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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6704 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a competition to accel-
erate vehicle integration of passive, anti-drunk driving technology, with 
a cash prize awarded to an entity that demonstrates technology that 
is ready for integration into passenger motor vehicles, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2025 
Ms. GILLEN (for herself, Mr. LAWLER, and Mrs. DINGELL) 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 
competition to accelerate vehicle integration of passive, 
anti-drunk driving technology, with a cash prize awarded 
to an entity that demonstrates technology that is ready 
for integration into passenger motor vehicles, 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 ‘‘Drunk Driving Preven-
tion and Enforcement Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Alcohol-impaired driving is a leading cause 
of death and injury on our nation’s roadways, with 
more than 12,000 people killed every year and hun-
dreds of thousands seriously injured in drunk driv-
ing crashes annually. These deaths and injuries are 
100 percent preventable. 
(2) Congress has directed the integration of 
passive, advanced anti-drunk driving in-vehicle tech-
nology into all new passenger motor vehicles under 
Section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). 
(3) Accelerated deployment are needed to bring 
forward passive, consumer-ready vehicle-integrated 
technologies designed to prevent drunk driving. 
(4) Public-private innovation prize competitions 
have proven effective in spurring rapid advance-
ments and breakthroughs in science, engineering, 
safety and technology. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab-
lish a competitive prize award program to incentivize de-
ployment of effective, passive, anti-drunk driving tech-
nology that is consumer-ready for integration into pas-
senger motor vehicles. 
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIZE COMPETITION. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Transportation, 
acting through the Administrator of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration shall carry out a program 
on a competitive basis to award a cash prize that the Sec-
retary determines is appropriate to recognize outstanding 
achievement in the development of passive, advanced anti- 
drunk driving technology to— 
(1) implement the adoption of breath-based, 
touch-based, or other sensor technology to prevent 
drivers with a blood alcohol concentration at or 
above the legal limit from operating a vehicle; or 
(2) install consumer-ready, passive, advanced 
anti-drunk driving technologies in vehicles to elimi-
nate drunk driving. 
(b) COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS.—The program 
established under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) use a competitive process for the selection 
of a recipient of a cash prize; 
(2) include the widely advertised solicitation of 
submissions; 
(3) make available a prize purse of not less 
than $45,000,000 to be awarded to the winner of 
the competition who is able to demonstrate con-
sumer-ready, passive, advanced anti-drunk driving 
technology for vehicle integration; and 
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(4) be open to individuals, private sector enti-
ties, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, 
and consortia thereof. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—The 
program established under subsection (a) may be carried 
out in conjunction with, or in addition to, the exercise of 
any other authority of the Department of Transportation. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purposes of carrying out this Act, including the prize 
purse, administration, evaluation, and outreach, there is 
authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $50,000,000 
to remain available until expended, except that such 
amount may not be expended after the last day of fiscal 
year 2028. 
(e) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after 
a cash prize has been awarded under this section, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ap-
propriations and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee of Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate written notice of such award. 
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(2) CONTENTS.—Each notice submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of the technology devel-
opment for which the cash prize was awarded; 
(B) the outcomes and benefits that the 
competition winner anticipates generating; and 
(C) recommendations for further accel-
erating deployment of anti-drunk driving tech-
nology. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Committee of Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report that contains— 
(1) details on the results of the program; and 
(2) additional steps the Department can take to 
ensure vehicle integration continues at a rapid pace, 
including through implementation of section 24220 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub-
lic Law 117–58). 
