The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has published a final rule covering commercial motor vehicles (CMV) designed or used to transport nine to 15 passengers for compensation. The final rule requires that motor carriers operating CMVs file a motor carrier identification report, mark their CMVs with a USDOT identification number, and maintain an accident register. The agency is imposing these requirements to monitor the operational safety of motor carriers operating small passenger-carrying vehicles for compensation. The FMCSA also announced a proposed rule that would impose Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations on motor carriers operating commercial vehicles that are designed or used to carry nine to 15 people in interstate commerce given the following conditions: that the motor carriers are directly compensated for such services and that the transportation of any passengers covers a distance of greater than 75 air miles (86.3 statute miles or 138.9 kilometers). Motor carriers, drivers, and the vehicles operated by them would be subject to the same safety requirements imposed upon motor coach operations, with the exception of the commercial driver’s license, controlled substances and alcohol-testing regulations.