SAFE Act

This bill would require the Government Accountability Office to study "chameleon carriers," which are trucking and freight companies that re-register under a new identity to avoid safety orders, penalties, insurance costs, or a bad compliance record, and report to Congress within one year. It would also require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to build, test, and put in place within one year an automated tool that flags possible chameleon carrier applications for Department of Transportation numbers. Agency employees, not the tool, would make final decisions, and applicants denied because of a flag could get a notice, correct their application, and appeal. The bill also requires information-sharing agreements with federal and state agencies, limits on how the tool's data is used, and an inspector general audit of the tool within two years of its launch.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Harriet M. Hageman Republican sponsor
• 20 cosponsors