IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6630 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting 
authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to oper-
ate beyond United States municipalities and commercial 
zones on the United States-Mexico border unless ex-
pressly authorized by Congress. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON LONG-HAUL CROSS BORDER 
MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS. 
(a) TERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later 
than September 6, 2008, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall terminate the one-year cross border demonstration 
project the Secretary started on September 6, 2007, as 
described in the Federal Register notices dated May 1, 
2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 23883), June 8, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 
31877), and August 17, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 46263). 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED.— 
Unless expressly authorized by Congress, the Secretary 
may not grant authority to a motor carrier domiciled in 
Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and 
commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border 
after September 6, 2008. 
SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act— 
(1) the Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the final 
report required by section 6901(c) of the U.S. Troop 
Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and 
Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Pub-
lic Law 110–28); 
(2) the independent review panel established by 
the Secretary of Transportation to monitor the dem-
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onstration project referred to in section 1(a) shall 
transmit to Congress a report— 
(A) evaluating the effects that the dem-
onstration project has had on motor carrier 
safety, including an analysis of any accidents 
involving motor carriers participating in the 
demonstration project; and 
(B) containing recommendations for modi-
fications to the process of granting authority to 
a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate 
beyond United States municipalities and com-
mercial zones on the United States-Mexico bor-
der and for monitoring the future operations of 
such carriers in the United States, in order to 
enhance safety; 
(3) the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a 
report detailing the implementation of and the par-
ticipation of motor carriers in the demonstration 
project referred to in section 1(a), including— 
(A) the number and names of United 
States and Mexico domiciled motor carriers that 
participated in the demonstration project and 
the number of vehicles each motor carrier uti-
lized in the demonstration project; 
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(B) the number of border crossings by 
motor carriers participating in the demonstra-
tion project, including the number of crossings 
which resulted in a motor carrier traveling be-
yond United States municipalities and commer-
cial zones on the United States-Mexico border; 
(C) an itemization of safety and oper-
ational violations identified among motor car-
riers participating in the demonstration project 
in pre-authorization safety audits, compliance 
reviews, and roadside inspections, including a 
review of the most frequent types of violations; 
(D) an analysis of the cost to the Federal 
Government and State partners of imple-
menting the demonstration project, including 
administrative costs, safety monitoring and en-
forcement costs, and the cost of installing glob-
al positioning system units on participating ve-
hicles; and 
(E) measures taken by the Secretary to 
terminate the authority of motor carriers par-
ticipating in the demonstration project to oper-
ate beyond United States municipalities and 
commercial zones on the United States-Mexico 
border after September 6, 2008, and ensure 
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that such motor carriers cease long-haul oper-
ations. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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