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H.R. 7261 119th Congress House

Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employment screening for the motor carrier industry, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 27, 2026 Introduced by: Tracey Mann Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 27, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 27, 2026
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act

This bill expands and modifies a commercial vehicle operator safety screening program to allow the motor carrier industry to access an individual operator's crash and serious safety violation inspection history during employment. Under current law, this Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) program provides information for pre-employment screening.

The bill also directs FMCSA to revise the appeals process for DataQs to require an appeal to be decided by a person other than the person that issued the violation. DataQs is the online system for motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle drivers to request and track a review of federal and state crash and inspection data that the requestor believes is incomplete or incorrect.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7261: Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7261/
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