accommodate an applicable statutory obligation limitation
for that fiscal year.
‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR BASIC GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, a
State is eligible for a basic grant if such State—
‘‘(A) establishes and maintains a grad-
uated licensing program for drivers under 18
years of age that meets the requirements of
paragraph (2); and
‘‘(B)(i) in the first year of receiving grants
under this section, meets 3 of the eight criteria
specified in paragraph (3);
‘‘(ii) in the second year of receiving such
grants, meets 4 of such criteria;
‘‘(iii) in the third year of receiving such
grants, meets 5 of such criteria;
‘‘(iv) in the fourth year of receiving such
grants, meets 6 of such criteria; and
‘‘(v) in the fifth year of receiving such
grants, meets 6 of such criteria.
‘‘(2) GRADUATED LICENSING PROGRAM.—(A) A
State receiving a grant under this section shall es-
tablish and maintain a graduated licensing program
consisting of the following licensing stages for any
driver under 18 years of age:
‘‘(i) An instructional license, valid for a
minimum period determined by the Secretary,
under which the licensee shall not operate a
motor vehicle unless accompanied in the front
passenger seat by the holder of a full driver’s
license.
‘‘(ii) A provisional drivers’ license which
shall not be issued unless the driver has passed
a written examination on traffic safety and has
passed a roadtest administered by the driver li-
censing agency of the State.
‘‘(iii) A full driver’s license which shall not
be issued until the driver has held a provisional
license for at least 1 year with a clean driving
record.
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii),
subsection (f)(1), and subsection (f)(6)(B), a provi-
sional licensee has a clean driving record if the li-
censee—
‘‘(i) has not been found, by civil or crimi-
nal process, to have committed a moving traffic
violation during the applicable period;
‘‘(ii) has not been assessed points against
the license because of safety violations during
such period; and
‘‘(iii) has satisfied such other requirements
as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall determine the condi-
tions under which a State shall suspend provisional
driver’s licenses in order to be eligible for a basic
grant. At a minimum, the holder of a provisional li-
cense shall be subject to driver control actions that
are stricter than those applicable to the holder of a
full driver’s license, including warning letters and
suspension at a lower point threshold.
‘‘(D) For a State’s first 2 years of receiving a
grant under this section, the Secretary may waive
the clean driving record requirement subparagraph
(A)(iii) if the State submits satisfactory evidence of
its efforts to establish such a requirement.
‘‘(3) CRITERIA FOR BASIC GRANT.—The 8 cri-
teria referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are as follows:
‘‘(A) The State requires that any driver
under 21 years of age with a blood alcohol con-
centration of 0.02 percent or greater when driv-
ing a motor vehicle shall be deemed to be driv-
ing while intoxicated for the purpose of (i) ad-
ministrative or judicial sanctions, or (ii) a law
or regulation that prohibits any individual
under 21 years of age with a blood alcohol con-
centration of 0.02 percent or greater from driv-
ing a motor vehicle.
‘‘(B) The State has a law or regulation
that provides a mandatory minimum penalty of
at least $500 for anyone who in violation of
State law or regulation knowingly, or without
checking for proper identification, provides or
sells alcohol to any individual under age 21
years of age.
‘‘(C) The State requires that all front seat
and rear seat occupants of any motor vehicle
shall use safety belts.
‘‘(D) The State requires that the license of
a driver under 21 years of age be suspended for
a period specified by the State if such driver is
convicted of the unlawful purchase or public
possession of alcohol. The period of suspension
shall be at least 6 months for a first conviction
and at least 12 months for a subsequent convic-
tion; except that specific license restrictions
may be imposed as an alternative to such mini-
mum periods of suspension where necessary to
avoid undue hardship on any individual.
‘‘(E) The State conducts traffic safety en-
forcement activities, and education and training
programs—
‘‘(i) with the participation of judges
and prosecutors, that are designed to en-
sure enforcement of traffic safety laws and
regulations, including those that prohibit
drivers under 21 years of age from driving
while intoxicated, restrict the unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle, and establish other
moving violations; and
‘‘(ii) with the participation of student
and youth groups, that are designed to en-
sure compliance with such traffic safety
laws and regulations.
‘‘(F) The State is a member of, and sub-
stantially complies with, the interstate agree-
ment known as the Driver License Compact,
promptly and reliably transmits and receives
through electronic means interstate driver
record information (including information on
commercial drivers) in cooperation with the
Secretary and other States, and develops and
achieves demonstrable annual progress in imple-
menting a plan to ensure that (i) each court of
the State report expeditiously to the State driv-
er licensing agency all traffic safety convictions,
license suspensions, license revocations, or other
license restrictions, and driver improvement ef-
forts sanctioned or ordered by the court, and
(ii) such records be available electronically to
appropriate government officials (including en-
forcement, officers, judges, and prosecutors)
upon request at all times.
