AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER ACT.

SEC. 305. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER ACT. (a) Expansion of Coverage.— Section 206(a)(1) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is amended by 101 STAT. 1526striking out “highway” and inserting in lieu thereof “transportation”. (b) Applicants for Airmen’s Certificates.— Section 206(b) of such Act is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4), and any reference thereto, as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) Any individual who has applied for or received an airman’s certificate may request the chief driver licensing official of a State to transmit information regarding the individual under subsection (a) of this section to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may receive such information and shall make such information available to the individual for review and written comment. The Administrator shall not otherwise divulge or use such information, except to verify information required to be reported to the Administrator by an airman applying for an airman medical certificate and to evaluate whether the airman meets the minimum standards as prescribed by the Administrator to be issued an airman medical certificate. There shall be no access to information in the Register under this paragraph if such information was entered in the Register more than 3 years before the date of such request, unless such information relates to revocations or suspensions which are still in effect on the date of the request. Information submitted to the Register by States under the Act of July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 526), or under this Act shall be subject to access for the purpose of this paragraph during the transition to the Register established under section 203(a) of this Act.”. (c) Conforming Amendments.— Section 206(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at the end of each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) the following new sentence: “Information submitted to the Register by States under the Act of July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 526), and under this Act shall be subject to access for the purpose of this paragraph during the transition to the Register established under section 203(a) of this Act.”.