Assistance program
Performance and Registration Information Systems Management
-$3.3 Million committed in FY2018–FY2024
- Agency
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 20.231
- What it does
- This program links Federal Motor Carrier Safety information systems with State commercial vehicle registration systems and enables a State to (1) determine the safety fitness of a motor carrier or registrant when applying for registration or while the registration is in effect; and (2) deny, suspend, or revoke the registration of a motor carrier or registrant that has been issued an Out-of-Service (OOS) order by the FMCSA. The PRISM grant program has been consolidated into the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) and High Priority grant programs due to changes in FMCSA’s authorization under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Pub. L. No. § 114-94, §§ 5101(a) and 5101(c) (2015), 49 U.S.C. §§ 31102(a)-(k), 31104 (2016), as amended). Awards are no longer being made under this CFDA; however, pre-existing grants will remain active until project completion and/or period of performance on the individual grant agreements expire. For more information on these changes, visit FMCSA CFDA number 20.218.
- Who benefits
- Eligible applicants include State agencies located in one of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Applicants must work on highway traffic safety activities and must demonstrate a capacity to work with highway traffic safety stakeholders.
- Who applies
- The FMCSA may award these grants to the agencies of States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to 49 U.S.C. 31106(d), FMCSA may use PRISM to fund “other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, or by making grants to, and entering into contracts and cooperative agreements with, States, local governments, associations, institutions, corporations, and other persons."
- Authorized by
- Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, Section 32602, 32603(c)
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