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[CITE: 49USC30306]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 303--NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
 
Sec. 30306. National Driver Register Advisory Committee

    (a) Organization.--There is a National Driver Register Advisory 
Committee.
    (b) Duties.--The Committee shall advise the Secretary of 
Transportation on--
        (1) the efficiency of the maintenance and operation of the 
    National Driver Register; and
        (2) the effectiveness of the Register in assisting States in 
    exchanging information about motor vehicle driving records.

    (c) Composition and Appointment.--The Committee is composed of 15 
members appointed by the Secretary as follows:
        (1) 3 members appointed from among individuals who are specially 
    qualified to serve on the Committee because of their education, 
    training, or experience, and who are not officers or employees of 
    the United States Government or a State.
        (2) 3 members appointed from among groups outside the Government 
    that represent the interests of bus and trucking organizations, 
    enforcement officials, labor, or safety organizations.
        (3) 9 members, geographically representative of the 
    participating States, appointed from among individuals who are chief 
    driver licensing officials of participating States.

    (d) Terms.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection, the term of each member is 3 years.
    (2) A vacancy on the Committee shall be filled in the same way as an 
original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy serves for 
the remainder of the term of that member's predecessor. After a member's 
term ends, the member may continue to serve until a successor takes 
office.
    (e) Pay and Expenses.--Members of the Committee serve without pay. 
However, the Secretary may reimburse a member for reasonable travel 
expenses incurred by the member in attending meetings of the Committee.
    (f) Meetings, Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Quorum.--(1) The 
Committee shall meet at least once a year.
    (2) The Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from 
among its members.
    (3) Eight members are a quorum.
    (4) The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman or a 
majority of the members.
    (g) Personnel and Services.--The Secretary may provide the Committee 
with personnel, penalty mail privileges, and similar services the 
Secretary considers necessary to assist the Committee in carrying out 
its duties and powers under this section.
    (h) Reports.--At least once a year, the Committee shall submit to 
the Secretary a report on the matters specified in subsection (b) of 
this section. The report shall include any recommendations of the 
Committee for changes in the Register.
    (i) Relationship to Other Laws.--The Committee is exempt from 
sections 10(e) and (f) and 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
App. U.S.C.).

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 978.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30306.................................  23:401 (note).                   Oct. 2
5, 1982, Pub. L. 97-364, Sec.
                                                                          209, 
96 Stat. 1746.
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    In subsection (a), the word ``hereby'' is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c), the text of section 209(c)(2) of the National 
Driver Register Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-364, 96 Stat. 1746) is 
omitted as executed.
    In subsection (g), the words ``The Secretary may provide the 
Committee'' are substituted for ``The Advisory Committee may receive 
from the Secretary'' for clarity.
    In subsection (h), the cross-reference is used to avoid repeating 
the same language twice in this section.

                       References in Text

    Sections 10 and 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred 
to in subsec. (i), are sections 10 and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, which are 
set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
