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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1744
To authorize the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration to make loans to assist units of local government acquire
and maintain equipment for use in the enforcement of alcohol-related
traffic laws, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 20, 1993
Mr. MURTHA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize the Administrator of the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration to make loans to assist
units of local government acquire and maintain equip-
ment for use in the enforcement of alcohol-related traffic
laws, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. LOANS FOR EQUIPMENT USED TO ENFORCE
ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC LAWS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Alcohol-Related
Traffic Laws Enforcement Fund, established under sec-
tion 2, shall be available, as provided in appropriations
Acts, to the Administrator of the National Highway Traf-
fic Safety Administration (in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Administrator’’) for making loans to units of local
government in accordance with this section.
(b) USE OF LOANS.—A loan made to a unit of local
government under subsection (a) may only be used by the
unit for the following purposes:
(1) EQUIPMENT.—Subject to subsection (e), for
acquiring and maintaining equipment (including
breath testing devices and video surveillance cam-
eras) for use in the enforcement of alcohol-related
traffic laws.
(2) TRAINING.—For training personnel of the
unit in the use of equipment described in paragraph
(1).
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A loan made to a unit
of local government under subsection (a) shall be subject
to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may
require. Such terms and conditions shall at a minimum
include the following:
(1) TERM.—The term of the loan shall not ex-
ceed 5 years; except that, upon the request of the
unit, the Administrator may extend the term of the
loan for a period of not to exceed 2 years, if the Ad-
ministrator determines that such an extension is
necessary.
(2) INTEREST.—The loan shall bear interest at
an annual rate of not to exceed 4 percent.
(3) PAYMENTS.—Payments on the loan shall be
made on a quarterly basis.
(d) DEPOSIT
OF REPAYMENTS.—Repayments on
loans made under subsection (a) shall be deposited into
the general fund of the Treasury.
(e) APPROVAL OF EQUIPMENT.—All equipment de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1) shall be approved by Adminis-
trator and the Governor of the State of which the unit
is a part before being acquired by a unit of local govern-
ment using amounts of a loan made under subsection (a).
(f) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—For
the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘unit of local gov-
ernment’’ means a city, county, town, township, parish,
village, or other political subdivision of a State.
SEC. 2. ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC LAWS ENFORCEMENT
FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the
‘‘Alcohol-Related Traffic Laws Enforcement Fund’’ (in
this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting of
amounts appropriated to the Fund and amounts trans-
ferred or credited to the Fund as provided in this section.
(b) TRANSFERS TO THE FUND.—
(1) AMOUNTS.—There shall be transferred to
the Fund amounts equivalent to amounts received in
the general fund of the Treasury as repayments on
loans made under section 1.
(2) QUARTERLY
TRANSFERS.—Amounts re-
quired to be transferred under paragraph (1) shall
be transferred at least quarterly from the general
fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of es-
timates of such amounts made by the Secretary of
the Treasury. Adjustments shall be made in
amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior
estimates were more or less than the amounts re-
quired to be transferred.
(c) MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall invest such portion of the Fund as is not,
in the Secretary’s judgment (after consultation with
the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration) required to meet current
withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in
interest-bearing obligations of the United States and
may be acquired on original issue at the issue price
or by purchase of outstanding obligations at the
market price.
(2) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation ac-
quired by the Fund may be sold by the Secretary at
the market price.
(3) INTEREST
ON
CERTAIN
PROCEEDS.—The
interest on, and proceeds from the sale or redemp-
tion of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be
credited to and form part of the Fund.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $20,000,000
per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
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