ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.

SEC. 103. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In General.— There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transportation to carry out section 31102 of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003. (b) Increased Authorizations for Motor Carrier Safety Grants.— (1) In general.— Section 4003 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 395–398) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(i) Increased Authorizations for Motor Carrier Safety Grants.— The amount made available to incur obligations to carry out section 31102 of title 49, United States Code, by section 31104(a) of such title for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 shall be increased by $65,000,000.”. (2) Corresponding reduction to obligation ceiling.— Section 1102 of such Act (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 1115-1118) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(j) Reduction in Obligation Ceiling.— The limitation on obligations imposed by subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 shall be reduced by $65,000,000.”. (c) Maintenance of Effort.— The Secretary may not make, from funds made available by or under this section (including any amendment made by this section), a grant to a State unless the State first enters into a binding agreement with the Secretary that provides that the total expenditures of amounts of the State and its political subdivisions (not including amounts of the United States) for the development or implementation of programs for improving motor carrier safety and enforcement of regulations, standards, and orders of the United States on commercial motor vehicle safety, hazardous materials transportation safety, and compatible State regulations, standards, and orders will be maintained at a level at least equal to the average level of such expenditures for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999. 113 STAT. 1754 (d) Emergency CDL Grants.— Section 31107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) Emergency CDL Grants.—From amounts made available by subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Transportation may make a grant of up to $1,000,000 to a State whose commercial driver’s license program may fail to meet the compliance requirements of section 31311(a).”. (e) State Compliance With CDL Requirements.— (1) Withholding of allocation for noncompliance.— If a State is not in substantial compliance with each requirement of section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall withhold all amounts that would be allocated, but for this paragraph, to the State from funds made available by or under this section (including any amendment made by this section). (2) Period of availability of withheld funds.— Any funds withheld under paragraph (1) from any State shall remain available until June 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized to be appropriated. (3) Allocation of withheld funds after compliance.— If, before the last day of the period for which funds are withheld under paragraph (1) from allocation are to remain available for allocation to a State under paragraph (2), the Secretary determines that the State is in substantial compliance with each requirement of section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall allocate to the State the withheld funds. (4) Period of availability of subsequently allocated funds.— Any funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (3) shall remain available for expenditure until the last day of the first fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds are so allocated. Sums not expended at the end of such period are released to the Secretary for reallocation. (5) Effect of noncompliance.— If, on June 30 of the fiscal year in which funds are withheld from allocation under paragraph (1), the State is not substantially complying with each requirement of section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, the funds are released to the Secretary for reallocation.