DRIVER’S RECORD OF DUTY STATUS.

SEC. 113. DRIVER’S RECORD OF DUTY STATUS. (a) In General.— (1) The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations amending part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to improve— (A) compliance by commercial motor vehicle drivers and motor carriers with hours of service requirements; and (B) the effectiveness and efficiency of Federal and State enforcement officers reviewing such compliance. (2) Such regulations shall be proposed not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act and shall be issued and become effective not later than 18 months after such date of enactment. In prescribing the regulations, the Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that compliance can be achieved at a cost that is reasonable to drivers and motor carriers. (b) Contents of Regulations.— Such regulations shall include the following: (1) A description of identification items (which include either driver name or vehicle number) that shall be part of a written or electronic document to enable such written or electronic document to be used by a motor carrier or by an enforcement officer as a supporting document to verify the accuracy of a driver’s record of duty status. (2) A provision specifying the number, type, and frequency of supporting documents that must be retained by a motor108 STAT. 1677 carrier so as to allow verification of the accuracy of such documents at a reasonable cost, to the driver and the motor carrier, of record acquisition and retention. (3) A provision specifying the period during which supporting documents shall be retained by the motor carrier. The period shall be at least 6 months from the date of a document’s receipt. (4) A provision to authorize, on a case-by-case basis, motor carrier self-compliance systems that ensure driver compliance with hours of service requirements and allow Federal and State enforcement officers the opportunity to conduct independent audits of such systems to validate compliance with section 395.8(k) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations thereto). Such authorization may also be provided by the Secretary to a group of motor carriers that meet specific conditions that may be established by regulation by the Secretary and that are subject to audit by Federal and State enforcement officers. (5) A provision to allow a waiver, on a case-by-case basis, of certain requirements of section 395.8(k) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations thereto), when sufficient supporting documentation is provided directly and at a satisfactory frequency to enforcement personnel by an intelligent vehicle-highway system, as defined by section 6059 of the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 307 note). Such waiver may also be allowed for a group of motor carriers that meet specific conditions that may be established by regulation by the Secretary. (c) Supporting Document Defined.— For purposes of this section, a supporting document is any document that is generated or received by a motor carrier or commercial motor vehicle driver in the normal course of business that could be used, as produced or with additional identifying information, to verify the accuracy of a driver’s record of duty status.