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

This bill, SAFER Transport Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Transportation, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing American Freight, Enforcement, and Reliability in Transport Act or the SAFER Transport Act.
  • Section id869d4a3fe190477c8eb6a217dc8f14ca: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administration means the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of...
  • Section id9f0cad2b69aa4c81a4582a751d8e3fd0: 3. Freight Fraud and Theft Advisory Committee Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory...
  • Section idf2a5cd40d3ef446bac6f291ac108511c: 4. Memorandum of understanding on freight fraud and theft Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Attorney...
  • Section id972a6e9be5c2433b99ef55660d4b8012: 5. Securing the registration system of the Administration During the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary— shall not...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, SAFER Transport Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Transportation, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, SAFER Transport Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Transportation Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

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
Criminal Justice Transportation Immigration
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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