Miranda’s Law

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7429 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7429 To require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement a national employer notification service. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2026 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement a national employer notification service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Miranda Vargas School Bus Driver Red Flag Act'' or ``Miranda's Law''. SEC. 2. NATIONAL EMPLOYER NOTIFICATION SERVICE. (a) Employer Notification Service Defined.--In this Act, the term ``employer notification service'' means a service that automatically furnishes an employer with a report on the change in the status of the driving record or driver's license of an employee who has a commercial driver's license due to a conviction for a moving violation, a failure to appear, an accident, driver's license suspension, driver's license revocation, or any other action taken against the driving privilege. (b) Implementation of National Employer Notification Service.-- (1) Requirements.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, shall issue a final regulation requiring the implementation of a national employer notification service that States may access. (2) Considerations.--Before issuing such final regulation requiring the implementation of a national employer notificat