Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7261 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7261

   To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment 
   screening for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2026

     Mr. Mann (for himself, Ms. Davids of Kansas, and Mr. Schmidt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment 
   screening for the motor carrier industry, 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 Screening 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. SAFETY PERFORMANCE HISTORY SCREENING.

    Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``or employment'' after ``preemployment'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``operator or'' before ``operator-
                applicant'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``operator's 
                or'' before ``operator-applicant's written consent''; 
                and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``preemployment'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``operator or'' before 
                        ``operator-applicant''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``Use'' and inserting the 
                        following:
            ``(2) Voluntary use; limitation.--Use'';
                    (B) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``driver-related'' after 
                        ``serious'';
                            (ii) by striking ``as a preemployment 
                        condition'';
                            (iii) by inserting ``or operator 
                        applicant's'' after ``individual operator's''; 
                        and
                            (iv) by striking ``The process'' and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--The process''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Adverse actions.--A person may not take an adverse 
        action (as defined in section 603(k) of the Consumer Credit 
        Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(k))) with respect to an 
        operator or operator-applicant based in whole or in part on the 
        data in the reports provided under subsection (a) from the 
        Motor Carrier Management Information System unless the person 
        provides--
                    ``(A) notice to the operator or operator-applicant 
                consistent with section 604(b)(3) of that Act (15 
                U.S.C. 1681b(b)(3)); and
                    ``(B) a reasonable period of time for--
                            ``(i) the operator to initiate an appeal 
                        under subsection (e); and
                            ``(ii) any appeal process initiated under 
                        that subsection to conclude pursuant to the 
                        issuance of a final disposition.''.

SEC. 3. DATAQS IMPROVEMENT.

    Section 31150 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by inserting ``safety'' after 
        ``serious driver-related'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
            (3) 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 that 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) DataQs Appeals Process.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act, 
the Secretary shall promulgate DataQs program participation guidelines 
that direct States receiving funds under the motor carrier safety 
assistance program under section 31102 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 the 
        review; and
            ``(2) an appeal of the disposition is decided in a 
        reasonable period of time by a person or persons other than the 
        person that issued the violation.''.
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