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SEC. 4. NHTSA TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT CENTER 
OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a Traffic Safety Enforcement Center 
of Excellence within the Department of Transportation, 
to provide leadership and technical assistance to States 
and law enforcement agencies to maximize efficient and 
effective ways to conduct traffic safety enforcement of haz-
ardous driving behaviors with the goal to reduce fatalities 
and injuries on the roads of the United States. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Traffic Safety Enforcement Cen-
ter of Excellence established under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) serve as a central location within the De-
partment of Transportation for expertise in traffic 
safety enforcement; 
(2) provide State highway safety offices and law 
enforcement agencies across the country with cen-
tralized expertise, tools, and support; 
(3) promote evidence-based strategies on what 
works in hazardous driving behavior enforcement, 
including targeted, cost-effective drunk-driving pa-
trols, speed enforcement best practices, and coordi-
nated traffic safety campaigns proven to reduce 
roadway fatalities and injuries; 
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(4) establish best-practice protocols for enforce-
ment operations, with the goal of improving out-
comes based on data and research; 
(5) develop and deliver standardized training on 
the use of data for hot spot detection, drug-impaired 
driving enforcement strategies, speed management, 
and other risk mitigation of death and injury on 
public roads; 
(6) assist States and agencies in using real-time 
data systems to identify high-crash corridors and 
target enforcement resources in the most efficient 
ways; 
(7) help agencies assess current enforcement 
practices and identify gaps; 
(8) provide recommendations for hazardous 
driving behavior enforcement plans based on crash 
data and local context; 
(9) assist agencies in using limited resources 
more efficiently through data-driven deployment and 
risk-based enforcement; 
(10) help States fully leverage programs under 
sections 402 and 405 of title 23, United States 
Code, by providing technical assistance on program 
development and design and outcome measurement 
tools; 
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(11) launch model demonstration projects in 
States or cities to test new roadside technologies, 
data-driven deployment models, new enforcement 
strategies (such as those targeting drug-impaired 
driving), and share results nationally to help with 
the adoption of effective tools; 
(12) serve as a national convener for State 
highway safety offices, law enforcement agencies, 
traffic safety researchers, victims and survivors, and 
public health and traffic safety leaders; 
(13) collaborate with, and provide support on, 
traffic safety enforcement to all operating adminis-
trations of the Department of Transportation; and 
(14) have a workforce composed of Department 
of Transportation employees, including direct hires 
or detailees from operating administrations of the 
Department of Transportation, Department of Jus-
tice, and other Federal agencies. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Traffic Safety 
Enforcement Center of Excellence shall not supersede laws 
or regulations granting certification authorities to Oper-
ating Administrations of the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
(d) REPORT ON STAFFING NEEDS.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary shall report to the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Committee of Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate on staffing needs and 
the staffing plan for the Traffic Safety Enforcement Cen-
ter of Excellence. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $5,000,000 
for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter to 
carry out this section. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL DRUG INVOLVED CRASH DATA COLLEC-
TION SYSTEM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
track and analyze the role of drugs in serious injury and 
fatal traffic crashes, supporting enforcement, prevention, 
and research. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DRUG INVOLVED CRASH.—The term ‘‘drug 
involved crash’’ means a crash causing serious injury 
or death in which 1 or more drivers test positive for 
impairing substances other than alcohol. 
(2) IMPAIRING
SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘im-
pairing substance’’ means prescription, over-the- 
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counter, controlled, or illicit psychoactive drugs af-
fecting driving. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall estab-
lish a national drug involved crash data collection system 
to— 
(1) collect standardized toxicology data from 
States for fatal and serious injury crashes; 
(2) link crash data with medical, coroner, hos-
pital, and emergency medical services records; 
(3) provide model protocols for specimen collec-
tion, testing, and reporting; 
(4) operate sentinel sites in multiple States to 
pilot enhanced data collection; and 
(5) report annually to Congress and the public 
on trends, substance types, and geographic patterns. 
(d) STATE GRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator may 
award grants to States for toxicology labs, specimen 
collection, training, data systems, and data linkage. 
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(2) 
PRIORITIZATION.—In 
awarding 
grants 
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
prioritize States that contain high-fatality, rural, or 
underserved areas. 
(3) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—The Administrator 
may require a non-Federal match from a State to be 
eligible for a grant under this subsection unless the 
State demonstrates hardship. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE.— 
(1) MODEL PROTOCOLS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall publish the model protocols required 
under subsection (c)(3). 
(2) SENTINEL SITES.—The Administrator shall 
ensure that the sentinel sites required under sub-
section (c)(3) are operational not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) SUBMISSION OF DATA.—The Administrator 
shall ensure that the system established under this 
section has begun collecting standardized toxicology 
data from States for fatal and serious injury crashes 
beginning not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(f) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—Any data made avail-
able to the public pursuant to this section shall be 
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