‘‘(G) The State prohibits the possession of
any open alcoholic beverage container, or the
consumption of any alcoholic beverage, in the
passenger area of any motor vehicle located on
a public highway or the right-of-way of a public
highway; except as allowed in the passenger
area, by persons (other than the driver), of a
motor vehicle designed to transport more than
10 passengers (including the driver) while being
used to provide charter transportation of pas-
sengers.
‘‘(H) The State has a law or regulation
that provides a minimum penalty of at least
$100 for anyone who in violation of State law
or regulation drives any vehicle through,
around, or under any crossing, gate, or barrier
try on the effect of traffic safety convictions and at-
fault accidents on insurance rates for young drivers.
‘‘(3) READILY DISTINGUISHABLE LICENSES FOR
YOUNG DRIVERS.—For purposes of this section, a
State is eligible for a supplemental grant for a fiscal
year in an amount, subject to subsection (c), not to
exceed 5 percent of the amount apportioned to such
State for fiscal year 1989 under section 402 of this
title if such State is eligible for a basic grant and
in addition such State—
‘‘(A) requires that the provisional driver’s
license, or full driver’s license, of any driver
under 21 years of age be readily distinguishable
from the licenses of drivers who are 21 years of
age or older, through the use of special back-
ground, marking, profile, or any other features,
consistent with any guidelines developed by the
Secretary in cooperation with the American As-
sociation of Motor Vehicle Administrators; and
‘‘(B) employs the Social Security number
as a common identifier on every driver’s license
so as to facilitate the transfer of traffic records
among States.
‘‘(4) DRIVER
TRAINING
PREREQUISITE.—For
purposes of this section, a State is eligible for a sup-
plemental grant in an amount, subject to subsection
(c), not to exceed 5 percent of the amount appor-
tioned to such State for fiscal year 1989 under sec-
tion 402 of this title if such State is eligible for a
basic grant and in addition such State requires that
a provisional driver’s license may be issued only to
a driver who has satisfactorily completed a State-ac-
cepted driver education and training program that
meets Department of Transportation guidelines and
includes information on the interaction of alcohol
and controlled substances and the effect of such
interaction on driver performance, and information
on the importance of motorcycle helmet use and
safety belt use.
‘‘(5) REMEDIAL DRIVER EDUCATION.—For pur-
poses of this section, a State is eligible for a supple-
mental grant for a fiscal year in an amount, subject
to subsection (c), not to exceed 5 percent of the
amount apportioned to such State for fiscal year
1989 under section 402 of this title if such State is
eligible for a basic grant and in addition such State
requires, at a lower point threshold than for other
drivers, remedial driver improvement instruction for
drivers under 21 years of age and requires such re-
medial instruction for any driver under 21 years of
age who is convicted of reckless driving, driving
under the influence of alcohol, or driving while
intoxicated.
‘‘(6) PROVISIONAL
LICENSE
REQUIREMENT
AFTER LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.—For
purposes of this section, a State is eligible for a sup-
plemental grant for a fiscal year in an amount, sub-
ject to subsection (c), not to exceed 5 percent of the
amount apportioned to such State for fiscal year
1989 under section 402 of this title if such State is
eligible for a basic grant and in addition such State
requires that any driver whose driving privilege is
restored after license suspension or revocation re-
sulting from a traffic safety violation shall for at
least 1 year be subject to the following:
‘‘(A) The restored license shall be imme-
diately suspended, for a period to be determined
by the Secretary, upon the driver’s conviction of
any moving traffic safety violation, except that
the Secretary may by regulation define limited
circumstances under which the State may waive
this immediate suspension requirement.
‘‘(B) A full driver’s license shall be issued
only after the driver has held a provisional li-
cense for at least 1 year with a clean driving
record, as described in subsection (e)(2)(B).
‘‘(C) The driver shall be—
‘‘(i) deemed to be driving while intoxi-
cated if the driver has a blood alcohol con-
centration of .02 percent or greater; or
‘‘(ii) prohibited from operating a
motor vehicle with such a blood alcohol
concentration.
‘‘(7) RECORD OF SERIOUS CONVICTIONS; HA-
BITUAL
OR
REPEAT
OFFENDER
SANCTIONS.—For
purposes of this section, a State is eligible for a sup-
plemental grant for a fiscal year in an amount, sub-
ject to subsection (c), not to exceed 5 percent of the
amount apportioned to such State for fiscal year
1989 under section 402 of this title if such State is
eligible for a basic grant and in addition such
State—
‘‘(A) requires that a notation of any seri-
ous traffic safety conviction of a driver be main-
tained on the driver’s permanent traffic record
for at least 10 years after the date of the con-
viction; and
‘‘(B) provides additional sanctions for any
driver who, following conviction of a serious
traffic safety violation, is convicted during the
next 10 years of one or more subsequent seri-
ous traffic safety violations.
