registration of a motor vehicle based on 
the failure to pay civil or criminal fines or 
fees. 
‘‘(C) CRITERIA.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants under this section to eligible 
States that submit a plan to reinstate driver’s 
licenses previously suspended for unpaid fines 
and fees— 
‘‘(i) to maximize the number of indi-
viduals with suspended driver’s licenses eli-
gible to have driving privileges reinstated 
or regained; 
‘‘(ii) to provide assistance to individ-
uals living in areas where public transpor-
tation options are limited; and 
‘‘(iii) to ease the burden on States 
where the State or local law described in 
subparagraph (B) was in effect during the 
3-year period ending on the date on which 
a State applies for a grant under this 
paragraph in accordance with section 502. 
‘‘(D) 
AMOUNT.—Each 
grant 
awarded 
under this paragraph shall be not greater than 
5 percent of the amount allocated to the State 
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in accordance with the formula established 
under section 505. 
‘‘(E) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which a grant is made to a 
State under this paragraph, the State shall sub-
mit to the Attorney General a report that de-
scribes the program implemented under sub-
paragraph (A), including with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the population served by the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(ii) the number of driver’s licenses 
reinstated under the program; and 
‘‘(iii) all costs to the State of the pro-
gram, including how the grants under this 
paragraph were spent to defray such 
costs.’’; and 
(2) in section 508— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
In General.—There’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) DRIVER’S
LICENSE
REINSTATEMENT
PRO-
GRAMS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out section 501(a)(3) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 159 of title 23, 
United States Code, is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 159. 
SEC. 4. GAO STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study of the implementation of the 
grant program in paragraph (3) of section 501(a) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10152(a)), as added by section 3(a) of this Act, 
that— 
(1) includes what is known about the effect of 
repealing State laws, in selected States, that had 
permitted the suspension or revocation of, or refusal 
to renew, driver’s licenses or the registration of a 
motor vehicle based on the failure to pay civil or 
criminal fines or fees, including such factors, to the 
extent information is available, as— 
(A) the collection of fines and fees; 
(B) the usage of law enforcement re-
sources; 
(C) economic mobility and unemployment; 
(D) rates of enforcement of traffic safety 
laws through the tracking of number of sum-
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monses and violations issued (including those 
related to automated enforcement technologies); 
(E) the use of suspensions for public safe-
ty-related reasons (including reckless driving, 
speeding, and driving under the influence); 
(F) safety-critical traffic events (including 
in localities with automated enforcement pro-
grams); 
(G) the rates of license suspensions and 
proportion of unlicensed drivers; 
(H) racial and geographic disparities; and 
(I) administrative costs (including costs as-
sociated with the collection of fines and fees 
and with the reinstatement of driver’s licenses); 
and 
(2) includes what is known about— 
(A) existing alternatives to driver’s license 
suspension as methods of enforcement and col-
lection of unpaid fines and fees; and 
(B) existing alternatives to traditional driv-
er’s license suspension for certain kinds of un-
safe driving, including models that allow drivers 
to continue to drive legally while pursuing driv-
er improvement opportunities. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives a report on the study re-
quired under subsection (a). 
Æ 
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