PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT.

SEC. 4109. PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT.(a) Design and Conditions for Participation.—Section 31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting the following:“(2) Design.—The program shall link Federal motor carrier safety information systems with State commercial vehicle registration and licensing systems and shall be designed to enable a State to—“(A) determine the safety fitness of a motor carrier or registrant when licensing or registering the registrant 119 STAT. 1721 or motor carrier or while the license or registration is in effect; and“(B) deny, suspend, or revoke the commercial motor vehicle registrations of a motor carrier or registrant that has been issued an operations out-of-service order by the Secretary.“(3) Conditions for participation.—The Secretary shall require States, as a condition of participation in the program, to—“(A) comply with the uniform policies, procedures, and technical and operational standards prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (a)(4);“(B) possess or seek the authority to possess for a time period no longer than determined reasonable by the Secretary, to impose sanctions relating to commercial motor vehicle registration on the basis of a Federal safety fitness determination; and“(C) establish and implement a process to cancel the motor vehicle registration and seize the registration plates of a vehicle when an employer is found liable under section 31310(i)(2)(C) for knowingly allowing or requiring an employee to operate such a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order.“(4) Grants.—From the funds authorized by section 31104(i), the Secretary may make a grant in a fiscal year to a State to implement the performance and registration information system management requirements of this subsection.”.(b) Performance and Registration Information System Management Grants.—(1) In general.—Subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:“§ 31109. Performance and registration information system management “The Secretary of Transportation may make a grant to a State to implement the performance and registration information system management requirements of section 31106(b).” .(2) Conforming amendment.—The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following: “31109. Performance and registration information system management.”.