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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8213 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a national standard 

to prevent driving while intoxicated by requiring ignition interlocks for 

DWI offenders. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2024 

Mr. PAPPAS (for himself and Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a 

national standard to prevent driving while intoxicated 

by requiring ignition interlocks for DWI offenders. 

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 Driving While 

5 Intoxicated Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘End DWI Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) According to Mothers Against Drunk Driv9 ing, there has been a historic increase in alcohol-imVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:26 May 30, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8213.IH H8213

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1 paired driving fatalities since 2019 resulting in one 

2 person dying in a driving while intoxicated crash in 

3 the United States every 39 minutes. 

4 (2) According to the National Highway Traffic 

5 Safety Administration, between 2020 to 2021, driv6 ing while intoxicated deaths increased 14 percent 

7 and 13,384 people were killed, a level not seen since 

8 2006. 

9 (3) Studies show that ignition interlocks reduce 

10 recidivism, by up to 70 percent, among first-time, 

11 repeat and high-risk driving while intoxicated offend12 ers while they are installed. 

13 (4) Ignition interlocks are required for people 

14 who have been convicted for driving while intoxicated 

15 in 31 states and the District of Columbia according 

16 to the National Conference of State Legislators. 

17 (5) The rise in polysubstance impaired driving 

18 significantly increases the crash risk on our nation’s 

19 roads. One 2018 study from Washington State re20 vealed that polysubstance impairment was the most 

21 common type of impairment found among drivers in22 volved in fatal crashes between 2008 and 2016 and 

23 among drivers involved in fatal crashes during this 

24 timeframe, 44 percent tested positive for two or 


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1 more substances with alcohol and THC being the 

2 most common combination (Grondel et al., 2018). 

3 SEC. 3. NATIONAL STANDARD FOR IGNITION INTERLOCKS 

4 FOR DWI OFFENDERS. 

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

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘§ 180. National standard for ignition interlocks for 

9 DWI offenders 

10 ‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR NON11 COMPLIANCE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2027.—The Secretary shall 

13 withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be ap14 portioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1) 

15 and (2) of section 104(b) on October 1, 2026, if the 

16 State does not meet the requirements of paragraph 

17 (3) on that date. 

18 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—The Sec19 retary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount re20 quired to be apportioned to any State under each of 

21 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) on October 

22 1, 2027, and on October 1 of each fiscal year there23 after, if the State does not meet the requirements of 

24 paragraph (3) on that date. 


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1 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A State meets the re2 quirements of this paragraph if the State has en3 acted and is enforcing a law mandating a restriction 

4 on driving privileges that limits the individual to op5 erating only motor vehicles with an ignition interlock 

6 device installed, unless a special exception applies, 

7 for a minimum period of 180 days and remain with8 out a violation for a minimum period (as determined 

9 by the State) that precedes the date of the removal 

10 of the restriction. The interlock period referred to in 

11 the preceding sentence may be served by the indi12 vidual during an administrative license suspension 

13 period, post-conviction, or a combination of both, as 

14 determined by the State. 

15 ‘‘(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; EFFECT OF COMPLI16 ANCE AND NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD

18 FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) FUNDS WITHHELD ON OR BEFORE

20 SEPTEMBER 30, 2028.—Any funds withheld 

21 under subsection (a) from apportionment to any 

22 State on or before September 30, 2028, shall 

23 remain available until the end of the third fiscal 

24 year following the fiscal year for which the 

25 funds are authorized to be appropriated. 


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1 ‘‘(B) FUNDS WITHHELD AFTER SEP2 TEMBER 30, 2028.—No funds withheld under 

3 this section from apportionment to any State 

4 after September 30, 2028, shall be available for 

5 apportionment to the State. 

6 ‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT OF WITHHELD FUNDS

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

8 period for which funds withheld under subsection (a) 

9 from apportionment are to remain available for ap10 portionment to a State under paragraph (1)(A), the 

11 State meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3), 

12 the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the 

13 State meets the requirements, apportion to the State 

14 the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain 

15 available for apportionment to the State. 

16 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF SUBSE17 QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any funds appor19 tioned under paragraph (2) shall remain avail20 able for obligation until the end of the third fis21 cal year following the fiscal year in which the 

22 funds are so apportioned. 

23 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.— 

24 Sums not obligated at the end of the period re25 ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall lapse. 


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

2 end of the period for which funds withheld under 

3 subsection (a) from apportionment are available for 

4 apportionment to a State under paragraph (1)(A), 

5 the State does not meet the requirements of sub6 section (a)(3), the funds shall lapse. 

7 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED; SPECIAL

9 EXCEPTION.—The terms ‘driving while intoxicated’ 

10 and ‘special exception’ have the meaning given such 

11 terms in section 164. 

12 ‘‘(2) IGNITION INTERLOCK.—The term ‘ignition 

13 interlock’ has the meaning given the term ‘ignition 

14 interlock system’ in section 1275.3 of title 23, Code 

15 of Federal Regulations. 

16 ‘‘(3) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor vehi17 cle’ has the meaning given the term in section 32101 

18 of title 49. 

19 ‘‘(4) VIOLATION.—The term ‘violation’ has the 

20 meaning defined by a State in law or regulation with 

21 respect to an ignition interlock device that may in22 clude failing a breath test, failing to take or pass a 

23 re-test, circumventing an ignition interlock, tam24 pering with an ignition interlock, or a combination 

25 of the actions described in this paragraph.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

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

3 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘180. National standard for ignition interlocks for DWI offenders.’’. 

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