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PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall conduct outreach and provide training as necessary to State personnel engaged in the enforcement of Federal motor carrier safety regulations to ensure their awareness of the process to be used for verification of the operating authority of motor carriers, including motor carriers of passengers, and to ensure proper enforcement when motor carriers are found to be in violation of operating authority requirements. (2) ASSESSMENT.—The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation may periodically assess the implementation and effectiveness of the training and outreach program. (b) STUDY OF FOREIGN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.— (1) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct a review to determine the degree to which Canadian and Mexican commercial motor vehicles, including motor carriers of passengers, currently operating or expected to operate in the United States comply with the Federal motor vehicle safety standards. (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives containing the findings and conclusions of the review. Not later than 4 months after the date on which the report is submitted to the Committees, the Inspector General of the Department shall provide comments and observations to the Committees on the scope and methodology of the review.

Deadline.

SEC. 4140. SCHOOL BUS DRIVER QUALIFICATIONS AND ENDORSEMENT KNOWLEDGE TEST.

Effective date. Termination date.

(a) RECOGNITION OF TEST.—The Secretary shall recognize any driver who passes a test approved by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as meeting the knowledge test requirement for a school bus endorsement under section 383.123 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (b) DRIVER QUALIFICATIONS.—Section 383.123 of such title (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) shall not be in effect during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2006. SEC. 4141. DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT VEHICLES.

(a) DEFINITION.—Section 31111(a) title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(4) DRIVE-AWAY SADDLEMOUNT WITH FULLMOUNT VEHICLE TRANSPORTER COMBINATION.—The term ‘drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combination’ means a vehicle combination designed and specifically used to tow up to 3 trucks or truck tractors, each connected by a saddle to the frame or fifth-wheel of the forward vehicle of the truck or truck tractor in front of it.’’. (b) GENERAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 31111(b)(1) of such title is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:

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