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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1595
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a national standard
to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by individuals under the
influence of alcohol.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 1999
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. WOLF, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. TOWNS,
Mr. CASTLE, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ROTH-
MAN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LAFALCE, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.
CAPUANO, Mr. FORBES, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mrs. CAPPS)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a
national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehi-
cles by individuals under the influence of alcohol.
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 ‘‘Safe and Sober Streets
Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STANDARD TO PROHIBIT OPERATION OF
MOTOR VEHICLES BY INDIVIDUALS UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘§ 165. National standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by individuals under the
influence of alcohol
‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR NON-
COMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2003.—The Secretary shall
withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be ap-
portioned to any State under each of paragraphs
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1,
2002, if the State does not meet the requirements
of paragraph (3) on such date.
‘‘(2) THEREAFTER.—The Secretary shall with-
hold 10 percent (including any amounts withheld
under paragraph (1)) of the amount required to be
apportioned to any State under each of paragraphs
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1,
2003, and on October 1 of each fiscal year there-
after, if the State does not meet the requirements of
paragraph (3) on such date.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A State meets the re-
quirements of this paragraph if the State has en-
acted and is enforcing a law providing that an indi-
vidual who has a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08
percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle in
the State is guilty of driving while intoxicated (or an
equivalent offense under the law of the State for op-
erating a motor vehicle after having consumed alco-
hol).
‘‘(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; EFFECT OF COMPLI-
ANCE AND NONCOMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD
FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) FUNDS WITHHELD ON OR BEFORE
SEPTEMBER
30, 
2004.—Any funds withheld
under subsection (a) from apportionment to any
State on or before September 30, 2004, shall
remain available until the end of the third fiscal
year following the fiscal year for which such
funds are authorized to be appropriated.
‘‘(B) FUNDS
WITHHELD
AFTER
SEP-
TEMBER
30, 2004.—No funds withheld under
this section from apportionment to any State
after September 30, 2004, shall be available for
apportionment to such State.
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT
OF
WITHHELD
FUNDS
AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the
period for which funds withheld under subsection (a)
from apportionment are to remain available for ap-
portionment to a State under paragraph (1)(A), the
State meets the requirement of subsection (a)(3),
the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the
State meets such requirement, apportion to the
State the funds withheld under subsection (a) that
remain available for apportionment to the State.
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF
SUBSE-
QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Any funds appor-
tioned pursuant to paragraph (2) shall remain avail-
able for expenditure until the end of the third fiscal
year following the fiscal year in which such funds
are so apportioned.
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—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), the
State does not meet the requirement of subsection
(a)(3), such funds shall lapse.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such
subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘165. National standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by individ-
uals under the influence of alcohol.’’.
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