§31104. Availability of amounts
(a)
(1) not more than $76,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993.
(2) not more than $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994.
(3) not more than $83,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
(4) not more than $85,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
(5) not more than $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
(b)
(2) Amounts made available under section 404(a)(2) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 before October 1, 1991, that are not obligated on October 1, 1992, are available for reallocation and obligation under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(1) for research, development, and demonstration under subsection (g)(1)(F) of this section; and
(2) for public education under subsection (g)(1)(G) of this section.
(g)
(A) for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1992, the Secretary shall obligate at least $1,500,000 to make grants to States for training inspectors to enforce regulations prescribed by the Secretary related to the transportation of hazardous material by commercial motor vehicles;
(B) for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1993–1997, the Secretary may obligate not more than $2,000,000 to carry out section 31106 of this title;
(C) for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1993–1997, the Secretary may obligate not more than $2,000,000 to carry out section 31107 of this title;
(D) for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1993–1995, the Secretary shall obligate at least $4,250,000, and for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1996, and 1997, the Secretary shall obligate at least $5,000,000, for traffic enforcement activities related to commercial motor vehicle drivers that are carried out in conjunction with an appropriate inspection of a commercial motor vehicle for compliance with Government or State commercial motor vehicle safety regulations;
(E) for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1993–1995, the Secretary shall obligate at least $1,000,000 to increase enforcement of the licensing requirements of chapter 313 of this title by motor carrier safety assistance program officers and employees, including the cost of purchasing equipment for, and conducting, inspections to check the current status of licenses issued under chapter 313;
(F) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate at least $500,000 for research, development, and demonstration of technologies, methodologies, analyses, or information systems designed to carry out section 31102 of this title and that are beneficial to all jurisdictions; and
(G) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate at least $350,000 to educate the motoring public on how to share the road safely with commercial motor vehicles.
(2) The Secretary shall announce publicly amounts obligated under paragraph (1)(F) of this subsection and award those amounts competitively, when practicable, to any eligible State for up to 100 percent of the State costs or to other persons as the Secretary decides.
(3) In carrying out educational activities referred to in paragraph (1)(G) of this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate industry representatives.
(h)
(i)
(1) consider ways to provide incentives to States that demonstrate innovative, successful, cost-efficient, or cost-effective programs to promote commercial motor vehicle safety and hazardous material transportation safety;
(2) place special emphasis on incentives to States that conduct traffic safety enforcement activities that are coupled with motor carrier safety inspections; and
(3) consider ways to provide incentives to States that increase compatibility of State commercial motor vehicle safety and hazardous material transportation regulations with Government safety regulations and promote other factors intended to promote effectiveness and efficiency the Secretary decides are appropriate.
(j)
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 31104(a) | 49 App.:2304(a). | Jan. 6, 1983,
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| 31104(b) | 49 App.:2304(c). | Jan. 6, 1983,
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| 49 App.:2304(e). | Jan. 6, 1983,
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| 31104(c) | 49 App.:2304(b). | |
| 31104(d) | 49 App.:2304(d). | |
| 31104(e) | 49 App.:2304(f)(1). | Jan. 6, 1983,
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| 31104(f) | 49 App.:2304(f)(2). | |
| 31104(g)(1) | 49 App.:2304(g) (less last sentences of (5) and (6)). | Jan. 6, 1983,
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| 31104(g)(2) | 49 App.:2304(g)(5) (last sentence). | |
| 31104(g)(3) | 49 App.:2304(g)(6) (last sentence). | |
| 31104(h) | 49 App.:2304(h). | |
| 31104(i) | 49 App.:2304 (note). | Dec. 18, 1991,
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| 31104(j) | 49 App.:2302 (note). | Dec. 18, 1991,
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In subsection (a), the text of 49 App.:2304(a)(1) and the references to fiscal years ending September 30, 1987–1992, are omitted as obsolete.
In subsection (b), the text of 49 App.:2304(e) is omitted as superseded by 49 App.:2304(c) restated by section 4002(f) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (
In subsection (b)(2), the words "Amounts made available under section 404(a)(2) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 before October 1, 1991" are substituted for "Funds made available under this subchapter" for clarity and because of the restatement.
In subsection (c), the words "Funds authorized to be appropriated" are omitted because of the omission of 49 App.:2304(a)(1) as obsolete.
In subsection (e), the words "for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out section 31102 of this title" are substituted for "for administration of this section" for clarity and consistency with the source provisions restated in this section and section 31102 of the revised title.
In subsection (i), before clause (1), the words "Not later than 6 months after December 18, 1991" are omitted as obsolete. The words "for grants under section 31102(a) of this title" are substituted for "under the motor carrier safety assistance program" for clarity and because of the restatement. The words "In prescribing those regulations" are substituted for "In conducting such a revision" because of the restatement.
In subsection (j), the words "Not later than 9 months after December 18, 1991" are omitted as obsolete. The word "final" is omitted as unnecessary. The words "regulations to be enforced under section 31102(a) of this title" are substituted for "under the motor carrier safety assistance program" for clarity and because of the restatement.
References in Text
Section 404(a) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is section 404(a) of
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 5708, 31106, 31107, 31161, 31312, 31313, 31708 of this title; title 23 section 157.