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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1744

To authorize the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make loans to assist units of local government acquire

and maintain equipment for use in the enforcement of alcohol-related

traffic laws, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 20, 1993

Mr. MURTHA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To authorize the Administrator of the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration to make loans to assist

units of local government acquire and maintain equipment for use in the enforcement of alcohol-related traffic

laws, 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. LOANS FOR EQUIPMENT USED TO ENFORCE

4 ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC LAWS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Alcohol-Related

6 Traffic Laws Enforcement Fund, established under sec7 tion 2, shall be available, as provided in appropriations
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1 Acts, to the Administrator of the National Highway Traf2 fic Safety Administration (in this section referred to as

3 the ‘‘Administrator’’) for making loans to units of local

4 government in accordance with this section.

5 (b) USE OF LOANS.—A loan made to a unit of local

6 government under subsection (a) may only be used by the

7 unit for the following purposes:

8 (1) EQUIPMENT.—Subject to subsection (e), for

9 acquiring and maintaining equipment (including

10 breath testing devices and video surveillance cam11 eras) for use in the enforcement of alcohol-related

12 traffic laws.

13 (2) TRAINING.—For training personnel of the

14 unit in the use of equipment described in paragraph

15 (1).

16 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A loan made to a unit

17 of local government under subsection (a) shall be subject

18 to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may

19 require. Such terms and conditions shall at a minimum

20 include the following:

21 (1) TERM.—The term of the loan shall not ex22 ceed 5 years; except that, upon the request of the

23 unit, the Administrator may extend the term of the

24 loan for a period of not to exceed 2 years, if the Ad-
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1 ministrator determines that such an extension is

2 necessary.

3 (2) INTEREST.—The loan shall bear interest at

4 an annual rate of not to exceed 4 percent.

5 (3) PAYMENTS.—Payments on the loan shall be

6 made on a quarterly basis.

7 (d) DEPOSIT OF REPAYMENTS.—Repayments on

8 loans made under subsection (a) shall be deposited into

9 the general fund of the Treasury.

10 (e) APPROVAL OF EQUIPMENT.—All equipment de11 scribed in subsection (b)(1) shall be approved by Adminis12 trator and the Governor of the State of which the unit

13 is a part before being acquired by a unit of local govern14 ment using amounts of a loan made under subsection (a).

15 (f) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—For

16 the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘unit of local gov17 ernment’’ means a city, county, town, township, parish,

18 village, or other political subdivision of a State.

19 SEC. 2. ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC LAWS ENFORCEMENT

20 FUND.

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the

22 Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the

23 ‘‘Alcohol-Related Traffic Laws Enforcement Fund’’ (in

24 this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting of
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1 amounts appropriated to the Fund and amounts trans2 ferred or credited to the Fund as provided in this section.

3 (b) TRANSFERS TO THE FUND.—

4 (1) AMOUNTS.—There shall be transferred to

5 the Fund amounts equivalent to amounts received in

6 the general fund of the Treasury as repayments on

7 loans made under section 1.

8 (2) QUARTERLY TRANSFERS.—Amounts re9 quired to be transferred under paragraph (1) shall

10 be transferred at least quarterly from the general

11 fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of es12 timates of such amounts made by the Secretary of

13 the Treasury. Adjustments shall be made in

14 amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior

15 estimates were more or less than the amounts re16 quired to be transferred.

17 (c) MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas19 ury shall invest such portion of the Fund as is not,

20 in the Secretary’s judgment (after consultation with

21 the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic

22 Safety Administration) required to meet current

23 withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in

24 interest-bearing obligations of the United States and

25 may be acquired on original issue at the issue price
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1 or by purchase of outstanding obligations at the

2 market price.

3 (2) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation ac4 quired by the Fund may be sold by the Secretary at

5 the market price.

6 (3) INTEREST ON CERTAIN PROCEEDS.—The

7 interest on, and proceeds from the sale or redemp8 tion of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be

9 credited to and form part of the Fund.

10 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

11 authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $20,000,000

12 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

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