Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 761.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
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.)
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2023 to Sep 6, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 10, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 6, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 16, 2023Discharged Sep 18, 2024Markup Sep 18, 2024Reported Dec 19, 2024 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2023 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-931.
- Dec 19, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 761.
- Sep 18, 2024Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged
- Sep 18, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 18, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 31.
- May 17, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- May 16, 2023Introduced in House
- May 16, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 82, May 16, 2023, page H2377.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment screening for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Reported in House
- May 16, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
