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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4373 

To improve the safety of individuals by taking measures to end drunk driving. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 12, 2016 

Miss RICE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To improve the safety of individuals by taking measures 

to end drunk driving. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Drunk Driving 

5 Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities represent 

2 approximately one-third of all highway fatalities in 

3 the United States in a given year. 

4 (2) First offenders were responsible for 75 per5 cent of drunk driving arrests and 25 percent were 

6 from repeat offenders. 

7 (3) In 2013, there were 10,076 alcohol-im8 paired driving fatalities in the United States. 

9 (4) The National Highway Traffic Safety Ad10 ministration has partnered with automobile manu11 facturers to develop alcohol detection technologies 

12 that may be installed in vehicles to prevent drunk 

13 driving. 

14 (5) An estimated 59,000 lives and 

15 $343,000,000,000 may be saved over a 15-year pe16 riod by the widespread installation of alcohol detec17 tion technologies in motor vehicles. 

18 SEC. 3. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO END DRUNK DRIVING. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 years after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 

21 a final rule prescribing or amending a Federal motor vehi22 cle safety standard that would prevent operation of a 

23 motor vehicle when the operator is under the influence of 

24 alcohol. The standard— 


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1 (1) shall prevent the operation of the motor ve2 hicle if the operator’s blood alcohol content is above 

3 the legal limit; and 

4 (2) shall require such technology to be— 

5 (A) reliable and accurate; 

6 (B) set at the legal limit; 

7 (C) unobtrusive and fast; 

8 (D) tamper-proof/circumvention-resistant; 

9 (E) functionary in extreme environments 

10 (both hot and cold); and 

11 (F) easily maintained. 

12 SEC. 4. FUNDING AND PLANS FOR DRIVER ALCOHOL DE13 TECTION SYSTEM FOR SAFETY RESEARCH. 

14 Section 403(h) of title 23, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(2) FUNDING.—To carry out this subsection, 

19 the Secretary shall obligate from funds made avail20 able to carry out this section— 

21 ‘‘(A) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

22 2017 and 2018; 

23 ‘‘(B) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

24 2019 and 2020; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) $20,000,000 for each of years 2021 

2 through 2026.’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

5 at the end; 

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

7 subparagraph (C); and 

8 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) outlines the Administration’s plans to 

11 expedite research and development of this tech12 nology; and’’. 

13 SEC. 5. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PRE14 VENT REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVING. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘§ 171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent re19 peat intoxicated driving 

20 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION.—The term 

22 ‘alcohol concentration’ means grams of alcohol per 

23 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 

24 liters of breath. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED; DRIVING

2 UNDER THE INFLUENCE.—The terms ‘driving while 

3 intoxicated’ and ‘driving under the influence’ mean 

4 driving or being in actual physical control of a motor 

5 vehicle in a State while having a blood alcohol con6 centration that is greater than or equal to the lesser 

7 of— 

8 ‘‘(A) the blood alcohol concentration limit 

9 of the State in which the individual is driving; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(B) 0.08 percent. 

12 ‘‘(3) IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE.—The term 

13 ‘ignition interlock device’ means an in-vehicle device 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(A) requires a driver to provide a breath 

16 sample prior to the motor vehicle starting; and 

17 ‘‘(B) prevents a motor vehicle from start18 ing if the alcohol concentration of the driver is 

19 above the legal limit. 

20 ‘‘(4) MOTOR VEHICLE.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘motor vehi22 cle’ means a vehicle driven or drawn by me23 chanical power and manufactured primarily for 

24 use on public highways. 


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1 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘motor vehi2 cle’ does not include— 

3 ‘‘(i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail 

4 line; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) a commercial vehicle. 

6 ‘‘(b) LAWS REQUIRING IGNITION INTERLOCK DE7 VICES.—A State meets the requirements of this subsection 

8 if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law that re9 quires throughout the State the installation of an ignition 

10 interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor 

11 vehicle operated by an individual who is convicted of driv12 ing while intoxicated or driving under the influence. 

13 ‘‘(c) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLI14 ANCE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—On October 1, 2016, 

16 the Secretary shall withhold 1 percent of the amount 

17 required to be apportioned to a State under each of 

18 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State 

19 does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of 

20 this section. 

21 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2018.—On October 1, 2017, 

22 the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount 

23 required to be apportioned to a State under each of 

24 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State 


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1 does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of 

2 this section. 

3 ‘‘(3) FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THEREAFTER.—On 

4 October 1, 2018, and on October 1 of each fiscal 

5 year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 5 per6 cent of the amount required to be apportioned to a 

7 State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec8 tion 104(b) if the State does not meet the require9 ments of subsection (b) of this section. 

10 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD

11 FUNDS; EFFECT OF COMPLIANCE AND NONCOMPLI12 ANCE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD

14 FUNDS.—Any funds withheld under subsection (c) 

15 from apportionment to a State shall remain available 

16 for apportionment to the State until the end of the 

17 third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 

18 the funds are authorized to be appropriated. 

19 ‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT OF WITHHELD FUNDS

20 AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the 

21 period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) 

22 from apportionment are to remain available for ap23 portionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 

24 State meets the requirements of subsection (b), the 

25 Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State 


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1 meets the requirements of subsection (b), apportion 

2 to the State the funds withheld under subsection (c) 

3 that remain available for apportionment to the 

4 State. 

5 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF SUBSE6 QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Any funds appor7 tioned pursuant to paragraph (2)— 

8 ‘‘(A) shall remain available for expenditure 

9 until the end of the third fiscal year following 

10 the fiscal year in which the funds are so appor11 tioned; and 

12 ‘‘(B) if not apportioned at the end of that 

13 period, shall lapse. 

14 ‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the 

15 end of the period for which funds withheld under 

16 subsection (c) from apportionment are available for 

17 apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 

18 State does not meet the requirements of subsection 

19 (b), the funds shall lapse.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

21 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

22 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving.’’. 

23 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 


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1 (1) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING.—The term 

2 ‘‘alcohol-impaired driving’’ means operation of a 

3 motor vehicle (as defined in section 30102(a)(6) of 

4 title 49, United States Code) by an individual whose 

5 blood alcohol content is at or above the legal limit. 

6 (2) LEGAL LIMIT.—The term ‘‘legal limit’’ 

7 means a blood alcohol concentration of— 

8 (A) 0.08 percent or greater (as specified in 

9 section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code); 

10 or 

11 (B) such other percentage limitation as 

12 may be established by applicable Federal, State, 

13 or local law. 

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