ELECTRONIC RECORDKEEPING.

SEC. 8108. [5 U.S.C. 7301 note] ELECTRONIC RECORDKEEPING. (a) Deadline.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— (1) ensure that each certified laboratory that requests approval for the use of completely paperless electronic Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Forms from the National Laboratory Certification Program’s Electronic Custody and Control Form systems receives approval for those completely paperless electronic forms instead of forms that include any combination of electronic traditional handwritten signatures executed on paper forms; and (2) establish a deadline for a certified laboratory to request approval under paragraph (1). (b) Savings Clause.—Nothing in this section may be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting any authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant approval to a certified laboratory for use of completely paperless electronic Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Forms, including to grant approval outside of the process under subsection (a). (c) [49 U.S.C. 322 note] Electronic Signatures.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the deadline under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule revising part 40 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to authorize, to the extent practicable, the use of electronic signatures or digital signatures executed to electronic forms instead of traditional handwritten signatures executed on paper forms.