A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on chameleon carriers in the United States and require the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to plan, develop, and test an advanced automation tool to help enforcement personnel detect chameleon carrier applications under the registration process of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2026-07-28
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- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2026-07-28
Plain-English Summary
The government would study "chameleon carriers"—trucking companies that hide their identity or safety violations by repeatedly changing their names or registration details to avoid enforcement—and develop a new computer tool to help federal safety inspectors catch these deceptive practices during the registration process. This would help protect the public from unsafe trucking operations that try to evade safety rules by operating under different identities. The measure affects trucking companies, federal safety regulators, and the traveling public who depend on highway safety enforcement.
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