IA
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 247
Designating the month of December 1993 as ‘‘National Drunk and Drugged
Driving Prevention Month’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 3, 1993
Mr. MINETA (for himself, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. PETRI, Mr. OBER-
STAR, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. BORSKI, Mr.
VALENTINE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. WISE, Mr. TRAFICANT,
Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HAYES, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. EMERSON, Mr.
COSTELLO, Mr. PARKER, Mr. SANGMEISTER, Mr. SWETT, Mr. DUNCAN,
Mr. CRAMER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Ms.
BYRNE, Ms. DUNN, Ms. DANNER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. HUTCHINSON,
Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. LEVY, Mr. DEAL, Mr. BARCIA
of Michigan, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. HAMBURG, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. QUINN, Ms.
EDDIE
BERNICE
JOHNSON
of Texas, Mr. GOODLING, and Mrs.
MORELLA) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
JOINT RESOLUTION
Designating the month of December 1993 as ‘‘National
Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month’’.
Whereas impaired driving is the most frequently committed
violent crime in the United States;
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Whereas last year 45 percent of those who died on our Na-
tion’s highways were the result of motor vehicle crashes
involving alcohol;
Whereas last year nearly 18,000 people were killed and
1,200,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving
alcohol;
Whereas impaired driving continues to cost society some
$46,000,000,000 each year in direct costs;
Whereas medical costs associated with impaired driving are
approximately $5,500,000,000 a year;
Whereas injury and property damage resulting from impaired
driving cause physical, emotional, and economic hardship
for hundreds of thousands of adults and young people;
Whereas the ongoing work of citizen activists groups, such as
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Students
Against Driving Drunk (SADD), Remove Intoxicated
Drivers (RID), and the National Commission Against
Drunk Driving, continue to promote good prevention ef-
forts which have contributed to a 30 percent reduction in
alcohol-related traffic deaths over the past decade;
Whereas a decade of intense public education effort has
proved that alcohol-related highway crashes are not acci-
dents and can be prevented;
Whereas comprehensive community-based strategies to fur-
ther reduce and prevent impaired driving tragedies are
known to be effective;
Whereas an increased public awareness of the gravity of the
problem of drunk and drugged driving may help to sus-
tain current efforts to develop comprehensive solutions at
the State and local levels;
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Whereas more than 20 public and private sector organiza-
tions have joined together to carry out a nationwide pub-
lic information, education, and enforcement campaign
during the December holiday season;
Whereas the Secretary of Transportation has set a goal to re-
duce alcohol-related fatalities by 43 percent by the year
1997 and MADD has set a goal to reduce alcohol-related
traffic fatalities by 40 percent by the year 2000;
Whereas the Secretary of Health and Human Services has
set a goal for all 50 States to prohibit by the year 2000
any allowable blood-alcohol concentration tolerance level
for drivers younger than age 21; and
Whereas, since December is a month of many holidays and
celebrations, with more drivers on the roads and an in-
creased number of social functions, it is a particularly ap-
propriate time to focus national attention on this critical
problem: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the month of December 1993 is designated as ‘‘Na-
tional Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month’’,
and the President is authorized and requested to issue a
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States
to observe that month with appropriate activities.
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