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49 U.S.C. § 31144

Safety fitness of owners and operators

United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

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49 U.S.C. § 31144, Safety fitness of owners and operators, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490669
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The Secretary shall— determine whether an owner or operator is fit to operate safely commercial motor vehicles, utilizing among other things the accident record of an owner or operator operating in interstate commerce and the accident record and safety inspection record of such owner or operator— The Secretary shall maintain by regulation a procedure for determining the safety fitness of an owner or operator. The procedure shall include, at a minimum, the following elements: The Secretary shall— Subparagraph (A) shall apply— In conducting the safety reviews required under this subsection, the Secretary shall—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 103-272(H.R. 1758)1994-07-05
    To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-88(H.R. 2539)1995-12-29
    ICC Termination Act of 1995
    House: 417–8Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-178(H.R. 2400)1998-06-09
    Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
    House: 190–195Senate: 88–5
  • Amended byPub. L. 106-159(H.R. 3419)1999-12-09
    Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-59(H.R. 3)2005-08-10
    SAFETEA-LU
    House: 412–8Senate: 91–4
  • Amended byPub. L. 110-244(H.R. 1195)2008-06-06
    SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008
    House: no recorded tallySenate: 88–2
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-147(H.R. 2847)2010-03-18
    Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act
    House: 259–157Senate: 71–28
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-322(H.R. 3082)2010-12-22
    Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011
    House: 193–165Senate: 100–0
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-5(H.R. 662)2011-03-04
    Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011
    House: 421–4Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-30(H.R. 2887)2011-09-16
    Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011
    House: no recorded tallySenate: 92–6
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-102(H.R. 4281)2012-03-30
    Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012
    House: 266–158Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-140(H.R. 6064)2012-06-29
    Temporary Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-141(H.R. 4348)2012-07-06
    MAP-21
    House: 373–52Senate: 74–19
  • Amended byPub. L. 113-159(H.R. 5021)2014-08-08
    Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014
    House: 367–55Senate: 79–18
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-21(H.R. 2353)2015-05-29
    Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
    House: 387–35Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-41(H.R. 3236)2015-07-31
    Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015
    House: 385–34Senate: 91–4
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-73(H.R. 3819)2015-10-29
    Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-87(H.R. 3996)2015-11-20
    Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-94(H.R. 22)2015-12-04
    FAST Act
    House: 359–65Senate: 83–16