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is advisable. The Secretary shall consult extensively with
the American Association of Retired Persons, the American
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the American
Occupational Therapy Association, the American Auto-
mobile Association, the Department of Health and Human
Services, the American Public Health Association, and
other interested parties in developing educational materials
on the interrelationship of the aging process, driver safety,
and the driver licensing process.
(d) ALTERNATIVE
TRANSPORTATION
MEANS.—The
Secretary shall ensure that the agencies of the Department
of Transportation overseeing the various modes of surface
transportation coordinate their policies and programs to
ensure that funds authorized under the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–
240; 105 Stat. 1914) and implementing Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Acts
take into account the transportation needs of older Ameri-
cans by promoting alternative transportation means when-
ever practical and feasible.
(e) STATE LICENSING PRACTICES.—The Secretary
shall encourage State licensing agencies to use restricted li-
censes instead of canceling a license whenever such action
is appropriate and if the interests of public safety would
be served, and to closely monitor the driving performance
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of older drivers with such licenses. The Secretary shall en-
courage States to provide educational materials of benefit
to older drivers and concerned family members and physi-
cians. The Secretary shall promote licensing and relicensing
programs in which the applicant appears in person and
shall promote the development and use of cost effective
screening processes and testing of physiological, cognitive,
and perception factors as appropriate and necessary. Not
less than one model State program shall be evaluated in
light of this subsection during each of the fiscal years 1996
through 1998. Of the sums authorized under subsection (i),
$250,000 is authorized for each such fiscal year for such
evaluation.
(f) IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL SCREENING.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct research and other activities designed
to support and encourage the States to establish and main-
tain medical review or advisory groups to work with State
licensing agencies to improve and provide current informa-
tion on the screening and licensing of older drivers. The
Secretary shall encourage the participation of the public in
these groups to ensure fairness and concern for the safety
and mobility needs of older drivers.
(g) INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.—In
implementing the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Act
of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 307 note), the Secretary shall ensure
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that the National Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Pro-
gram devotes sufficient attention to the use of intelligent
vehicle-highway systems to aid older drivers in safely per-
forming driver functions. Federally-sponsored research, de-
velopment, and operational testing shall ensure the ad-
vancement of night vision improvement systems, technology
to reduce the involvement of older drivers in accidents oc-
curring at intersections, and other technologies of particu-
lar benefit to older drivers.
(h) TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS UNDER INTERMODAL
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT.—In conduct-
ing the technical evaluations required under section 6055
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 (Public Law 102–240; 105 Stat. 2192), the Secretary
shall ensure that the safety impacts on older drivers are
considered, with special attention being devoted to ensuring
adequate and effective exchange of information between the
Department of Transportation and older drivers or their
representatives.
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the
funds authorized under section 403 of title 23, United
States Code, $1,250,000 is authorized for each of the fiscal
years 1995 through 1997, to support older driver programs
described in subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f).
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SUBTITLE D—HIGH RISK DRIVERS
SEC. 241. STUDY ON WAYS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC RECORDS
OF ALL HIGH RISK DRIVERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a study
to determine whether additional or strengthened Federal ac-
tivities, authority, or regulatory actions are desirable or
necessary to improve or strengthen the driver record and
control systems of the States to identify high risk drivers
more rapidly and ensure prompt intervention in the licens-
ing of high risk drivers. The study, which shall be based
in part on analysis obtained from a request for information
published in the Federal Register, shall consider steps nec-
essary to ensure that State traffic record systems are unam-
biguous, accurate, current, accessible, complete, and (to the
extent useful) uniform among the States.
(b) SPECIFIC MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.—Such
study shall at a minimum consider—
(1) whether specific legislative action is nec-
essary to improve State traffic record systems;
(2) the feasibility and practicality of further en-
couraging and establishing a uniform traffic ticket ci-
tation and control system;
(3) the need for a uniform driver violation point
system to be adopted by the States;
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(4) the need for all the States to participate in
the Driver License Reciprocity Program conducted by
the American Association of Motor Vehicle Adminis-
trators;
(5) ways to encourage the States to cross-ref-
erence driver license files and motor vehicle files to fa-
cilitate the identification of individuals who may not
be in compliance with driver licensing laws; and
(6) the feasibility of establishing a national pro-
gram that would limit each driver to one driver’s li-
cense from only one State at any time.
(c) EVALUATION
OF NATIONAL INFORMATION SYS-
TEMS.—As part of the study required by this section, the
Secretary shall consider and evaluate the future of the na-
tional information systems that support driver licensing.
In particular, the Secretary shall examine whether the
Commercial Driver’s License Information System, the Na-
tional Driver Register, and the Driver License Reciprocity
program should be more closely linked or continue to exist
as separate information systems and which entities are best
suited to operate such systems effectively at the least cost.
The Secretary shall cooperate with the American Associa-
tion of Motor Vehicle Administrators in carrying out this
evaluation.
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SEC. 242. STATE PROGRAMS FOR HIGH RISK DRIVERS.
The Secretary shall encourage and promote State driv-
er evaluation, assistance, or control programs for high risk
drivers. These programs may include in-person license reex-
aminations, driver education or training courses, license re-
strictions or suspensions, and other actions designed to im-
prove the operating performance of high risk drivers.
SUBTITLE E—FUNDING
SEC. 251. FUNDING FOR 23 USC 410 PROGRAM.
In addition to any amount otherwise appropriated
or available for such use, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $15,000,000 for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997
for the purpose of carrying out section 410 of title 23, Unit-
ed States Code.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to authorize
appropriations to carry out certain Federal railroad safe-
ty laws, and for other purposes.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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