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[CITE: 49USC30304]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 303--NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
 
Sec. 30304. Reports by chief driver licensing officials

    (a) Individuals Covered.--As soon as practicable, the chief driver 
licensing official of each participating State shall submit to the 
Secretary of Transportation a report containing the information 
specified by subsection (b) of this section for each individual--
        (1) who is denied a motor vehicle operator's license by that 
    State for cause;
        (2) whose motor vehicle operator's license is revoked, 
    suspended, or canceled by that State for cause; or
        (3) who is convicted under the laws of that State of any of the 
    following motor vehicle-related offenses or comparable offenses:
            (A) operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of, 
        or impaired by, alcohol or a controlled substance.
            (B) a traffic violation arising in connection with a fatal 
        traffic accident, reckless driving, or racing on the highways.
            (C) failing to give aid or provide identification when 
        involved in an accident resulting in death or personal injury.
            (D) perjury or knowingly making a false affidavit or 
        statement to officials about activities governed by a law or 
        regulation on the operation of a motor vehicle.

    (b) Contents.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection, a report under subsection (a) of this section shall 
contain--
        (A) the individual's legal name, date of birth, sex, and, at the 
    Secretary's discretion, height, weight, and eye and hair color;
        (B) the name of the State providing the information; and
        (C) the social security account number if used by the State for 
    driver record or motor vehicle license purposes, and the motor 
    vehicle operator's license number if different from the social 
    security account number.

    (2) A report under subsection (a) of this section about an event 
that occurs during the 2-year period before the State becomes a 
participating State is sufficient if the report contains all of the 
information that is available to the chief driver licensing official 
when the State becomes a participating State.
    (c) Time for Filing.--If a report under subsection (a) of this 
section is about an event that occurs--
        (1) during the 2-year period before the State becomes a 
    participating State, the report shall be submitted not later than 6 
    months after the State becomes a participating State; or
        (2) after the State becomes a participating State, the report 
    shall be submitted not later than 31 days after the motor vehicle 
    department of the State receives any information specified in 
    subsection (b)(1) of this section that is the subject of the report.

    (d) Events Occurring Before Participation.--This section does not 
require a State to report information about an event that occurs before 
the 2-year period before the State becomes a participating State.
    (e) Driver Record Inquiry.--Before issuing a motor vehicle 
operator's license to an individual or renewing such a license, a State 
shall request from the Secretary information from the National Driver 
Register under section 30302 and the commercial driver's license 
information system under section 31309 on the individual's driving 
record.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 975; Pub. L. 106-
159, title II, Sec. 204, Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1762.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30304.................................  23:401 (note).                   Oct. 2
5, 1982, Pub. L. 97-364, Sec.
                                                                          205, 
96 Stat. 1742.
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``after the date of 
enactment of this title [Oct. 25, 1982]'' are omitted as obsolete.
    In subsection (b)(1)(A), the words ``(including day, month, and 
year)'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``A report under subsection (a) of 
this section'' are substituted for ``any report concerning an occurrence 
specified in subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (c), before clause (1), the words ``required to be 
transmitted by a chief driver licensing official of a State'' are 
omitted as surplus. In clause (1), the words ``specified in subsection 
(a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section'' are omitted as surplus. In clause 
(2), the words ``the motor vehicle department of the State receives any 
information specified in subsection (b)(1) of this section that is the 
subject of the report'' are substituted for ``receipt by a State motor 
vehicle department of any information specified in subsection (b)(1), 
(2), or (3) of this section which is the subject of such report'' 
because of the restatement.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-159 added subsec. (e).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 20135, 30301, 30302, 30303, 
30305, 30307, 31311 of this title; title 14 section 93.