‘‘(8) OVERSIGHT OF ALCOHOL SALES TO UN-
DERAGE DRINKERS.—For purposes of this section, a
State is eligible for a supplemental grant for a fiscal
year in an amount, subject to subsection (c), not to
exceed 5 percent of the amount appropriated to such
State for fiscal year 1989 under section 402 of this
title if such State is eligible for a basic grant and
in addition such State exercises effective oversight of
colleges and universities that provide or allow the
selling of alcohol to underage drinkers as defined by
State law or regulation.
‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, all provisions of chapter 1
of this title that are applicable to National Highway
System funds, other than provisions relating to the
apportionment formula and provisions limiting the
expenditure of such funds to the Federal-aid sys-
tems, shall apply to the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section.
‘‘(2) INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS.—If the Sec-
retary determines that a provision of chapter 1 of
this title is inconsistent with this section, such provi-
sion shall not apply to funds authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section.
‘‘(3) CREDIT FOR STATE AND LOCAL EXPENDI-
TURES.—The aggregate of all expenditures made
during any fiscal year by a State and its political
subdivisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for carrying
out the State highway safety program (other than
planning and administration) shall be available for
the purpose of crediting such State during such fis-
cal year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any
project under this section (other than one for plan-
ning or administration) without regard to whether
such expenditures were actually made in connection
with such project.
‘‘(4) INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR CERTAIN
INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS.—In the case of a local
highway safety program carried out by an Indian
tribe, if the Secretary is satisfied that an Indian
tribe does not have sufficient funds available to meet
the non-Federal share of the cost of such program,
the Secretary may increase the Federal share of the
cost thereof payable under this title to the extent
necessary.
SEC. 102. PROGRAM EVALUATION.
(a) EVALUATION
BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary
shall, under section 403 of title 23, United States Code,
conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of State provi-
sional driver’s licensing programs and the grant program
authorized by section 411 of title 23, United States Code
(as added by section 101 of this Act).
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—By January 1, 1999,
the Secretary shall transmit a report on the results of the
evaluation conducted under subsection (a) and any related
research to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives. The report shall include any related rec-
ommendations by the Secretary for legislative changes.
TITLE II—HIGH RISK DRIVERS
SEC. 201. STUDY ON WAYS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC RECORDS
OF ALL HIGH RISK DRIVERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete
a study to determine whether additional or strengthened
Federal activities, authority, or regulatory actions are de-
sirable or necessary to improve or strengthen the driver
record and control systems of the States to identify high
risk drivers more rapidly and ensure prompt intervention
in the licensing of high risk drivers. The study, which shall
be based in part on analysis obtained from a request for
information published in the Federal Register, shall con-
sider steps necessary to ensure that State traffic record
systems are unambiguous, accurate, current, accessible,
complete, and (to the extent useful) uniform among the
States.
(b) SPECIFIC MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.—Such
study shall at a minimum consider—
(1) whether specific legislative action is nec-
essary to improve State traffic record systems;
(2) the feasibility and practicality of further en-
couraging and establishing a uniform traffic ticket
citation and control system;
(3) the need for a uniform driver violation point
system to be adopted by the States;
(4) the need for all the States to participate in
the Driver License Reciprocity Program conducted
by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Ad-
ministrators;
(5) ways to encourage the States to cross-ref-
erence driver license files and motor vehicle files to
facilitate the identification of individuals who may
not be in compliance with driver licensing laws; and
(6) the feasibility of establishing a national pro-
gram that would limit each driver to one driver’s li-
cense from only one State at any time.
(c) EVALUATION OF NATIONAL INFORMATION SYS-
TEMS.—As part of the study required by this section, the
Secretary shall consider and evaluate the future of the na-
tional information systems that support driver licensing.
In particular, the Secretary shall examine whether the
Commercial Driver’s License Information System, the Na-
tional Driver Register, and the Driver License Reciprocity
program should be more closely linked or continue to exist
as separate information systems and which entities are
best suited to operate such systems effectively at the least
cost. The Secretary shall cooperate with the American As-
sociation of Motor Vehicle Administrators in carrying out
this evaluation.
SEC. 202. STATE PROGRAMS FOR HIGH RISK DRIVERS.
The Secretary shall encourage and promote State
driver evaluation, assistance, or control programs for high
risk drivers. These programs may include in-person license
reexaminations, driver education or training courses, li-
cense restrictions or suspensions, and other actions de-
signed to improve the operating performance of high risk
drivers.
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