Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Public Safety Improvement Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4320

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for the submission of 
 positive hair drug test results to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse 
   of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2025

 Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for the submission of 
 positive hair drug test results to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse 
   of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse 
Public Safety Improvement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF HAIR DRUG TEST RESULTS TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL 
              CLEARINGHOUSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 31306a of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding the following new subsection:
    ``(n) Submission of Hair Drug Test Results to Drug and Alcohol 
Clearinghouse.--
            ``(1) Hair drug test.--The Secretary shall require a motor 
        carrier, as such term is defined in section 13102, using 
        vehicles weighing not less than 10,000 pounds to promptly 
        submit to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse any record of a 
        positive hair drug test result from a preemployment drug test 
        or a random drug test that is administered through a covered 
        device.
            ``(2) Laboratory requirements.--Any hair drug test result 
        submitted under paragraph (1) shall be from a laboratory that--
                    ``(A) is accredited by the College of American 
                Pathologists for forensic hair drug testing; and
                    ``(B) incorporates, if available, Department of 
                Health and Human Services scientific and technical 
                guidelines for hair testing.
            ``(3) Covered device.--In this subsection, the term 
        `covered device' means a device that is cleared under section 
        510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
        360(k)).''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to carry out the amendment in this 
section, including updating section 382.107 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, to include hair drug test results described in 
such amendment in the definition of actual knowledge.
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