Title: Motor Carrier Safety Grant Relief Act of 2020
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Motor Carrier Safety Grant Relief Act of 2020
This bill provides relief for recipients of financial assistance awards for FY2019 and FY2020 from the Department of Transportation (DOT). The bill expands the period of availability during which grant recipients may spend funds awarded through the (1) motor carrier safety assistance program, (2) commercial motor vehicle operators grant program, and (3) commercial driver's license program implementation grant program. DOT may keep and redistribute funds that were not allocated for FY2019 or FY2020.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3729 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3729

  To provide relief for the recipients of financial assistance awards 
  from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2020

Mr. Wicker (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Fischer, and Ms. 
  Duckworth) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide relief for the recipients of financial assistance awards 
  from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Motor Carrier Safety Grant Relief 
Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. RELIEF FOR RECIPIENTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS FROM THE 
              FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Definition of Secretary.--In this section, the term 
``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Transportation.
    (b) Relief for Recipients of Financial Assistance Awarded for 
Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020.--
            (1) Period of availability.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
                chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code (including 
                any applicable period of availability under section 
                31104(f) of that title), and any regulations 
                promulgated under that chapter and subject to 
                subparagraph (B), the period of availability during 
                which a recipient may expend amounts made available to 
                the recipient under a grant or cooperative agreement 
                described in clauses (i) through (v) shall be--
                            (i) for a grant made under section 31102 of 
                        that title (other than subsection (l) of that 
                        section)--
                                    (I) the fiscal year in which the 
                                Secretary approves the financial 
                                assistance agreement with respect to 
                                the grant; and
                                    (II) the following 2 fiscal years;
                            (ii) for a grant made or a cooperative 
                        agreement entered into under section 
                        31102(l)(2) of that title--
                                    (I) the fiscal year in which the 
                                Secretary approves the financial 
                                assistance agreement with respect to 
                                the grant or cooperative agreement; and
                                    (II) the following 3 fiscal years;
                            (iii) for a grant made under section 
                        31102(l)(3) of that title--
                                    (I) the fiscal year in which the 
                                Secretary approves the financial 
                                assistance agreement with respect to 
                                the grant; and
                                    (II) the following 5 fiscal years;
                            (iv) for a grant made under section 31103 
                        of that title--
                                    (I) the fiscal year in which the 
                                Secretary approves the financial 
                                assistance agreement with respect to 
                                the grant; and
                                    (II) the following 2 fiscal years; 
                                and
                            (v) for a grant made or a cooperative 
                        agreement entered into under section 31313 of 
                        that title--
                                    (I) the year in which the Secretary 
                                approves the financial assistance 
                                agreement with respect to the grant or 
                                cooperative agreement; and
                                    (II) the following 5 fiscal years.
                    (B) Applicability.--
                            (i) Amounts awarded for fiscal years 2019 
                        and 2020.--The periods of availability 
                        described in subparagraph (A) shall apply 
                        only--
                                    (I) to amounts awarded for fiscal 
                                year 2019 or 2020 under a grant or 
                                cooperative agreement described in 
                                clauses (i) through (v) of that 
                                subparagraph; and
                                    (II) for the purpose of expanding 
                                the period of availability during which 
                                the recipient may expend the amounts 
                                described in subclause (I).
                            (ii) Amounts awarded for other years.--The 
                        periods of availability described in 
                        subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any amounts 
                        awarded under a grant or cooperative agreement 
                        described in clauses (i) through (v) of that 
                        subparagraph for any fiscal year other than 
                        fiscal year 2019 or 2020, and those amounts 
                        shall be subject to the period of availability 
                        otherwise applicable to those amounts under 
                        Federal law.
            (2) Reallocation of released funds.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, any amounts released back to the 
        Secretary under section 31104(i) of title 49, United States 
        Code, that were made available to the Secretary under section 
        31104(a) of that title for fiscal year 2019 or 2020 shall not 
        be subject to any limitation on obligations under Federal law.
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