S3950-119

In Committee

SAFER Transport Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 26, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administration means the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Freight Fraud and Theft Advisory Committee, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Memorandum of understanding on freight fraud and theft. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Environment, Transportation, and Labor.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administration means the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of...
  • Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Freight Fraud and Theft Advisory Committee.
  • Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Memorandum of understanding on freight fraud and theft.
  • Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 5.
  • Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 6.

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administration means the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Freight Fraud and Theft Advisory Committee, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Memorandum of understanding on freight fraud and theft.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Transportation, Labor

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administration means the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Freight Fraud and Theft Advisory Committee, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Memorandum of understanding on freight fraud and theft.

Policy Domains

Environment Transportation Labor

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 26, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …

Feb 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 26, 2026

Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Transportation Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

6 terms
"Administration" §id00c6954ca70c4486af7e08ec73c3438d

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The term principal place of business, with respect to a provider, means a single physical business location of the provider where— management officials of the provider report to work

"foreign dispatch service" §id060b7fbaed734f9dada375ef84ebd95d

a person that— is not located in the United States, Mexico, or Canada

"flagged user" §id7425df9220fa493ebd4bcecffc13c64d

a new user or existing user— the activity of which is flagged as suspicious by an automated system implemented under subsection (b)

"fraudulent certification" §id83d06ba8551b4dc6986a178ab62e8cae

any statement, representation, or omission of fact, including in any writing or document, that— is material

"Administration" §id869d4a3fe190477c8eb6a217dc8f14ca

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Administration. The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate

"USDOT number" §id972a6e9be5c2433b99ef55660d4b8012

a unique identifier issued to an employer or person under section 31134. Section 31134 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in the fourth sentence, by striking An and inserting the following: (5)Motor carriersAn

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