I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8213 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a national standard 
to prevent driving while intoxicated by requiring ignition interlocks for 
DWI offenders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2024 
Mr. PAPPAS (for himself and Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a 
national standard to prevent driving while intoxicated 
by requiring ignition interlocks for DWI offenders. 
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 Driving While 
Intoxicated Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘End DWI Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to Mothers Against Drunk Driv-
ing, there has been a historic increase in alcohol-im-
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paired driving fatalities since 2019 resulting in one 
person dying in a driving while intoxicated crash in 
the United States every 39 minutes. 
(2) According to the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, between 2020 to 2021, driv-
ing while intoxicated deaths increased 14 percent 
and 13,384 people were killed, a level not seen since 
2006. 
(3) Studies show that ignition interlocks reduce 
recidivism, by up to 70 percent, among first-time, 
repeat and high-risk driving while intoxicated offend-
ers while they are installed. 
(4) Ignition interlocks are required for people 
who have been convicted for driving while intoxicated 
in 31 states and the District of Columbia according 
to the National Conference of State Legislators. 
(5) The rise in polysubstance impaired driving 
significantly increases the crash risk on our nation’s 
roads. One 2018 study from Washington State re-
vealed that polysubstance impairment was the most 
common type of impairment found among drivers in-
volved in fatal crashes between 2008 and 2016 and 
among drivers involved in fatal crashes during this 
timeframe, 44 percent tested positive for two or 
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more substances with alcohol and THC being the 
most common combination (Grondel et al., 2018). 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL STANDARD FOR IGNITION INTERLOCKS 
FOR DWI OFFENDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 180. National standard for ignition interlocks for 
DWI offenders 
‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR NON-
COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2027.—The Secretary shall 
withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be ap-
portioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of section 104(b) on October 1, 2026, if the 
State does not meet the requirements of paragraph 
(3) on that date. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL
YEARS.—The Sec-
retary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount re-
quired to be apportioned to any State under each of 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) on October 
1, 2027, and on October 1 of each fiscal year there-
after, if the State does not meet the requirements of 
paragraph (3) on that date. 
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‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A State meets the re-
quirements of this paragraph if the State has en-
acted and is enforcing a law mandating a restriction 
on driving privileges that limits the individual to op-
erating only motor vehicles with an ignition interlock 
device installed, unless a special exception applies, 
for a minimum period of 180 days and remain with-
out a violation for a minimum period (as determined 
by the State) that precedes the date of the removal 
of the restriction. The interlock period referred to in 
the preceding sentence may be served by the indi-
vidual during an administrative license suspension 
period, post-conviction, or a combination of both, as 
determined by the State. 
‘‘(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; EFFECT OF COMPLI-
ANCE AND NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD 
FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) FUNDS WITHHELD ON OR BEFORE 
SEPTEMBER
30, 
2028.—Any funds withheld 
under subsection (a) from apportionment to any 
State on or before September 30, 2028, shall 
remain available until the end of the third fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the 
funds are authorized to be appropriated. 
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‘‘(B) FUNDS
WITHHELD
AFTER
SEP-
TEMBER
30, 2028.—No funds withheld under 
this section from apportionment to any State 
after September 30, 2028, shall be available for 
apportionment to the State. 
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT
OF
WITHHELD
FUNDS 
AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the 
period for which funds withheld under subsection (a) 
from apportionment are to remain available for ap-
portionment to a State under paragraph (1)(A), the 
State meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3), 
the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the 
State meets the requirements, apportion to the State 
the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain 
available for apportionment to the State. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF
SUBSE-
QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any funds appor-
tioned under paragraph (2) shall remain avail-
able for obligation until the end of the third fis-
cal year following the fiscal year in which the 
funds are so apportioned. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.— 
Sums not obligated at the end of the period re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall lapse. 
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‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the 
end of the period for which funds withheld under 
subsection (a) from apportionment are available for 
apportionment to a State under paragraph (1)(A), 
the State does not meet the requirements of sub-
section (a)(3), the funds shall lapse. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DRIVING
WHILE
INTOXICATED; SPECIAL 
EXCEPTION.—The terms ‘driving while intoxicated’ 
and ‘special exception’ have the meaning given such 
terms in section 164. 
‘‘(2) IGNITION INTERLOCK.—The term ‘ignition 
interlock’ has the meaning given the term ‘ignition 
interlock system’ in section 1275.3 of title 23, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(3) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor vehi-
cle’ has the meaning given the term in section 32101 
of title 49. 
‘‘(4) VIOLATION.—The term ‘violation’ has the 
meaning defined by a State in law or regulation with 
respect to an ignition interlock device that may in-
clude failing a breath test, failing to take or pass a 
re-test, circumventing an ignition interlock, tam-
pering with an ignition interlock, or a combination 
of the actions described in this paragraph.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘180. National standard for ignition interlocks for DWI offenders.’’. 
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