Legislative Alerts

AAMVA sends Legislative/Regulatory Alerts to the membership to keep them informed about what is happening in Washington, DC. The alerts also advise the membership on important legislation or regulations that have been introduced or published in the Federal Register.

2013

• FMCSA Recognizes Date Discrepancy in Commercial Driver’s License Testing and Permit Standards Rule (April 29, 2013)
• FMCSA Publishes Final Rule on Self Reporting of Out-of-State Convictions (April 26, 2013)
  • FMCSA Final Rule on Self Reporting of Out-of-State Convictions  
• FMCSA Publishes Commercial Driver’s License Testing and Commercial Learner’s Permit Standards (March 25, 2013)
• FMCSA Commercial Driver’s License Testing and Commercial Learner’s Permit Standards
• FMCSA Publishes Final Rule Regarding MAP-21 Agricultural Exemptions (March 14, 2013)
  • FMCSA Transportation of Agricultural Commodities
•  Letter to Senate Appropriations THUD Subcommittee on the Continuing Resolution (March 8, 2013)
•  NHTSA Publishes Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs (January 23, 2013)
  • NHTSA Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs

2012

• DHS Real ID Update Notification (December 20, 2012)
  • DHS Determines 13 States Meet Real ID Standards Press Release
•  DHS to Issue Initial Certification Responses in Coming Week (December 6, 2012)
• AAMVA Publishes Real ID Certification Package Templates (October 9, 2012)
  • Full Compliance Certification Checklist
  • Non-Real ID Letter for DHS Consideration
• Congress Passes Military Commercial Driver's License Act of 2012 (October 2, 2012)
  • S 3624 - Military Commercial Driver's License Act of 2012
•  DHS Issues Secure Identification State Progress Report (September 19, 2012)
• DHS Policy - FY 2012 Secure Identification State Progress Report REAL ID  
• Legislative alert on HR 4348 - Congress Passes Highway Reauthorization Measure (June 29, 2012)
• Conference Report to Accompany HR 4348
• AAMVA Section-By-Section Analysis of HR 4348
• Request for Comment on the Driving Toward Zero Deaths National Strategy (March 5, 2012)
• NCHRP Driving Towards Zero Deaths Draft Framework (March, 2012)
• AAMVA Summary of the U.S. House of Representatives Surface Transportation Reauthorization Measure (February, 2012)
                                      

2011

• Petitions for Reconsideration on FMCSA’s Final Rule Regarding Commercial Driver’s License Permit and Testing Standards (June 2, 2011)
• Impact of Fiscal Year 2011 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations (April 15, 2011)
• DHS Extends Real ID Full Compliance Deadline to January 15, 2013 (March 4, 2011)
•  Notice as published in the National Archives Public Inspection Documents  
• Explanation on the DHS February 11, 2011 Real ID Deadline for Filing State Certification Documents (February 10, 2011)
                               

2010

• Congress Clears Continuing Resolution Funding Operations to March 4 (Dec. 22, 2010)
• Letter to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on Interchange Swipe Fees (Feb. 23, 2010)
                              

2009

• Senator Lautenberg Proposes Ignition Interlock Legislation (Dec. 29, 2009)
• Extension of Surface Programs in Defense Bill (Dec. 21, 2009)
• DHS to Accept State Issued Documents Beyond December 31 Deadline (Dec. 18, 2009)
• NGA Requests DHS Extension on Real ID, Presses for Action on PASS ID (Dec. 16, 2009)
• Congress Passes Infusion for Highway Trust Fund (July 30, 2009)
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Amends PASS ID (July 29, 2009)
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Holds Hearing on PASS ID (July 15, 2009)
• Car Allowance Rebate System Legislative Alert in Afghanistan and Iraq War Supplemental (June 25, 2009)
• PASS ID Legislative Alert - Providing for Additional Security in States’ Identification Act of 2009(June 15, 2009)
• Legislative Alert regarding H.R. 140 - Withholding of Federal Highway Funding for Noncompliance with the Real-ID Act (Jan. 9, 2009)