Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act”.
Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment screening for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Safety performance history screening
Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a) by inserting “and employment” after “preemployment” ;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (2) by inserting “operator or” before “operator-applicant’s”; and
by inserting “operator or” before “operator-applicant” each place it appears; and
in subsection (c)—
by inserting “or employment” after “preemployment” each place it appears; and
by inserting “operator or” before “operator-applicant”.
Sec. 3 DataQ improvement
Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
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.”