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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3675 

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 

JUNE 1, 2021 

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 2021’’. 

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

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

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of TransVerDate Sep 11 2014 17:14 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3675.IH H3675

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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) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years after the 

6 date on which a State receives a grant under the program 

7 established under subsection (a), the State shall submit 

8 to the Secretary an evaluation of the progress made to9 ward reducing drug-impaired driving within the State. 

10 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

11 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

12 $10,000,000 for each of the first 2 fiscal years beginning 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

14 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

15 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en16 tity’’ includes the following: 

17 (A) A State government agency. 

18 (B) A local government agency or political 

19 subdivision of a State. 

20 (C) An Indian Tribal Government. 

21 (D) A nonprofit organization. 

22 (E) A State or local prosecution office. 

23 (F) A State or local law enforcement agen24 cy. 


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

2 ‘‘drug-impaired driving’’ means driving under the in3 fluence of marijuana, opioids, cocaine, amphet4 amines, fentanyl, or phencyclidine. 

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

6 the meaning given such term in section 4008 of the 

7 FAST Act (Public Law 114–94). 

8 (4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

9 ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 

10 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev11 enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and is ex12 empt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

13 Code. 

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

15 the Secretary of Transportation. 

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

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

18 territory of the United States, and each federally 

19 recognized Indian Tribe. 

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