,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eecb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,barletta introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve 
the ,compliance1 ,safety1               
,accountability initiative of the       
,federal ,motor ,carrier ,safety        
,administration1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,safer ,trucks and ,buses  
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,compliance1        
,safety1 ,accountability initiative  7a7
 ,data availability and use  7#a7       
,availability ,the ,secretary of        
,transportation shall ensure that       
covered motor carrier data is not made  
available to the public4  7#b7 ,use     
,covered motor carrier data may not be  
admitted into evidence or otherwise used
 in a civil action for damages resulting
 from an incident involving a motor     
carrier4  7#c7 ,termination ,paragraphs 

7#a7 and 7#b7 shall cease to have effect
 on the date on which the ,secretary    
submits to ,congress the report required
 under subsection 7d74  7b7 ,initial    
report ,not later than #a year after the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 the    
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report that contains recommendations on 
how to improve the ,compliance1 ,safety1
 ,accountability initiative of the      
,federal ,motor ,carrier ,safety        
,administration1 including              
recommendations to ensure that the      
initiative--  7#a7 utilizes and         
generates only safety data and scores1  
including ,safety ,measurement ,system  
scores1 determined to be predictive of  
motor carrier accidents2  7#b7          
appropriately addresses concerns        
relating to the age of utilized safety  
data1 including violations2  7#c7 does  
not unfairly harm small motor carriers  
as a result of limited safety data      
availability2  7#d7 appropriately       
addresses differences between motor     

carriers transporting passengers and    
motor carriers transporting freight2    
7#e7 generates safety data that allows  
individual motor carriers1 including    
safety scores assigned to individual    
motor carriers1 to be effectively       
compared2 and  7#f7 utilizes accurate   
safety data1 including--  7,a7 by       
appropriately addressing variations     
between ,state- and self-reported data2 
7,b7 by accounting for geographic       
disparities with respect to enforcement2
 and  7,c7 by utilizing only crash data 
from crashes with respect to which a    
motor carrier was at fault4  7c7        
,implementation of recommendations ,not 
later than #ij days after the date on   
which the ,secretary submits to         
,congress the report required under     
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary shall    
begin implementing the recommendations  
included in that report4  7d7           
,certification of implementation ,not   
later than #a year after the date on    
which the ,secretary begins implementing

 recommendations under subsection 7c71  
the ,secretary shall complete the       
implementation of such recommendations  
and shall submit to ,congress a report  
that--  7#a7 describes the              
implementation of such recommendations2 
7#b7 contains a document in which the   
,secretary certifies that such          
implementation is complete2 and  7#c7   
contains a document in which the        
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of ,transportation certifies that such  
implementation is complete4  7e7        
,definitions ,in this section1 the      
following definitions apply3  7#a7      
,covered motor carrier data ,the term   
covered motor carrier data means data   
generated with respect to a motor       
carrier under the ,compliance1 ,safety1 
,accountability initiative of the       
,federal ,motor ,carrier ,safety        
,administration1 including any ranking1 
rating1 score1 or other measurement4    
7#b7 ,motor carrier ,the term motor     
carrier has the meaning given that term 

in section #acajb of title #di1 ,united 
,states ,code4