SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) [49 U.S.C. 101 note] Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999”. (b) Table of Contents.— Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Secretary defined. Sec. 3. Findings. Sec. 4. Purposes. TITLE I—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Sec. 101. Establishment of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Sec. 102. Revenue aligned budget authority. Sec. 103. Additional funding for motor carrier safety grant program. Sec. 104. Motor carrier safety strategy. Sec. 105. Commercial motor vehicle safety advisory committee. Sec. 106. Saving provisions. Sec. 107. Effective date. TITLE II—COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER SAFETY Sec. 201. Disqualifications. Sec. 202. Requirements for State participation. Sec. 203. State noncompliance. Sec. 204. Checks before issuance of driver's licenses. Sec. 205. Registration enforcement. Sec. 206. Delinquent payment of penalties. Sec. 207. State cooperation in registration enforcement. Sec. 208. Imminent hazard. Sec. 209. Household goods amendments. Sec. 210. New motor carrier entrant requirements. Sec. 211. Certification of safety auditors. Sec. 212. Commercial van rulemaking. Sec. 213. 24-hour staffing of telephone hotline. Sec. 214. CDL school bus endorsement. Sec. 215. Medical certificate. Sec. 216. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations. Sec. 217. Periodic refiling of motor carrier identification reports. Sec. 218. Border staffing standards. Sec. 219. Foreign motor carrier penalties and disqualifications. Sec. 220. Traffic law initiative. Sec. 221. State-to-State notification of violations data. Sec. 222. Minimum and maximum assessments. Sec. 223. Motor carrier safety progress report. Sec. 224. Study of commercial motor vehicle crash causation. Sec. 225. Data collection and analysis. Sec. 226. Drug test results study. Sec. 227. Approval of agreements. Sec. 228. DOT authority. Sec. 229. Certain exemptions.