A bill to strengthen the enforcement of motor carrier safety laws, and for other purposes.
Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1989 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final rule regarding Federal motor carrier safety regulations to: (1) establish a public information system that periodically updates the safety ratings of motor carriers which have received unsatisfactory safety ratings; (2) provide a rating reassessment within nine months after receipt of a motor carrier's written request to have an unsatisfactory rating reassessed; and (3) prohibit the operation of certain commercial motor vehicles by motor carriers who have received unsatisfactory safety ratings.
Requires the Secretary to submit operational guidelines to the Congress with specific criteria for determining civil penalties for motor carrier safety violations that pose imminent safety hazards. Requires reports not later than January 1, 1991, 1992, and 1993 to the Congress on enforcement actions.
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose mandatory minimum criminal penalties for the unlawful distribution or possession of controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a truck stop or safety rest area. Precludes the suspension of criminal sentences and denies probation for repeat offenders. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to establish specified sentencing guidelines for violations of this Act.
Amends the Truck and Bus Safety and Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking proceeding regarding improved braking performance standards for commercial motor vehicles.
Classifies Department of Transportation safety inspectors at GS-12 of the General Schedule.
Sets a deadline within which the Secretary must establish procedures ensuring the timely correction of commercial motor carrier safety violations found in a nationwide random reinspection system. Directs the Secretary to establish operational procedures requiring highway safety personnel to initiate enforcement actions whenever certain motor carrier safety violations can be documented.
Directs the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking proceeding for enhanced truck visibility.
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 3386 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. Hearings held.
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. Hearings held.
Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-91.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-91.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
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Referred jointly to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Referred jointly to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOT.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
See S.2393.