,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjai,mr4  
,gottheimer 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,reed1   
,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4       
,kildee1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 and ,mr4       
,sires7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,federal ,motor 
,carrier ,safety ,administration to     
implement a national employer           
notification service4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,miranda 
,vargas ,school ,bus ,driver ,red ,flag 
,act or ,miranda's ,law4  #b4 ,national 
employer notification service  7a7      
,employer notification service defined  
,in this ,act1 the term employer        
notification service means a service    
that automatically furnishes an employer
 with a report on the change in the     
status of the driving record or driver's
 license of an employee who has a       
commercial driver's license due to a    

conviction for a moving violation1 a    
failure to appear1 an accident1 driver's
 license suspension1 driver's license   
revocation1 or any other action taken   
against the driving privilege4  7b7     
,implementation of national ,employer   
,notification ,service  7#a7            
,requirements ,not later than #a year   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,transportation1
 acting through the ,federal ,motor     
,carrier ,safety ,administration1 shall 
issue a final regulation requiring the  
implementation of a national employer   
notification service that ,states may   
access4  7#b7 ,considerations ,before   
issuing such final regulation requiring 
the implementation of a national        
employer notification service1 the      
,secretary shall consider--  7,a7 the   
recommendations made by the ,american   
,association of ,motor ,vehicle         
,administrators 7,,aamva71 including    
recommendations on annual per driver    
fees for participating employers1 in its

 report1 ,employer ,notification ,system
 ,design  ,best ,practices              
,recommendations1 produced for the      
,federal ,motor ,carrier ,safety        
,administration under grant_/cooperative
 agreement number                       
,,fmcdl-#jadc-ac-ja-jc2 and  7,b7 the   
results of a pilot program conducted in 
#bjjg under section #djbb of the        
,transportation ,equity ,act of the     
#bast ,century 7,public ,law #aje-agh71 
to assess the feasibility1 costs1 safety
 impacts1 and benefits of such a system1
 and to assess methods for efficient    
exchange of driver safety data from     
existing ,state systems4  #c4 ,state    
implementation  7a7 ,implementation ,not
 later than #b years after the          
,secretary has issued a final regulation
 requiring the implementation of a      
national employer notification service1 
each ,state shall use such service to   
notify employers with a report described
 in section #b7;a74  7b7 ,enforcement   
,after the #b-year period described in  

subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
ensure that the national employer       
notification service described in this  
section is included as part of the      
requirements and standards of the       
commercial driver license program1      
including the consequences of           
noncompliance1 set forth in part #chd of
 title #di1 ,code of ,federal           
,regulations4  7c7 ,employer compliance 
and allowable grant cost ,included in   
developing the final regulation under   
section #b7;a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7#a7 require any employer who has #a or 
more employees who holds a commercial   
driver's license with a school bus      
endorsement1 pursuant to section        
#chc4abc of title #di1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations1 to participate in the    
employer notification service2 and  7#b7
 ensure that ,state implementation of   
the employer notification service is an 
allowable cost for commercial driver's  
license program implementation grant    
awards under section #cacac of title    

#di1 ,united ,states ,code4  7d7 ,annual
 inquiry exemption ,in keeping with     
,federal ,motor ,carrier ,safety        
,administration regulatory guidance set 
forth on page #acjfi of volume #hj of   
the ,federal ,register1 the ,secretary  
shall ensure that employers             
participating in the employer           
notification service are exempt from the
 requirements for annual inquiry and    
review of driving record1 pursuant to   
part #cia4be of title #di1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations4  #d4             
,applicability to schools and school    
districts ,for purposes of this ,act1 a 
school district1 local educational      
agency1 or school shall be considered an
 employer for purposes of the national  
employer notification service if it     
organizes1 sponsors1 or pays for the    
transportation of preprimary1 primary1  
and secondary students to or from school
 or on extracurricular trips4 ,in the   
case of a school district1 local        
educational agency1 or school that pays 

a private company or proprietorship to  
provide transportation services for     
students traveling to or from school or 
on a extracurricular trip1 both the     
private company or proprietorship and   
the school district1 local educational  
agency1 or school shall be considered   
employers for purposes of the national  
employer notification service4  #e4     
,simultaneous driver notification       
,included in developing the final       
regulation under section #b7;a71 the    
,secretary shall ensure that whenever   
the national employer notification      
service furnishes an employer with a    
report on an employee1 such employee    
shall receive simultaneous notification 
and a copy of the report4