Motor carrier safety assistance program

The goal of the program is to ensure that the Secretary, States, local governments, other political jurisdictions, federally recognized Indian tribes, and other persons work in partnership to establish programs to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety to support a safe and efficient surface transportation system by— The Secretary shall approve a State plan if the Secretary determines that the plan is adequate to comply with the requirements of this section, and the plan— provides satisfactory assurances that the State will address national priorities and performance goals, including— provides that the State has established and dedicated sufficient resources to a program to ensure that— except as provided in subsection (d), provides that the State— in the case of a State that shares a land border with another country, provides that the State— Before publishing an approved State multiple-year plan or annual update under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall redact any information identified by the State that, if disclosed— Except as provided under paragraphs (2) and (3) and in accordance with section 5107 of the FAST Act, a State plan under subsection (c) shall provide that the total expenditure of amounts of the lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agency responsible for administering the plan will be maintained at a level each fiscal year that is at least equal to— In estimating the average level of a State’s expenditures under paragraph (1), the Secretary— When approved as part of a State’s plan under subsection (c), the State may use motor carrier safety assistance program funds received under this section— if the activities are carried out in conjunction with an appropriate inspection of a commercial motor vehicle to enforce Federal or State commercial motor vehicle safety regulations, for— for documented enforcement of State traffic laws and regulations designed to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, including documented enforcement of such laws and regulations relating to noncommercial motor vehicles when necessary to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, if— In lieu of withdrawing approval of a State plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may, after providing notice to the State and an opportunity to be heard, withhold funding from the State to which the State would otherwise be entitled under this section for the period of the State’s noncompliance. In exercising this option, the Secretary may withhold— The Secretary may make discretionary grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with States, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, other political jurisdictions as necessary, and any person to carry out high priority activities and projects that augment motor carrier safety activities and projects planned in accordance with subsections (b) and (c), including activities and projects that— support participation in performance and registration information systems management under section 31106(b)— for entities responsible for submitting the plan under subsection (c)— conduct safety data improvement projects— support, through the use of funds otherwise available for such purposes— the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking, including the trafficking of human beings— The purposes of the program shall be— to support and maintain commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks— To be eligible for a grant under this paragraph, a State shall— certify to the Secretary that its commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks deployment activities, including hardware procurement, software and system development, and infrastructure modifications— Grant funds received under this paragraph may be used— for the detection of, and enforcement actions taken as a result of, criminal activity (including the trafficking of human beings)— The Secretary shall establish an immobilization grant program under which the Secretary shall provide to States discretionary grants for the immobilization or impoundment of passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles that— A State shall be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph only if the State has the authority to require the immobilization or impoundment of a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle— A grant provided under this paragraph may be used for— The purposes of the grant program under subparagraph (A) are— An entity eligible for a discretionary grant under the program described in subparagraph (A) is a nonprofit organization that has—