Motor Carrier Safety Specialist Certification Act

Summary

Motor Carrier Safety Specialist Certification Act - Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a training and certification program, to be administered by a tax exempt organization that specializes in developing and administering such procedures, for Federal, State, and local government and nongovernmental motor carrier safety specialists. Requires the Secretary, as part of maintaining a clearinghouse on motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver information, to accept and include information obtained from certified nongovernmental motor carrier safety specialists. Requires such information be made available to the public. Directs the Secretary to work with the Motor Carrier Safety Specialist Certification Board to establish and carry out a public education campaign to promote the use of safety performance information in the decision-making process for hiring motor carriers. Defines "motor carrier safety specialist" to mean an individual responsible for conducting regulatory compliance reviews and safety inspections of commercial motor carriers.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 August 1999

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 August 1999

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 August 1999

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