TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY.

SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY.(a) Conforming Amendment Relating to High-Priority Activities.—Section 31104(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the designation and heading for paragraph (1) and by striking paragraph (2).(b) New Entrant Audits.—(1) Corrections of references.—Section 4107(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1720) is amended—(A) by striking “Section 31104” and inserting “Section 31144”; and(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting “(c)” after “the second subsection”.(2) Conforming amendment.—Section 7112 of such Act (119 Stat. 1899) is amended by striking subsection (c).(c) Prohibited Transportation.—Section 4114(c)(1) of the such Act (119 Stat. 1726) is amended by striking “the second subsection (c)” and inserting “(f)”.(d) Effective Date Relating to Medical Examiners.—Section 4116(f) of such Act (119 Stat. 1728) is amended by striking “amendment made by subsection (a)” and inserting “amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)”.(e) Roadability Technical Correction.—Section 31151(a)(3)(E)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “Act” and inserting “section”.(f) Correction of Subsection Reference.—Section 4121 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1734) is amended by striking “31139(f)(5)” and inserting “31139(g)(5)”.(g) CDL Learner’s Permit Program Technical Correction.—Section 4122(2)(A) of such Act (119 Stat. 1734) is amended by striking “license” and inserting “licenses”.(h) CDL Information System Funding Reference.—Section 31309(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “31318” and inserting “31313”.(i) Clarification of Reference.—Section 229(a)(1) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 119 Stat. 1743) is amended by inserting “of title 49, United States Code,” after “31502”.(j) Redesignation of Section.—The second section 39 of chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, relating to commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for such chapter, are redesignated as section 40.(k) Office of Intermodalism.—Section 5503 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—122 STAT. 1617(1) in subsection (f)(2) by striking “Surface Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005”, and inserting “Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization Act of 2005”; and(2) by redesignating the first subsection (h), relating to authorization of appropriations, as subsection (i) and moving it after the second subsection (h).(l) Use of Fees for Unified Carrier Registration System.—Section 13908 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following:“(e) Use of Fees for Unified Carrier Registration System.—Fees collected under this section may be credited to the Department of Transportation appropriations account for purposes for which such fees are collected and shall be available for expenditure for such purposes until expended.”.(m) Commercial Motor Vehicle Definition.—Section 14504a(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “a motor carrier required to make any filing or pay any fee to a State with respect to the motor carrier’s authority or insurance related to operation within such State, the motor carrier” and inserting “determining the size of a motor carrier or motor private carrier’s fleet in calculating the fee to be paid by a motor carrier or motor private carrier pursuant to subsection (f)(1), the motor carrier or motor private carrier”.(n) Clarification of Unreasonable Burden.—Section 14504a(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “interstate” the last place it appears and inserting “intrastate”.(o) Contents of Agreement Typo.—Section 14504a(f)(1)(A)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “or” the last place it appears.(p) Other Unified Carrier Registration System Technical Corrections.—Section 14504a of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B) by striking “the a” and inserting “a”;(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) by striking “in connection with the filing of proof of financial responsibility”; and(3) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(ii) by striking “in connection with such a filing” and inserting “under the UCR agreement”.(q) Identification of Vehicles.—Section 14506(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “or under an applicable State law if, on October 1, 2006, the State has a form of highway use taxation not subject to collection through the International Fuel Tax Agreement”.(r) Driveaway Saddlemount Vehicle.—(1) Definition.—Section 31111(a)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(A) in the paragraph heading by striking “Drive-away saddlemount with fullmount” and inserting “Driveaway saddlemount”;(B) by striking “drive-away saddlemount with fullmount” and inserting “driveaway saddlemount”; and(C) by inserting “Such combination may include one fullmount.” after the period at the end.122 STAT. 1618(2) In general.—Section 31111(b)(1)(D) of such title is amended by striking “a driveaway saddlemount with fullmount” and inserting “all driveaway saddlemount”.