Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act

119 HR 7261 IH: Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-01-27 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7261 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 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), 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. . 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. .