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Reauthorization

Universal Electronic Vehicle Identifier
CVSA supports requiring that all new commercial motor vehicles be equipped with a universal electronic vehicle identifier that allows them to be identified at a short range electronically by enforcement.

Personal Conveyance
CVSA supports adding a maximum time and/or distance on the use of personal conveyance.

Improvements to the Enforcement Training and Support Grant Program

  • CVSA supports expanding the Enforcement Training and Support Grant program to include training for instructors.
  • CVSA supports a multiyear grant cycle for the Enforcement Training and Support Grant.
  • CVSA’s members, which includes the state agencies responsible for conducting commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities in the states, support ensuring that the activities under the Enforcement Training and Support Grant be delivered by the organization comprised of state government agencies responsible for the oversight and implementation of commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities.

Improvements to FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Grant Programs

  • CVSA supports providing greater spending flexibility within the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) to allow jurisdictions to maximize the benefit of this critical safety funding.
  • CVSA supports requiring that FMCSA allow states to adjust their MOE and enforcement activity minimums.
  • CVSA supports the creation of a dedicated funding program for local jurisdictions.

Minimum Qualifications for Entry as a Motor Carrier
CVSA supports the creation of minimum qualification standards for entry as a motor carrier.

Improvements to the New Entrant Safety Audit Program
CVSA supports changes to the New Entrant Safety Audit Program to return the focus to motor carrier education.

Hazardous Materials Safety Training Grant Consolidation
CVSA supports consolidating several existing hazardous materials safety training grants administered by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

Expanding CDLPI Eligibility to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
CVSA supports expanding Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation (CDLPI) grant eligibility to include Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Mexico-Domiciled CVSA Decal Requirement
CVSA supports removing the requirement that Mexico-domiciled motor carriers display a CVSA decal after the initial 18 months of provisional operating authority, to improve uniformity and international harmonization.

Community Safety Grant Funding
CVSA supports continued funding of the Community Safety Grant.

Exemptions

  • CVSA opposes the inclusion of exemptions from federal safety regulations in legislation.
  • When exemptions are included in legislation, CVSA supports the creation of an 18-month implementation window between when legislative exemptions are passed and when they go into effect.
  • CVSA supports requiring all drivers who wish to operate under an exemption from the FMCSRs be required to present official documentation from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), either a physical or digital copy, demonstrating that they qualify for the exemption.

ELD Exemption
CVSA opposes any effort to roll back the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate or exempt a portion of the motor carrier industry from the requirements.

ELD Certification Process
CVSA supports requiring FMCSA to establish and administer an electronic logging device (ELD) certification process.

NHTSA Public Petition Inventory
CVSA supports requiring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to create an inventory of all petitions received, which also includes disposition information.

Applicability of Drug and Alcohol Testing Requirements
CVSA supports expanding the applicability of the drug and alcohol testing and reporting requirements in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 382 to include non-CDL commercial motor vehicle drivers.

Supporting Positions