# 119-hr-7261: Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act

119-hr-7261, Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7261
- Congress: 119
- Title: Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-01-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-11

## Summary

**Protects motor carrier operators from hiring penalties and modernizes how safety data disputes are handled.** This bill would expand the Safety Performance History Screening program to cover both employment and preemployment checks and would require clearer labeling and appeal steps for contested safety violations. - Operators and operator-applicants: Would bar an adverse action based in whole or part on Motor Carrier Management Information System reports unless the operator gets notice consistent with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and a reasonable time to start and complete an appeal. - Employers and carriers: Would clarify that screening can be used for employment and employment-related checks and would remove the strict preemployment-only limitation, while keeping use voluntary under specified limits. - Data and dispute handling: Would require contested safety violations to be labeled as contested in MCIMS and related systems until review finishes, with that change required within 1 year. - States and appeals: Would direct the Secretary to issue DataQs participation guidelines within 1 year that require States receiving motor carrier safety assistance funds to provide an appeals process and to ensure appeals are decided by someone other than the original issuer within a reasonable period.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New screening and appeal rules for drivers: mixed, low. If enacted, this bill would let motor carriers use the same safety screening rules for current drivers and job applicants. The bill would replace the word "preemployment" with "preemployment or employment" and add "driver-related" and "safety" to clarify what issues count. Within one year, the Depa…

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- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-7261 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7261)

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- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7261 (as of 2026-06-11).