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[CITE: 49USC30301]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 303--NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
 
Sec. 30301. Definitions

    In this chapter--
        (1) ``alcohol'' has the same meaning given that term in 
    regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation.
        (2) ``chief driver licensing official'' means the official in a 
    State who is authorized to--
            (A) maintain a record about a motor vehicle operator's 
        license issued by the State; and
            (B) issue, deny, revoke, suspend, or cancel a motor vehicle 
        operator's license issued by the State.

        (3) ``controlled substance'' has the same meaning given that 
    term in section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and 
    Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802).
        (4) ``motor vehicle'' means a vehicle, machine, tractor, 
    trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and 
    used on public streets, roads, or highways, but does not include a 
    vehicle operated only on a rail line.
        (5) ``motor vehicle operator's license'' means a license issued 
    by a State authorizing an individual to operate a motor vehicle on 
    public streets, roads, or highways.
        (6) ``participating State'' means a State that has notified the 
    Secretary under section 30303 of this title of its participation in 
    the National Driver Register.
        (7) ``State'' means a State of the United States, the District 
    of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
    the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
    Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
        (8) ``State of record'' means a State that has given the 
    Secretary a report under section 30304 of this title about an 
    individual who is the subject of a request for information made 
    under section 30305 of this title.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 973.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30301.................................  23:401 (note).                   Oct. 2
5, 1982, Pub. L. 97-364, Sec.
                                                                          202, 
96 Stat. 1740.
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    In clauses (4) and (5), the words ``public streets, roads, or 
highways'' are substituted for ``highway'' and `` `highway' means any 
road or street'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In clause (4), the words ``rail line'' are substituted for ``rail or 
rails'' for consistency in the revised title.
    The definitions of ``Secretary'', ``Register'', and ``Register 
system'' are omitted as surplus because the complete name of the 
Secretary of Transportation and the National Driver Register are used 
the first time the terms appear in a section.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.


                Evaluation and Assessment of Alternatives

    Pub. L. 105-178, title II, Sec. 2006(c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 
336, provided that:
    ``(1) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall evaluate the implementation 
of chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, and the programs under 
sections 31106 and 31309 of such title and identify alternatives to 
improve the ability of the States to exchange information about unsafe 
drivers and to identify drivers with multiple licenses.
    ``(2) Technology assessment.--The Secretary, in conjunction with the 
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, shall conduct an 
assessment of available electronic technologies to improve access to and 
exchange of motor vehicle driving records. The assessment may consider 
alternative unique motor vehicle driver identifiers that would 
facilitate accurate matching of drivers and their records.
    ``(3) Report to congress.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act [June 9, 1998], the Secretary shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the results of the evaluation and technology 
assessment, together with any recommendations for appropriate 
administrative and legislative actions.
    ``(4) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out paragraph (2) $250,000 in the aggregate for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998.''
