Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act

Bill: 118-hr-3356
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-16
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers

Personnel records

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 761.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies a commercial vehicle operator safety screening program to allow the motor carrier industry to access an individual operator's crash and serious safety violation inspection history during employment. (At present, this program is focused on pre-employment screening.)</p>

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 761 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3356 [Report No. 118–931] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2023 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Davids of Kansas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure December 19, 2024 Additional sponsors: Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Cuellar , and Mr. Phillips December 19, 2024 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 May 16, 2023 A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment screening for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act . 2. Safety performance history screening Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by inserting and employment after preemployment ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2) by inserting operator or before operator-applicant’s ; and (B) by inserting operator or before operator-applicant each place it appears; and (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by inserting or employment after preemployment each place it appears; and (B) by inserting operator or before operator-applicant . 3. DataQ improvement Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Data subject to review Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act , the Secretary shall ensure that during any period in which a safety violation is being contested, the report on such violation is labeled in a manner that indicates such violation is being contested in the Motor Carrier Management Information System and in any other relevant databases, including the Employment Screening Program, the Safety Measurement System, and Analysis and Information Online, until the review of the contested violation is complete. (e) DataQ appeals process Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act , the Secretary shall promulgate DataQ program participation guidelines that direct States and other Federal agencies receiving funds under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program to provide for an appeals process by which— (1) following the conclusion of a request for data review, an affected party may appeal the disposition of such review; and (2) an appeal of such disposition is adjudicated in a reasonable period of time by a person or persons other than the person that issued the violation. .

December 19, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3356 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2023 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Davids of Kansas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment screening for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act . 2. Safety performance history screening Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking preemployment and inserting employment ; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking a preemployment and inserting an employment ; and (B) by striking the preemployment and inserting the employment .