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DOT/FMCSA RIN: 2126-AB18 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse 
Abstract: This rulemaking would create a central database for verified positive controlled substances and alcohol test results for commercial driver´s license (CDL) holders and refusals by such drivers to submit to testing. This rulemaking would require employers of CDL holders and service agents to report positive test results and refusals to test into the database. Prospective employers, acting on an application for a CDL driver position with the applicant’s written consent to access the database, would query the database to determine if any specific information about the driver applicant is in the database before allowing the applicant to be hired and to drive CMVs. This rulemaking is intended to increase highway safety by ensuring CDL holders, who have tested positive or have refused to submit to testing, have completed the U.S. DOT´s return-to-duty process before driving CMVs in interstate or intrastate commerce. It is also intended to ensure that employers are meeting their drug and alcohol testing responsibilities. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 382   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 31306   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/00/2012    
Additional Information: The Senate has been drafting a bill preliminarily entitled "Truck Driver Drug Use Reduction for Safe Road Act" in the spring of 2009 which includes provisions for a Drug and Alcohol Test Clearinghouse that may affect this proceeding. The process for this is still pending.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations  Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
James Keenan
Chief, Commercial Enforcement (MC-ECC)
Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Ave, SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202-385-2400
Email: james.keenan@fmcsa.dot.gov