Friday, December 4

Signed Legislation: Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 (part III)

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DIVISION B--COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 2015

TITLE XXIV--HIGHWAY AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY

Subtitle A--Vehicle Safety

      Sec. 24101. Authorization of appropriations.
      Sec. 24102. Inspector General recommendations.
      Sec. 24103. Improvements in availability of recall information.
      Sec. 24104. Recall process.
      Sec. 24105. Pilot grant program for State notification to consumers of motor vehicle recall status.
      Sec. 24106. Recall obligations under bankruptcy.
      Sec. 24107. Dealer requirement to check for open recall.
      Sec. 24108. Extension of time period for remedy of tire defects.
      Sec. 24109. Rental car safety.
      Sec. 24110. Increase in civil penalties for violations of motor vehicle safety.
      Sec. 24111. Electronic odometer disclosures.
      Sec. 24112. Corporate responsibility for NHTSA reports.
      Sec. 24113. Direct vehicle notification of recalls.
      Sec. 24114. Unattended children warning.
      Sec. 24115. Tire pressure monitoring system.
      Sec. 24116. Availability of certain information on motor vehicle equipment.

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Subtitle B--Research and Development and Vehicle Electronics

      Sec. 24201. Report on operations of the Council for Vehicle Electronics, Vehicle Software, and Emerging Technologies.
      Sec. 24202. Cooperation with foreign governments.

Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Provisions

Part I--Driver Privacy Act of 2015

      Sec. 24301. Short title.
      Sec. 24302. Limitations on data retrieval from vehicle event data recorders.

Part II--Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015

      Sec. 24321. Short title.
      Sec. 24322. Passenger motor vehicle information.

Part III--Tire Efficiency, Safety, and Registration Act of 2015

      Sec. 24331. Short title.
      Sec. 24332. Tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards.
      Sec. 24333. Tire registration by independent sellers.
      Sec. 24334. Tire recall database.

Part IV--Alternative Fuel Vehicles

      Sec. 24341. Regulation parity for electric and natural gas vehicles.

Subtitle D--Additional Motor Vehicle Provisions

      Sec. 24401. Required reporting of NHTSA agenda.
      Sec. 24402. Application of remedies for defects and noncompliance.
      Sec. 24403. Retention of safety records by manufacturers.
      Sec. 24404. Nonapplication of prohibitions relating to noncomplying motor vehicles to vehicles used for testing or evaluation.
      Sec. 24405. Treatment of low-volume manufacturers.
      Sec. 24406. No liability on the basis of NHTSA motor vehicle safety guidelines.

DIVISION C--FINANCE

      Sec. 30001. Short title.

TITLE XXXI--HIGHWAY TRUST FUND AND RELATED TAXES

Subtitle A--Extension of Trust Fund Expenditure Authority and Related Taxes

      Sec. 31101. Extension of trust fund expenditure authority.
      Sec. 31102. Extension of highway-related taxes.

Subtitle B--Additional Transfers to Highway Trust Fund

      Sec. 31201. Further additional transfers to trust fund.
      Sec. 31202. Transfer to Highway Trust Fund of certain motor vehicle safety penalties.
      Sec. 31203. Appropriation from Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.

TITLE XXXII--OFFSETS

Subtitle A--Tax Provisions

      Sec. 32101. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain unpaid taxes.
      Sec. 32102. Reform of rules relating to qualified tax collection contracts.
      Sec. 32103. Special compliance personnel program.

Subtitle B--Fees and Receipts

      Sec. 32201. Adjustment for inflation of fees for certain customs services.
      Sec. 32202. Elimination of surplus funds of Federal reserve banks.
      Sec. 32203. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sale.

Subtitle C--Outlays

      Sec. 32301. Interest on overpayment.

DIVISION D--MISCELLANEOUS

TITLE XLI--FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT

      Sec. 41001. Definitions.
      Sec. 41002. Federal Permitting Improvement Council.
      Sec. 41003. Permitting process improvement.
      Sec. 41004. Interstate compacts.
      Sec. 41005. Coordination of required reviews.
      Sec. 41006. Delegated State permitting programs.
      Sec. 41007. Litigation, judicial review, and savings provision.
      Sec. 41008. Report to Congress.
      Sec. 41009. Funding for governance, oversight, and processing of environmental reviews and permits.
      Sec. 41010. Application.
      Sec. 41011. GAO Report.

TITLE XLII--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

      Sec. 42001. Determination of certain spending and tax burdens by State.
      Sec. 42002. GAO report on refunds to registered vendors of kerosene used in noncommercial aviation.

TITLE XLIII--REQUIREMENTS REGARDING RULE MAKINGS

      Sec. 43001. Requirements regarding rule makings.

DIVISION E--EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

      Sec. 50001. Short title.

TITLE LI--TAXPAYER PROTECTION PROVISIONS AND INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY

      Sec. 51001. Reduction in authorized amount of outstanding loans, guarantees, and insurance.
      Sec. 51002. Increase in loss reserves.
      Sec. 51003. Review of fraud controls.
      Sec. 51004. Office of Ethics.
      Sec. 51005. Chief Risk Officer.
      Sec. 51006. Risk Management Committee.
      Sec. 51007. Independent audit of bank portfolio.
      Sec. 51008. Pilot program for reinsurance.

TITLE LII--PROMOTION OF SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTS

      Sec. 52001. Increase in small business lending requirements.
      Sec. 52002. Report on programs for small and medium-sized businesses.

TITLE LIII--MODERNIZATION OF OPERATIONS

      Sec. 53001. Electronic payments and documents.
      Sec. 53002. Reauthorization of information technology updating.

TITLE LIV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      Sec. 54001. Extension of authority.
      Sec. 54002. Certain updated loan terms and amounts.

TITLE LV--OTHER MATTERS

      Sec. 55001. Prohibition on discrimination based on industry.
      Sec. 55002. Negotiations to end export credit financing.
      Sec. 55003. Study of financing for information and communications technology systems.

DIVISION F--ENERGY SECURITY

      Sec. 61001. Emergency preparedness for energy supply disruptions.
      Sec. 61002. Resolving environmental and grid reliability conflicts.
      Sec. 61003. Critical electric infrastructure security.
      Sec. 61004. Strategic Transformer Reserve.
      Sec. 61005. Energy security valuation.
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