{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-7261","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":7261,"title":"Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2026-01-27","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"M000871","fullName":"Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]","party":"R","state":"KS","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":3,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-01-28","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit."},"policyArea":"Transportation and Public Works","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2026-01-28","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act</strong></p><p>This bill expands and modifies a commercial vehicle operator safety screening program to allow the motor carrier industry to access an individual operator's crash and serious safety violation inspection history during employment.&nbsp;Under current law, this Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)&nbsp;program provides information for pre-employment screening.</p><p>The bill also directs FMCSA to revise the appeals process for DataQs to require an appeal to be decided by a person other than the person that issued the violation. DataQs is the online system for motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle drivers&nbsp;to request and track a review of federal and state crash and inspection data that the requestor believes is incomplete or incorrect.</p>","updateDate":"2026-06-09T19:22:30Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":727,"ts":"2026-07-14T05:56:08.014Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Motor%20Carrier%20Safety%20Screening%20Modernization%20Act"}]}}