§ 31100. Purpose
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The purpose of this subchapter is to ensure that the Secretary, States, and other political jurisdictions work in partnership to establish programs to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety to support a safe and efficient transportation system by—
(1)focusing resources on strategic safety investments to promote safe for-hire and private transportation, including transportation of passengers and hazardous materials, to identify high-risk carriers and drivers, and to invest in activities likely to generate maximum reductions in the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes;
(2)increasing administrative flexibility and developing and enforcing effective, compatible, and cost-beneficial motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety regulations and practices, including improving enforcement of State and local traffic safety laws and regulations;
(3)assessing and improving statewide program performance by setting program outcome goals, improving problem identification and countermeasures planning, designing appropriate performance standards, measures, and benchmarks, improving performance information and analysis systems, and monitoring program effectiveness;
(4)ensuring that drivers of commercial motor vehicles and enforcement personnel obtain adequate training in safe operational practices and regulatory requirements; and
(5)advancing promising technologies and encouraging adoption of safe operational practices.
(Added Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4002(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 395.)
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- Public Law 117-286To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.Dec
- Public Law 119-37Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
- Public Law 113-159Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014
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- Public Law 108–310To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- Public Law 112–140To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs
- Public Law 108–88To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- Public Law 109–59To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes
- Public Law 106–159To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and for other purposes
- Public Law 112–102To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs
- Public Law 111–322Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes
- Public Law 109–347To improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes
- Public Law 117–58To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes
- Public Law 114–94To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes
- Public Law 111–147Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes
- Public Law 112–141To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes
- Public Law 117–286To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code
- Public Law 114–41To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes
register
- NoticesNotice of availability—discretionary grants to assist states in improving or revising their commercial vehicle crash data collection procedures
- NoticesFinal rule
- Proposed RulesAdvance notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments
- NoticesInterim final rule; request for comments
- NoticesNotice
- NoticesFinal rule
- NoticesNotice and request for comments
- NoticesNotice; request for comments
statute-compilations
- Sec. 122EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
- Sec. 32603AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
- Sec. 163Section 4144(d) of the Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 31100 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for “September 30, 2025”.
- Sec. 5224DATA IMPROVEMENT
- Sec. 5221CORRELATION STUDY
- Sec. 224STUDY OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH CAUSATION
- Sec. 104MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY STRATEGY
- Sec. 5223DATA CERTIFICATION
- Sec. 32912MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Sec. 1102EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
- Sec. 202EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
- Sec. 7EXTENSION OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
- Sec. 4139FOREIGN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES
- Sec. 23002MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Sec. 1102EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
- Sec. 4144MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Sec. 5222BEYOND COMPLIANCE
- Sec. 202EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
- Sec. 105COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Sec. 202EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
- Sec. 112002EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
- Sec. 5101GRANTS TO STATES
- Sec. 225DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
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- Sec. 5501Motor carrier safety advisory committee
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- Sec. 5101Grants to States
- Sec. 5501Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
- Sec. 5501Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
- Sec. 5101Grants to States
- Sec. 5101Grants to States
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- Fixing America’s Surface Transportation ActPublic Law 114-94
- Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014Public Law 113-159
- Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015Public Law 114-21
- Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015Public Law 114-73
- Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part IIPublic Law 114-87
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActPublic Law 117-58
- To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.DecPublic Law 117-286
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- Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4002(a)
- 112 Stat. 395
- 129 Stat. 1538
- Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title II, § 32603(i)
- 126 Stat. 808
- Pub. L. 109–347, title VII, § 703
- 120 Stat. 1944
- Public Law 109–59
- Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4127
- 119 Stat. 1741
- Pub. L. 111–147, title IV, § 422(g)
- 124 Stat. 87
- Pub. L. 111–322, title II, § 2202(g)
- 124 Stat. 3525
- Pub. L. 112–5, title II, § 202(g)
- 125 Stat. 17
- Pub. L. 112–30, title I, § 122(f)
- 125 Stat. 349
- Pub. L. 112–102, title II, § 202(f)
- 126 Stat. 274
- Pub. L. 112–140, title II, § 202(f)
- 126 Stat. 395
- Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title II, § 32603(f)
- 128 Stat. 1844
- 129 Stat. 222
- Pub. L. 114–41, title I, § 1102(f)
- 129 Stat. 449
- 129 Stat. 572
- 129 Stat. 681
- 129 Stat. 1527
- Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4128
- 119 Stat. 1742
- 129 Stat. 1525
- Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4139(a)
- 119 Stat. 1745
- Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4144
- 119 Stat. 1748
- Pub. L. 111–147, title IV, § 422(i)
- Pub. L. 111–322, title II, § 2202(i)
- Pub. L. 112–5, title II, § 202(i)
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4002(a)
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Stat.129 Stat. 1538
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