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Union Calendar No. 169
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2546
[Report No. 107–282]
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit States from requiring
a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing
interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service, and for other pur-
poses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2001
Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr.
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. CAPUANO,
Mr. SHAYS, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. MICA, Mr.
ISAKSON, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr.
ENGLISH, Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. TOWNS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
Additional sponsors: Mr. GRAVES, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. FERGUSON
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 18, 2001]
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit States
from requiring a license or fee on account of the fact
that a motor vehicle is providing interstate pre-arranged
ground transportation service, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Real Interstate Driver
Equity Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF INTERSTATE PRE-ARRANGED
GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.
Section 14501 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) PRE-ARRANGED GROUND TRANSPORTATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No State or political sub-
division thereof and no interstate agency or other po-
litical agency of 2 or more States shall enact or en-
force any law, rule, regulation, standard or other pro-
vision having the force and effect of law requiring a
license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehi-
cle is providing pre-arranged ground transportation
service if the motor carrier providing such service—
‘‘(A) meets all applicable registration re-
quirements under chapter 139 for the interstate
transportation of passengers;
‘‘(B) meets all applicable vehicle and intra-
state passenger licensing requirements of the
State or States in which the motor carrier is
domiciled or registered to do business; and
‘‘(C) is providing such service pursuant to
a contract for—
‘‘(i) travel from one State, including
intermediate stops, to a destination in an-
other State; or
‘‘(ii) travel from one State, including
one or more intermediate stops in another
State, to a destination in the original State.
‘‘(2) MATTERS NOT COVERED.—Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed—
‘‘(A) as subjecting taxicab service to regula-
tion under chapter 135 or section 31138;
‘‘(B) as prohibiting or restricting an air-
port, train, or bus terminal operator from con-
tracting to provide preferential access or facili-
ties to one or more providers of pre-arranged
ground transportation service; and
‘‘(C) as restricting the right of any State or
political subdivision of a State to require that
any individual operating a vehicle providing
prearranged ground transportation service origi-
nating in the State or political subdivision have
submitted to a criminal background investiga-
tion of the records of the State in which the oper-
ator is domiciled, by the motor carrier providing
such service or by the State or political subdivi-
sion by which the operator is licensed to provide
such service, as a condition of providing such
service.’’.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13102 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (17), (18), (19),
(20), (21), and (22) as paragraphs (18), (19), (21),
(22), (23), and (24), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(17) PRE-ARRANGED GROUND TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE.—The term ‘pre-arranged ground transpor-
tation service’ means transportation for a passenger
(or a group of passengers) that is arranged in ad-
vance (or is operated on a regular route or between
specified points) and is provided in a motor vehicle
with a seating capacity not exceeding 15 passengers
(including the driver).’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (19) (as so re-
designated) the following:
Union Calendar No. 169
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2546
[Report No. 107–282]
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit
States from requiring a license or fee on account
of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing
interstate pre-arranged ground transportation
service, and for other purposes.
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed