Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Public Safety Improvement Act of 2025

Increased Safety Oversight: The bill requires motor carriers using vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or more to promptly submit positive hair drug test results from preemployment or random tests to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (Section 2(a)(1)).

Standardized Testing Quality: To ensure accuracy, the bill mandates that hair drug test results come from laboratories accredited by the College of American Pathologists for forensic hair drug testing and that they incorporate Department of Health and Human Services scientific and technical guidelines if available (Section 2(a)(2)).

Regulated Testing Devices: The bill specifies that tests must be administered through a "covered device," which is defined as a device cleared under section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Section 2(a)(3)).

Regulatory Burden on Motor Carriers: Motor carriers using vehicles weighing not less than 10,000 pounds will be required to promptly submit records of positive hair drug test results to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (Section 2(a)(1)).

Updated Knowledge Requirements: The Secretary of Transportation will update the definition of "actual knowledge" in the Code of Federal Regulations to include these hair drug test results (Section 2(b)).