S.Amdt. 4327

SA 4327. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.

(a) In General.--As an interim safety measure, the
Transportation Protective Service of the Department of
Defense shall ensure that all commercial transportation
service providers transporting explosives or potentially
hazardous or sensitive cargo have a vehicle out-of-service
percentage rate of not more than 10 percent, as determined by
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, until the
Department of Transportation concludes its current study to
determine fair and accurate scoring methodology for the
Safety Measurement System.
(b) Compliance.--The Transportation Protective Service may
give a provider that exceeds the allowable vehicle out-of-
service percentage rate under subsection (a) up to 90 days to
bring such rate in compliance with subsection (a).
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