SAFE Act

This bill would require the Government Accountability Office to study "chameleon carriers," which are trucking companies, brokers, or freight forwarders that reopen under a new identity to avoid safety orders, penalties, insurance costs, or a poor compliance record, and report to Congress within one year. It would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to build and put in place, within one year, an automated tool to help staff spot such companies when they apply for a USDOT number. Agency employees, not the tool, would make final decisions, and applicants denied based on the tool could get notice of the flagged factors and appeal. The Department of Transportation's Inspector General would report to Congress on the tool's effectiveness within two years after it starts being used.

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Sponsors

• Todd Young Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors