Attachment P: Section 32203 - "State Reporting of Foreign Commercial Driver Convictions" of the 2012 MAP-21 Act

PUBLIC LAW 112–141—JULY 6, 2012

126 STAT. 1

TITLE II—COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHISAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF2012

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Subtitle B—Commercial Motor Vehicle
Safety
SEC. 32203. STATE REPORTING OF FOREIGN COMMERCIAL DRIVER
CONVICTIONS.

(a) DEFINITION OF FOREIGN COMMERCIAL D RIVER.—Section
31301 is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (14) as paragraphs (11) through (15), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
‘‘(10) ‘foreign commercial driver’ means an individual
licensed to operate a commercial motor vehicle by an authority
outside the United States, or a citizen of a foreign country
who operates a commercial motor vehicle in the United States.’’.
(b) STATE REPORTING OF CONVICTIONS.—Section 31311(a) is
amended by adding after paragraph (21) the following:
‘‘(22) The State shall report a conviction of a foreign
commercial driver by that State to the Federal Convictions
and Withdrawal Database, or another information system designated by the Secretary to record the convictions. A report
shall include—
‘‘(A) for a driver holding a foreign commercial driver’s
license—
‘‘(i) each conviction relating to the operation of
a commercial motor vehicle; and
‘‘(ii) each conviction relating to the operation of
a non-commercial motor vehicle; and
‘‘(B) for an unlicensed driver or a driver holding a foreign
non-commercial driver’s license, each conviction relating to the
operation of a commercial motor vehicle.’’.