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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2138 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle 

safety standard requiring that passenger motor vehicles be equipped 

with advanced drunk driving prevention technology, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2021 

Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Miss RICE of New York, and Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a 

motor vehicle safety standard requiring that passenger 

motor vehicles be equipped with advanced drunk driving 

prevention technology, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Honoring Abbas Fam5 ily Legacy to Terminate Drunk Driving Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADVANCED DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION TECH2 NOLOGY. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 (1) MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD.—Not 

5 later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 

6 this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 

7 an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to ini8 tiate a rulemaking to prescribe a motor vehicle safe9 ty standard under section 30111 of title 49, United 

10 States Code, that requires passenger motor vehicles 

11 manufactured after the effective date of such stand12 ard to be equipped with advanced drunk driving pre13 vention technology. 

14 (2) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—Not later than 3 

15 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

16 Secretary of Transportation shall issue a notice of 

17 proposed rulemaking in order to continue the rule18 making proceeding required by paragraph (1). 

19 (3) FINAL RULE.— 

20 (A) Not later than 5 years after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

22 prescribe a final rule containing the motor vehi23 cle safety standard required under this sub24 section. The final rule shall specify an effective 

25 date that provides at least 2 years, and no more 


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1 than 3 years, to allow for manufacturing com2 pliance. 

3 (B) If the Secretary determines that a new 

4 motor vehicle safety standard required under 

5 this subsection cannot meet the requirements 

6 and considerations set forth in subsections (a) 

7 and (b) of section 30111 of title 49, United 

8 States Code, the Secretary shall submit a re9 port to the Committee on Energy and Com10 merce of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Committee on Commerce, Science and Trans12 portation of the Senate describing the reasons 

13 for not prescribing such a standard. 

14 (b) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall work di15 rectly with manufacturers of passenger motor vehicles, 

16 suppliers, safety advocates, and other interested parties, 

17 including universities with expertise in automotive engi18 neering, to— 

19 (1) accelerate the development of the advanced 

20 drunk driving prevention technology required to pre21 scribe a motor vehicle safety standard described in 

22 subsection (a); and 

23 (2) ensure the integration of such technology 

24 into passenger motor vehicles available for sale at 

25 the earliest practicable date. 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

2 (1) the term ‘‘advanced drunk driving preven3 tion technology’’ means a passive system which— 

4 (A) monitors a driver’s performance to 

5 identify impairment of a driver; 

6 (B) a system which passively detects a 

7 blood alcohol level equal to and exceeding .08 

8 blood alcohol content; or 

9 (C) a similar system which detects impair10 ment and prevents or limits vehicle operation; 

11 (2) the term ‘‘motor vehicle safety standard’’ 

12 has the meaning given such term in section 30102 

13 of title 49, United States Code; and 

14 (3) the term ‘‘passenger motor vehicle’’ has the 

15 meaning given such term in section 32101 of title 

16 49, United States Code. 

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