113 STAT. 1754
PUBLIC LAW 106-159—DEC. 9, 1999
49 USC 31102
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49 USC 31100
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(d) EMERGENCY CDL GRANTS.— Section 31107 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(c) EMERGENCY CDL GRANTS.— From amounts made available
by subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Transportation
may make a grant of up to $1,000,000 to a State whose commercial
driver's license program may fail to meet the compliance requirements of section 31311(a). ".
(e) STATE COMPLIANCE WITH CDL REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) WITHHOLDING OF ALLOCATION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—
If a State is not in substantial compliance with each requirement of section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, the
Secretary shall withhold all amounts that would be allocated,
but for this paragraph, to the State from funds made available
by or under this section (including any amendment made by
this section).
(2) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD FUNDS.— -Any
funds withheld under paragraph (1) from any State shall
remain available until June 30 of the fiscal year for which
the funds are authorized to be appropriated.
(3) ALLOCATION OF WITHHELD FUNDS AFTER COMPLIANCE.—
If, before the last day of the period for which funds are withheld
under paragraph (1) from allocation are to remain available
for allocation to a State under paragraph (2), the Secretary
determines that the State is in substantial compliance with
each requirement of section 31311 of title 49, United States
Code, the Secretary shall allocate to the State the withheld
funds.
(4) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF SUBSEQUENTLY ALLOCATED
FUNDS.—Any funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (3) shall
remain available for expenditure until the last day of the first
fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds are
so allocated. Sums not expended at the end of such period
are released to the Secretary for reallocation.
(5) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE. — If, on June 30 of the
fiscal year in which funds are withheld from allocation under
paragraph (1), the State is not substantially complying with
each requirement of section 31311 of title 49, United States
Code, the funds are released to the Secretary for reallocation.
SEC. 104. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY STRATEGY.
(a) SAFETY GOALS.— In conjunction with existing federally
required strategic planning efforts, the Secretary shall develop a
long-term strategy for improving commercial motor vehicle, operator, and carrier safety. The strategy shall include an annual plan
and schedule for achieving, at a minimum, the following goals:
(1) Reducing the number and rates of crashes, injuries,
and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles.
(2) Improving the consistency and effectiveness of commercial motor vehicle, operator, and carrier enforcement and
compliance programs.
(3) Identifying and targeting enforcement efforts at highrisk commercial motor vehicles, operators, and carriers.
(4) Improving research efforts to enhance and promote
commercial motor vehicle, operator, and carrier safety and
performance.
(b) CONTENTS OF STRATEGY.—
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