Registration Requirements

(a) Definitions Section 13102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (28) Principal place of business The term principal place of business means a single physical business location of a specified entity where— (A) management officials of such specified entity report to work; (B) such specified entity conducts a significant portion of its business relating to the transportation of persons or property; and (C) such specified entity maintains records required by part B of subtitle IV or part B of subtitle VI. (29) Specified entity The term specified entity means— (A) an employer, as such term is defined in section 31132; (B) a person; (C) a motor carrier, including a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier; (D) a broker; or (E) a freight forwarder.. (b) Motor Carrier Generally Section 13902(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) has designated a principal place of business.. (c) Registration of freight forwarders Section 13903(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) has designated a principal place of business; and (4) has disclosed any relationship involving common ownership, common management, common control, or common familial relationship between such person and any other motor carrier, freight forwarder, broker, or any other applicant for motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker registration, if the relationship occurred in the 3-year period preceding the date of the filing of the application for registration.. (d) Registration of brokers Section 13904(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (1) by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in subsection (2) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by inserting at the end the following: (3) has designated a principal place of business; and (4) has disclosed any relationship involving common ownership, common management, common control, or common familial relationship between such person and any other motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker, or any other applicant for motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker registration, if the relationship occurred in the 3-year period preceding the date of the filing of the application for registration.. (e) Complaints and actions on Secretary initiatives Section 13905(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) withhold, suspend, amend, or revoke any part of a registration of a motor carrier, foreign motor carrier, foreign motor private carrier, broker, or freight forwarder if the Secretary finds that the motor carrier, foreign motor carrier, foreign motor private carrier, broker, or freight forwarder failed to designate a valid principal place of business.. (f) Requirement for registration and USDOT number Section 31134 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking or at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) the employer or person seeking registration has designated a principal place of business, as defined in section 13102.; and (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting subsection (b).

(a) Definitions Section 13102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (28) Principal place of business The term principal place of business means a single physical business location of a specified entity where— (A) management officials of such specified entity report to work; (B) such specified entity conducts a significant portion of its business relating to the transportation of persons or property; and (C) such specified entity maintains records required by part B of subtitle IV or part B of subtitle VI. (29) Specified entity The term specified entity means— (A) an employer, as such term is defined in section 31132; (B) a person; (C) a motor carrier, including a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier; (D) a broker; or (E) a freight forwarder.. (b) Motor Carrier Generally Section 13902(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) has designated a principal place of business.. (c) Registration of freight forwarders Section 13903(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) has designated a principal place of business; and (4) has disclosed any relationship involving common ownership, common management, common control, or common familial relationship between such person and any other motor carrier, freight forwarder, broker, or any other applicant for motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker registration, if the relationship occurred in the 3-year period preceding the date of the filing of the application for registration.. (d) Registration of brokers Section 13904(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (1) by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in subsection (2) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by inserting at the end the following: (3) has designated a principal place of business; and (4) has disclosed any relationship involving common ownership, common management, common control, or common familial relationship between such person and any other motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker, or any other applicant for motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker registration, if the relationship occurred in the 3-year period preceding the date of the filing of the application for registration.. (e) Complaints and actions on Secretary initiatives Section 13905(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) withhold, suspend, amend, or revoke any part of a registration of a motor carrier, foreign motor carrier, foreign motor private carrier, broker, or freight forwarder if the Secretary finds that the motor carrier, foreign motor carrier, foreign motor private carrier, broker, or freight forwarder failed to designate a valid principal place of business.. (f) Requirement for registration and USDOT number Section 31134 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking or at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) the employer or person seeking registration has designated a principal place of business, as defined in section 13102.; and (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting subsection (b).