PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 989 inspection of a commercial motor vehicle for compliance with Government or State commercial motor vehicle safety regulations; (E) for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1993- 1995, the Secretary shall obligate at least $1,000,000 to increase enforcement of the licensing requirements of chapter 313 of this title by motor carrier safety assistance program officers and employees, including the cost of purchasing equipment for, and conducting, inspections to check the current status of licenses issued under chapter 313; (F) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate at least $500,000 for research, development, and demonstration of technologies, methodologies, analyses, or information systems designed to carry out section 31102 of this title and that are beneficial to all jurisdictions; and (G) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate at least $350,000 to educate the motoring public on how to share the road safely with commercial motor vehicles. (2) The Secretary shall announce publicly amounts obligated under paragraph (1)(F) of this subsection and award those amounts competitively, when practicable, to any eligible State for up to 100 percent of the State costs or to other persons as the Secretary decides. (3) In carrying out educational activities referred to in paragraph (1)(G) of this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate industry representatives. (h) PAYMENT TO STATES FOR COSTS.— Each State shall submit vouchers for costs the State incurs under this section and section 31102 of this title. The Secretary shall pay the State an amount not more than the Government share of costs incurred as of the date of the vouchers. (i) IMPROVED ALLOCATION FORMULA.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to develop an improved formula and process for allocating amounts made available for grants under section 31102(a) of this title among States eligible for those amounts. In prescribing those regulations, the Secretary shall— (1) consider ways to provide incentives to States that demonstrate innovative, successful, cost-efficient, or cost-effective programs to promote commercial motor vehicle safety and hazardous material transportation safety; (2) place special emphasis on incentives to States that conduct traffic safety enforcement activities that are coupled with motor carrier safety inspections; and (3) consider ways to provide incentives to States that increase compatibility of State commercial motor vehicle safety and hazardous material transportation regulations with Government safety regulations and promote other factors intended to promote effectiveness and efficiency the Secretary decides are appropriate. (j) INTRASTATE COMPATIBILITY. — The Secretary shall prescribe regulations specifying tolerance guidelines and standards for ensuring compatibility of intrastate commercial motor vehicle safety laws and regulations with Government motor carrier safety regulations to be enforced under section 31102(a) of this title. To the extent practicable, the guidelines and standards shall allow for maximum flexibility while ensuring the degree of uniformity that will not diminish transportation safety. In reviewing State plans and allocat- Regulations. Regulations.
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