I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2788 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a national standard 
to prevent driving while intoxicated by requiring ignition interlocks for 
DWI offenders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mr. MANN (for himself, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. 
RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a 
national standard to prevent driving while intoxicated 
by requiring ignition interlocks for DWI offenders, 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 ‘‘End Driving While 
Intoxicated Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘End DWI Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) According to Mothers Against Drunk Driv-
ing, there has been a historic increase in alcohol-im-
paired driving fatalities since 2019 resulting in one 
person dying in a driving while intoxicated crash in 
the United States every 39 minutes. 
(2) According to the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, between 2020 and 2021, 
driving while intoxicated deaths increased 14 percent 
and 13,384 people were killed, a level not seen since 
2006. 
(3) Studies show that ignition interlocks reduce 
recidivism, by up to 70 percent, among first-time, 
repeat and high-risk driving while intoxicated offend-
ers while they are installed. 
(4) Ignition interlocks are required for people 
who have been convicted for driving while intoxicated 
in 31 States and the District of Columbia, according 
to the National Conference of State Legislators. 
(5) The rise in polysubstance impaired driving 
significantly increases the crash risk on our nation’s 
roads. 
(6) One 2018 study from Washington State re-
vealed that polysubstance impairment was the most 
common type of impairment found among drivers in-
volved in fatal crashes between 2008 and 2016 and 
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among drivers involved in fatal crashes during this 
timeframe, 44 percent tested positive for 2 or more 
substances with alcohol and THC being the most 
common combination. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL STANDARD FOR IGNITION INTERLOCKS 
FOR DWI OFFENDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 180. National standard for ignition interlocks for 
DWI offenders 
‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR NON- 
COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2027.—The Secretary shall 
withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be ap-
portioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of section 104(b) on October 1, 2026, if the 
State does not meet the requirements of paragraph 
(3) on such date. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL
YEARS.—The Sec-
retary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount re-
quired to be apportioned to any State under each of 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) on October 
1, 2027, and on October 1 of each fiscal year there-
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after, if the State does not meet the requirements of 
paragraph (3) on such date. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State meets the re-
quirements of this paragraph if the State has 
enacted and is enforcing a law mandating a re-
striction on driving privileges for a driving while 
intoxicated offender that limits the individual to 
operating only motor vehicles with an ignition 
interlock device installed, unless a special excep-
tion applies (as determined by the respective 
State), for a minimum period of 180 days and 
remain without a violation for a minimum pe-
riod (as determined by the respective State) 
that precedes the date of the removal of the re-
striction. 
‘‘(B) INTERLOCK PERIOD.—The interlock 
period described in subparagraph (A) may be 
served by the individual during an administra-
tive license suspension period, post-conviction, 
or a combination of both, as determined by the 
respective State. 
‘‘(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; EFFECT OF COMPLI-
ANCE AND NON-COMPLIANCE.— 
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‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF
SUBSE-
QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any funds appor-
tioned under paragraph (2) shall remain avail-
able for obligation until the end of the third fis-
cal year following the fiscal year in which the 
funds are so apportioned. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.— 
Sums not obligated at the end of the period re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall lapse. 
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE.—If, at the 
end of the period for which funds withheld under 
subsection (a) from apportionment are available for 
apportionment to a State under paragraph (1)(A) of 
this subsection, the State does not meet the require-
ments of subsection (a)(3), the funds shall lapse. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.—The term 
‘driving while intoxicated’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 164 and section 405. 
‘‘(2) IGNITION INTERLOCK.—The term ‘ignition 
interlock’ has the meaning given the term ‘ignition 
interlock system’ in section 1275.3 of title 23, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
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‘‘(3) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor vehi-
cle’ has the meaning given such term in section 
32101 of title 49. 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL EXCEPTION.—The term ‘special 
exception’ has the meaning defined by a State in law 
or regulation with respect to an ignition interlock 
device that may include that the individual is re-
quired to operate an employer’s motor vehicle in the 
course and scope of employment and the business 
entity that owns the vehicle is not owned by the indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(5) VIOLATION.—The term ‘violation’ has the 
meaning defined by a State in law or regulation with 
respect to an ignition interlock device that may in-
clude failing a breath test, failing to take or pass a 
re-test, circumventing an ignition interlock, tam-
pering with an ignition interlock, or a combinations 
of the actions described in this paragraph.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 179 the following: 
‘‘180. National standard for ignition interlocks for DWI offenders.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) MINIMUM
PENALTIES
FOR
REPEAT
OF-
FENDERS.—Section 164(a)(6) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or controlled’’. 
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(2) NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS.— 
Section 405(d)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking 
‘‘registered, owned, or leased for operation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘operated’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (F)(i) by striking ‘‘or 
controlled’’. 
Æ 
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