107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2155

AN ACT

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make it

illegal to operate a motor vehicle with a drug oralcohol in the body of the driver at a land borderport of entry, and for other purposes.

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2155

AN ACT

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make it illegal

to operate a motor vehicle with a drug or alcohol in

the body of the driver at a land border port of entry,

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,
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1 SECTION 1. MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO OPERATE A MOTOR VE2 HICLE WITH A DRUG OR ALCOHOL IN THE

3 BODY OF THE DRIVER AT LAND BORDER

4 PORTS OF ENTRY.

5 Section 13(a) of title 18, United States Code, is

6 amended—

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and

8 (2) by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(2) Whoever with a drug or alcohol in his or her

10 body operates a motor vehicle at a land border port of

11 entry in a manner that is punishable, because of the pres12 ence of the drug or alcohol, if committed within the juris13 diction of the State in which that land border port of entry

14 is located (under the laws of that State in force at the

15 time of the act) shall be guilty of a like offense and subject

16 to a like punishment.

17 ‘‘(3) Any individual who operates a motor vehicle at

18 a land border port of entry is deemed to have given con19 sent to submit to a chemical or other test of the blood,

20 breath, or urine of the driver by an officer or employee

21 of the Immigration and Naturalization Service authorized

22 under section 287(h) of the Immigration and Nationality

23 Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(h)) for the purpose of determining

24 the presence or concentration of a drug or alcohol in such

25 blood, breath, or urine.
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1 ‘‘(4) If an individual refuses to submit to such a test

2 after being advised by the officer or employee that the re3 fusal will result in notification under this paragraph, the

4 Attorney General shall give notice of the refusal to—

5 ‘‘(A) the State or foreign state that issued the

6 license permitting the individual to operate a motor

7 vehicle; or

8 ‘‘(B) if the individual has no such license, the

9 State or foreign state in which the individual is a

10 resident.

11 ‘‘(5) The Attorney General shall give notice of a con12 viction of an individual under this section for operation

13 of a motor vehicle at a land border port of entry with a

14 drug or alcohol in the body of the individual, to—

15 ‘‘(A) the State or foreign state that issued the

16 license permitting the individual to operate a motor

17 vehicle; or

18 ‘‘(B) if the individual has no such license, the

19 State or foreign state in which the individual is a

20 resident.

21 ‘‘(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘land

22 border port of entry’ means any land border port of entry

23 (as defined in section 287(h)(3) of the Immigration and

24 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(h)(3))) that was not re25 served or acquired as provided in section 7 of this title.’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE

2 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERV3 ICE TO CONDUCT TESTS FOR A DRUG OR AL4 COHOL.

5 Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act

6 (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing:

8 ‘‘(h)(1) If an officer or employee of the Service au9 thorized under regulations prescribed by the Attorney

10 General is inspecting a driver at a land border port of

11 entry and has reasonable grounds to believe that, because

12 of alcohol in the body of the driver, operation of a motor

13 vehicle by the driver is an offense under section 13 of title

14 18, United States Code, the officer or employee may re15 quire the driver to submit to a test of the breath of the

16 driver to determine the presence or concentration of the

17 alcohol.

18 ‘‘(2) If an officer or employee of the Service author19 ized under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General

20 arrests a driver under this section for operation of a motor

21 vehicle in violation of section 13 of title 18, United States

22 Code, because of a drug or alcohol in the body of the driv23 er, the officer or employee may require the driver to sub24 mit to a chemical or other test to determine the presence

25 or concentration of the drug or alcohol in the blood,

26 breath, or urine of the driver.
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1 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection:

2 ‘‘(A) The term ‘driver’ means an individual who

3 is operating a motor vehicle at a land border port

4 of entry.

5 ‘‘(B) The term ‘land border port of entry’

6 means any immigration checkpoint operated by the

7 Immigration and Naturalization Service at a land

8 border between a State (as that term is used in sec9 tion 13 of title 18, United States Code) and a for10 eign state.’’.

11 SEC. 3. REQUIRING NOTICE AT LAND BORDER PORTS OF

12 ENTRY REGARDING OPERATION OF A MOTOR

13 VEHICLE AND DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Immigration and Nationality

15 Act is amended by inserting after section 294 (8 U.S.C.

16 1363a) the following:

17 ‘‘NOTICE AT LAND BORDER PORTS OF ENTRY REGARDING

18 OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRUGS AND

19 ALCOHOL

20 ‘‘SEC. 295. At each point where motor vehicles regu21 larly enter a land border port of entry (as defined in sec22 tion 287(h)(3)), the Attorney General shall post a notice

23 that operation of a motor vehicle with a drug or alcohol

24 in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry

25 is an offense under Federal law.’’.
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The first section of the

2 Immigration and Nationality Act is amended in the table

3 of contents by inserting after the item relating to section

4 294 the following:

‘‘Sec. 295. Notice at land border ports of entry regarding operation of a motor

vehicle and drugs and alcohol.’’.

5 SEC. 4. IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLE FOR REFUSAL TO SUB6 MIT TO TEST FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL.

7 Not more than 180 days after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue regula9 tions authorizing an officer or employee of the Immigra10 tion and Naturalization Service to impound a vehicle oper11 ated at a land border port of entry, if—

12 (1) the individual who operates the vehicle re13 fuses to submit to a chemical or other test under

14 section 13(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code; and

15 (2) the impoundment is not inconsistent with

16 the laws of the State in which the port of entry is

17 located.
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1 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of

3 the enactment of this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives October 16,

2002.

Attest:

Clerk.