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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8129 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program 

to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 28, 2020 

Miss RICE of New York (for herself and Mr. BALDERSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 

grant program to educate the public on the dangers 

of drug-impaired driving, 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 ‘‘Drug-Impaired Driving 

5 Education Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING EDUCATION GRANT PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

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1 portation shall establish a program to provide grants on 

2 a competitive basis to States to educate the public on the 

3 dangers of drug-impaired driving. 

4 (b) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—To be eligible for a 

5 grant provided under this Act, a State shall submit to the 

6 Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and 

7 containing such information as the Secretary may require. 

8 (c) USE OF GRANT THROUGH COVERED ENTITY.— 

9 A State that receives a grant under the program estab10 lished under subsection (a) may use such grant to provide 

11 funds to a covered entity that will educate the public on 

12 the dangers of drug-impaired driving. 

13 (d) BEST AVAILABLE EVIDENCE.—A State that re14 ceives a grant provided under this Act, or an entity using 

15 funds provided by a State that received such grant, to edu16 cate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving 

17 shall— 

18 (1) use evidence and strategies recommended by 

19 the Congressional Research Service publication titled 

20 ‘‘Marijuana Use and Highway Safety’’, published in 

21 May, 2019; 

22 (2) use evidence and strategies recommended by 

23 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

24 publication titled ‘‘Countermeasures That Work: A 

25 Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide For State 


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1 Highway Safety Offices, Ninth Edition, 2017’’, pub2 lished in April, 2018; or 

3 (3) use other evidence-based, peer-reviewed 

4 strategies as determined by the Secretary. 

5 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

7 $5,000,000 for each of the first 2 fiscal years beginning 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

10 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en11 tity’’ includes the following: 

12 (A) A State government agency. 

13 (B) A local government agency or political 

14 subdivision of a State. 

15 (C) An Indian Tribal Government. 

16 (D) A nonprofit organization. 

17 (E) A State or local prosecution office. 

18 (F) A State or local law enforcement agen19 cy. 

20 (2) DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING.—The term 

21 ‘‘drug-impaired driving’’ means driving under the in22 fluence of marijuana, opioids, or other substances, 

23 which may impair driving, as determined by the Sec24 retary. 


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1 (3) MARIJUANA.—The term ‘‘marijuana’’ has 

2 the meaning given such term in section 4008 of the 

3 FAST Act (Public Law 114–94). 

4 (4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

5 ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 

6 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev7 enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and is ex8 empt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

9 Code. 

10 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Transportation. 

12 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 

13 of the United States, the District of Columbia, each 

14 territory of the United States, and each federally 

15 recognized Indian Tribe. 

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