I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3501 
To amend chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, to condition the receipt 
of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and enforcement 
by States of certain laws to prevent repeat intoxicated driving. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, to 
condition the receipt of certain highway funding by 
States on the enactment and enforcement by States of 
certain laws to prevent repeat intoxicated driving. 
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 ‘‘Alisa’s Law of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PRE-
VENT REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent re-
peat intoxicated driving 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ALCOHOL
CONCENTRATION.—The term 
‘alcohol concentration’ means grams of alcohol per 
100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 
liters of breath. 
‘‘(2) DRIVING
WHILE
INTOXICATED; DRIVING 
UNDER THE INFLUENCE.—The terms ‘driving while 
intoxicated’ and ‘driving under the influence’ mean 
driving or being in actual physical control of a motor 
vehicle in a State while having a blood alcohol con-
centration that is greater than or equal to the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(A) the blood alcohol concentration limit 
of the State in which the individual is driving; 
and 
‘‘(B) 0.08 percent. 
‘‘(3) IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE.—The term 
‘ignition interlock device’ means an in-vehicle device 
that— 
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‘‘(A) requires a driver to provide a breath 
sample prior to the motor vehicle starting; and 
‘‘(B) prevents a motor vehicle from start-
ing if the alcohol concentration of the driver is 
above the legal limit. 
‘‘(4) MOTOR VEHICLE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘motor vehi-
cle’ means a vehicle driven or drawn by me-
chanical power and manufactured primarily for 
use on public highways. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘motor vehi-
cle’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail 
line; or 
‘‘(ii) a commercial vehicle. 
‘‘(b) LAWS REQUIRING IGNITION INTERLOCK DE-
VICES.—A State meets the requirements of this subsection 
if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law that re-
quires throughout the State the installation of an ignition 
interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor 
vehicle operated by an individual who is convicted of driv-
ing while intoxicated or driving under the influence. 
‘‘(c) WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS
FOR NONCOMPLI-
ANCE.— 
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‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—On October 1, 2016, 
the Secretary shall withhold 1 percent of the amount 
required to be apportioned to a State under each of 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State 
does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2018.—On October 1, 2017, 
the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount 
required to be apportioned to a State under each of 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State 
does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THEREAFTER.—On 
October 1, 2018, and on October 1 of each fiscal 
year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 5 per-
cent of the amount required to be apportioned to a 
State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec-
tion 104(b) if the State does not meet the require-
ments of subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF
WITHHELD 
FUNDS; EFFECT
OF COMPLIANCE
AND NONCOMPLI-
ANCE.— 
‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD 
FUNDS.—Any funds withheld under subsection (c) 
from apportionment to a State shall remain available 
for apportionment to the State until the end of the 
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third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 
the funds are authorized to be appropriated. 
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT
OF
WITHHELD
FUNDS 
AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the 
period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) 
from apportionment are to remain available for ap-
portionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 
State meets the requirements of subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State 
meets the requirements of subsection (b), apportion 
to the State the funds withheld under subsection (c) 
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)— 
‘‘(A) shall remain available for expenditure 
until the end of the third fiscal year following 
the fiscal year in which the funds are so appor-
tioned; and 
‘‘(B) if not apportioned at the end of that 
period, shall lapse. 
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the 
end of the period for which funds withheld under 
subsection (c) from apportionment are available for 
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