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(2) REVIEW AND UPDATE.—The Secretary shall review the
study at least once every 5 years and update the study and
report as necessary.
(f ) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal
years 2001, 2002, and 2003 under section 4003(i) of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 395–398), as
added by section 103(b)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 per fiscal year
shall be available only to carry out this section.
SEC. 225. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with the States, the Secretary
shall carry out a program to improve the collection and analysis
of data on crashes, including crash causation, involving commercial
motor vehicles.
(b) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall administer
the program through the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration in cooperation with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion shall—
(1) enter into agreements with the States to collect data
and report the data by electronic means to a central data
repository; and
(2) train State employees and motor carrier safety enforce-
ment officials to assure the quality and uniformity of the data.
(c) USE
OF
DATA.—The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration shall—
(1) integrate the data, including driver citation and convic-
tion information; and
(2) make the data base available electronically to the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the States, motor
carriers, and other interested parties for problem identification,
program evaluation, planning, and other safety-related activi-
ties.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date on which
the improved data program begins, the Secretary shall transmit
a report to Congress on the program, together with any rec-
ommendations the Secretary finds appropriate.
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts deducted under section
104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years
2001, 2002, and 2003 $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available
only to carry out this section.
(f ) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available for each
of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 under section 4003(i)
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 395–398), as added by section 103(b)(1) of this Act,
$5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available only to carry out
section 31106 of title 49, United States Code.
(2) AMOUNTS AS ADDITIONAL.—The amounts made available
by paragraph (1) shall be in addition to amounts made available
under section 31107 of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 226. DRUG TEST RESULTS STUDY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of the
feasibility and merits of—
(1) requiring medical review officers or employers to report
all verified positive controlled substances test results on any
driver subject to controlled substances testing under part 382
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of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, including the identity
of each person tested and each controlled substance found,
to the State that issued the driver’s commercial driver’s license;
and
(2) requiring all prospective employers, before hiring any
driver, to query the State that issued the driver’s commercial
driver’s license on whether the State has on record any verified
positive controlled substances test on such driver.
(b) STUDY FACTORS.—In carrying out the study under this
section, the Secretary shall assess—
(1) methods for safeguarding the confidentiality of verified
positive controlled substances test results;
(2) the costs, benefits, and safety impacts of requiring
States to maintain records of verified positive controlled sub-
stances test results; and
(3) whether a process should be established to allow
drivers—
(A) to correct errors in their records; and
(B) to expunge information from their records after
a reasonable period of time.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
on the study carried out under this section, together with such
recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate.
SEC. 227. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS.
(a) REVIEW.—Section 13703(c) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subpara-
graphs (A) through (D), respectively;
(2) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board’’;
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) PERIODIC REVIEW OF APPROVALS.—Subject to this sec-
tion, in the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph and in each 5-year period thereafter,
the Board shall initiate a proceeding to review any agreement
approved pursuant to this section. Any such agreement shall
be continued unless the Board determines otherwise.’’; and
(4) by moving the remainder of the text of paragraph
(1) (as designated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), including
subparagraphs (A) through (D) (as designated by paragraph
(1) of this subsection), 2 ems to the right.
(b) LIMITATION.—Section 13703(d) of such title is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Board shall not take any action that
would permit the establishment of nationwide collective ratemaking
authority.’’.
(c) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—Section 13703(e) of such title is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Agreements’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS
EXISTING
AS
OF
DECEMBER
31, 1995.—
Agreements’’;
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) CASES
PENDING
AS
OF
DATE
OF
THE
ENACTMENT.—
Nothing in section 227 (other than subsection (b)) of the Motor
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Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, including the amend-
ments made by such section, shall be construed to affect any
case brought under this section that is pending before the
Board as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph.’’;
and
(3) by aligning the left margin of paragraph (1) (as des-
ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) with paragraph
(2) (as added by paragraph (2) of this subsection).
SEC. 228. DOT AUTHORITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The statutory authority of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Transportation includes authority to
conduct, pursuant to Federal criminal statutes, investigations of
allegations that a person or entity has engaged in fraudulent or
other criminal activity relating to the programs and operations
of the Department or its operating administrations.
(b) REGULATED ENTITIES.—The authority to conduct investiga-
tions referred to in subsection (a) extends to any person or entity
subject to the laws and regulations of the Department or its oper-
ating administrations, whether or not they are recipients of funds
from the Department or its operating administrations.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.