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Historical textIn force on Sept. 30, 2007Source: annual CFR editions 2002–2006

§ 384.401 Withholding of funds based on noncompliance.

Wording in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2002, superseded by the 2007 annual edition.

govinfo, 2006 edition ↗
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49 CFR § 384.401 — Withholding of funds based on noncompliance.. Text in force on September 30, 2007. This wording effective October 1, 2002 to October 1, 2007. Source: govinfo, 2006 edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2006-title49-vol5/CFR-2006-title49-vol5-sec384-401. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/384.401?asof=2007-09-30, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Following the first year of noncompliance. A State is subject to both of the following sanctions:

(1) An amount equal to five percent of the Federal-aid highway funds required to be apportioned to any State under each of sections 104(b)(1), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of title 23, U.S.C., shall be withheld on the first day of the fiscal year following such State's first year of noncompliance under this part.

(2) The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) grant funds authorized under section 103(b)(1) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-159, 113 Stat. 1754) shall be withheld from a State on the first day of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the FMCSA determined that the State was not in substantial compliance with subpart B of this part.

(b) Following second and subsequent year(s) of noncompliance. A State is subject to both of the following sanctions:

(1) An amount equal to ten percent of the Federal-aid funds required to be apportioned to any State under each of sections 104(b)(1), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of title 23, U.S.C., shall be withheld on the first day of the fiscal year following such State's second or subsequent year of noncompliance under this part.

(2) The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) grant funds authorized under section 103(b)(1) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-159, 113 Stat. 1753) shall be withheld from a State on the first day of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the FMCSA determined that the State had not returned to substantial compliance with subpart B of this part.

[67 FR 49763, July 31, 2002]

Amendment history

5 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. July 7, 2021 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [86 FR 35642, July 7, 2021]
  2. Jan. 1, 2017 → July 7, 2021eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [81 FR 68347, Oct. 4, 2016]
  3. Oct. 1, 2007 → Jan. 1, 2017annual editions 2007–2016diff vs. previous
    [72 FR 36788, July 5, 2007]
  4. Oct. 1, 2002 → Oct. 1, 2007annual editions 2002–2006diff vs. previousviewing
    [67 FR 49763, July 31, 2002]
  5. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2002annual editions 1996–2001

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.