I 
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 fol-
lowing 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug-Impaired Driving 
Education Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING EDUCATION GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
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portation shall establish a program to provide grants on 
a competitive basis to States to educate the public on the 
dangers of drug-impaired driving. 
(b) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—To be eligible for a 
grant provided under this Act, a State shall submit to the 
Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
(c) USE OF GRANT THROUGH COVERED ENTITY.— 
A State that receives a grant under the program estab-
lished under subsection (a) may use such grant to provide 
funds to a covered entity that will educate the public on 
the dangers of drug-impaired driving. 
(d) BEST AVAILABLE EVIDENCE.—A State that re-
ceives a grant provided under this Act, or an entity using 
funds provided by a State that received such grant, to edu-
cate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving 
shall— 
(1) use evidence and strategies recommended by 
the Congressional Research Service publication titled 
‘‘Marijuana Use and Highway Safety’’, published in 
May, 2019; 
(2) use evidence and strategies recommended by 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
publication titled ‘‘Countermeasures That Work: A 
Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide For State 
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Highway Safety Offices, Ninth Edition, 2017’’, pub-
lished in April, 2018; or 
(3) use other evidence-based, peer-reviewed 
strategies as determined by the Secretary. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$5,000,000 for each of the first 2 fiscal years beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ includes the following: 
(A) A State government agency. 
(B) A local government agency or political 
subdivision of a State. 
(C) An Indian Tribal Government. 
(D) A nonprofit organization. 
(E) A State or local prosecution office. 
(F) A State or local law enforcement agen-
cy. 
(2) 
DRUG-IMPAIRED
DRIVING.—The 
term 
‘‘drug-impaired driving’’ means driving under the in-
fluence of marijuana, opioids, or other substances, 
which may impair driving, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
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(3) MARIJUANA.—The term ‘‘marijuana’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 4008 of the 
FAST Act (Public Law 114–94). 
(4) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and is ex-
empt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, each 
territory of the United States, and each federally 
recognized Indian Tribe. 
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