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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3011 
To improve the safety of individuals by taking measures to end drunk driving. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2019 
Miss RICE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve the safety of individuals by taking measures 
to end drunk 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 ‘‘End Drunk Driving 
Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities represent 
approximately one-third of all highway fatalities in 
the United States in a given year. 
(2) First offenders are responsible for approxi-
mately two-thirds of drunk driving arrests and one- 
third are from repeat offenders. 
(3) In 2017, there were 10,874 alcohol-im-
paired driving fatalities in the United States. 
(4) The National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration has partnered with automobile manu-
facturers to develop alcohol detection technologies 
that may be installed in vehicles to prevent drunk 
driving. 
(5) 
An 
estimated 
59,000 
lives 
and 
$343,000,000,000 may be saved over a 15-year pe-
riod by the widespread installation of alcohol detec-
tion technologies in motor vehicles. 
SEC. 3. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO END DRUNK DRIVING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
a final rule prescribing or amending a Federal motor vehi-
cle safety standard that would prevent operation of a 
motor vehicle when the operator is under the influence of 
alcohol. The standard shall— 
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(1) prevent the operation of the motor vehicle 
if the operator’s blood alcohol content is above the 
legal limit; and 
(2) require such technology to be— 
(A) reliable and accurate; 
(B) set at the legal limit; 
(C) unobtrusive and fast; 
(D) tamper-proof/circumvention-resistant; 
(E) functionary in extreme environments 
(both hot and cold); and 
(F) easily maintained. 
SEC. 4. 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 
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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; 
or 
‘‘(B) 0.08 percent. 
‘‘(3) IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE.—The term 
‘ignition interlock device’ means an in-vehicle device 
that— 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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.— 
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2022.—On October 1, 2021, 
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) of 
this section. 
‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2023.—On October 1, 2022, 
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) of 
this section. 
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‘‘(3) FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND THEREAFTER.—On 
October 1, 2023, 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) of this section. 
‘‘(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 
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) 
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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 
apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 
State does not meet the requirements of subsection 
(b), the funds shall lapse.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving.’’. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED
DRIVING.—The term 
‘‘alcohol-impaired driving’’ means operation of a 
motor vehicle (as defined in section 30102(a)(6) of 
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title 49, United States Code) by an individual whose 
blood alcohol content is at or above the legal limit. 
(2) LEGAL
LIMIT.—The term ‘‘legal limit’’ 
means a blood alcohol concentration of— 
(A) 0.08 percent or greater (as specified in 
section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code); 
or 
(B) such other percentage limitation as 
may be established by applicable Federal, State, 
or local law. 
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