The PRISM grant program provides financial assistance to State commercial motor vehicle (CMV) registration and enforcement agencies that conduct two interrelated tasks to promote CMV safety.

The first is determining the operating status of a motor carrier when licensing or registering the carrier

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or by monitoring the operating status while the license or registration is in effect.

The second activity is denying, suspending, or revoking CMV registrations of a motor carrier that has been issued an operations out-of-service order by FMCSA.