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H.R. 3356 — what changed

Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended and 1 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 2 Safety performance history screening

Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1)
changed in subsection (a) by striking “preemployment” and inserting “employment”; and“and employment” after “preemployment” ;
(2)
added in subsection (b)—
(A)
added in paragraph (2) by inserting “operator or” before “operator-applicant’s”; and
(B)
added by inserting “operator or” before “operator-applicant” each place it appears; and
(3)
renumbered was (4) in subsection (c)—
(A)
added by inserting “or employment” after “preemployment” each place it appears; and
(B)
added by inserting “operator or” before “operator-applicant”.
(A)
removed by striking “a preemployment” and inserting “an employment”; and
(B)
removed by striking “the preemployment” and inserting “the employment”.

Sec. 3 DataQ improvement

added

added Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1)
added by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
(2)
added by inserting after subsection (c) the following:

added “(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.

added “(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—

added “(1) following the conclusion of a request for data review, an affected party may appeal the disposition of such review; and

added “(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.”