United States municipalities and com-
mercial zones on the United States-Mexico border.
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 ‘‘Safe American Roads 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON GRANTING AUTHORITY. 
The Secretary of Transportation may not grant au-
thority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate 
beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones 
on the United States-Mexico border, except under the pilot 
program authorized by this Act. 
SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
may carry out, in accordance with section 350 of Public 
Law 107–87, section 31315(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, all Federal motor carrier safety laws and regula-
tions, and this Act, a pilot program that grants authority 
to not more than 100 motor carriers domiciled in Mexico 
to operate beyond United States municipalities and com-
mercial zones on the United States-Mexico border. 
(b) LIMITATION ON COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES 
PARTICIPATING
IN PILOT PROGRAM.—The number of 
commercial motor vehicles owned or leased by motor car-
riers domiciled in Mexico which may be used to participate 
in the pilot program shall not exceed 1,000. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAM PREREQUISITES.—The Sec-
retary may not initiate the pilot program under subsection 
(a) until—
(1) the Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation submits to Congress and the Sec-
retary a report—
(A) independently verifying that the De-
partment is in compliance with each of the re-
quirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 
350 of Public Law 107–87; and 
(B) including a determination of whether 
the Department has established sufficient mech-
anisms—
(i) to apply Federal motor carrier 
safety laws and regulations to motor car-
riers domiciled in Mexico; and 
(ii) to ensure compliance with such 
laws and regulations by motor carriers 
domiciled in Mexico who will be granted 
authority to operate beyond United States 
municipalities and commercial zones on the 
United States-Mexico border; 
(2) the Secretary of Transportation—
(A) takes such action as may be necessary 
to address any issues raised in the report of the 
Inspector General under paragraph (1); and 
(B) submits to Congress a detailed report 
describing such actions;
(3) the Secretary determines that there is a 
program in effect for motor carriers domiciled in the 
United States to be granted authority to begin oper-
ations in Mexico beyond commercial zones on the 
United States-Mexico border; 
(4) the Secretary publishes in the Federal Reg-
ister and provides sufficient opportunity for public 
comment on the following: 
(A) a detailed description of the pilot pro-
gram and the amount of funds the Secretary 
will need to expend to carry out the pilot pro-
gram; 
(B) the findings of each pre-authorization 
safety audit conducted, before the date of en-
actment of this Act, by inspectors of the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration of 
motor carriers domiciled in Mexico and seeking 
to participate in the pilot program; 
(C) a process by which the Secretary will 
be able to revoke Mexico-domiciled motor car-
rier operating authority under the pilot pro-
gram; 
(D) specific measures to be required by the 
Secretary to protect the health and safety of