Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
Sponsored By: Representative Mann
Introduced
Summary
Expands preemployment safety screening to include operators and operator-applicants. This bill would let motor carriers use more safety performance history and related data when screening for preemployment or employment, require improvements to the Department of Transportation DataQs appeal system on a set timetable, and add notice and appeal protections tied to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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- Drivers and operator-applicants — Would allow their operator safety history to be checked as part of hiring. Carriers must get written consent where required and give notice plus a reasonable period to appeal before taking adverse actions.
- Motor carriers and employers — Would broaden the types of safety and performance data carriers may use for screening and employment decisions. Adverse actions based on those reports would be defined by the Consumer Credit Protection Act and must include notice and an opportunity to appeal.
- DataQs and appeals process — Would mandate specific improvements to the DataQs system and set time-bound deadlines for implementing those changes. Appeals must be handled with due process and be completed in a reasonable period after initiation.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More notice and appeals for drivers
If enacted, the bill would require that anyone using Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) data give an operator or applicant notice before taking an adverse action. The notice must follow the Fair Credit Reporting Act rules (15 U.S.C. 1681b(b)(3)). Drivers would get a reasonable period to start and finish an appeal before the action can proceed. The bill would also require the Secretary to mark any contested safety violation as "contested" in MCMIS and related systems, and to issue DataQs guidelines within 1 year that require States getting motor carrier safety funds to provide an appeals process decided by someone other than the original violator. Appeals must reach a final disposition within a reasonable period.
Driver screening during employment
If enacted, the bill would let carriers check a driver’s safety-performance history during employment as well as before hiring. It would apply the same rules to current operators and to applicants. Where consent is required, checks would need the operator's or applicant's written consent. The bill would also make clear these checks are voluntary and limit them to driver-related serious items. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mann
KS • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Schmidt
KS • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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