Honoring Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate Drunk Driving Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.2138 | Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie (D-MI)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Honoring Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate Drunk Driving Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard that requires passenger motor vehicles manufactured after the effective date of such standard to be equipped with advanced drunk driving prevention technology. Advanced drunk driving prevention technology means a passive system that (1) monitors a driver's performance to identify impairment of a driver, (2) passively detects a blood alcohol level equal to and exceeding .08 blood alcohol content, or (3) detects impairment and prevents or limits vehicle operation.
DOT must work with manufacturers of passenger motor vehicles, suppliers, safety advocates, and other interested parties to accelerate the development of the advanced drunk driving prevention technology and ensure the integration of such technology into the vehicles available for sale at the earliest practicable date.

To require the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle 
  safety standard requiring that passenger motor vehicles be equipped 
   with advanced drunk driving prevention technology, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Abbas Family Legacy to 
Terminate Drunk Driving Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCED DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) Requirements.--
            (1) Motor vehicle safety standard.--Not later than 18 
        months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
        of Transportation shall issue an advanced notice of proposed 
        rulemaking to initiate a rulemaking to prescribe a motor 
        vehicle safety standard under section 30111 of title 49, United 
        States Code, that requires passenger motor vehicles 
        manufactured after the effective date of such standard to be 
        equipped with advanced drunk driving prevention technology.
            (2) Notice and comment.--Not later than 3 years after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
        shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in order to 
        continue the rulemaking proceeding required by paragraph (1).
            (3) Final rule.--
                    (A) Not later than 5 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe a 
                final rule containing the motor vehicle safety standard 
                required under this subsection. The final rule shall 
                specify an effective date that provides at least 2 
                years, and no more than 3 years, to allow for 
                manufacturing compliance.
                    (B) If the Secretary determines that a new motor 
                vehicle safety standard required under this subsection 
                cannot meet the requirements and considerations set 
                forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 30111 of 
                title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
                submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
                of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate 
                describing the reasons for not prescribing such a 
                standard.
    (b) Development.--The Secretary shall work directly with 
manufacturers of passenger motor vehicles, suppliers, safety advocates, 
and other interested parties, including universities with expertise in 
automotive engineering, to--
            (1) accelerate the development of the advanced drunk 
        driving prevention technology required to prescribe a motor 
        vehicle safety standard described in subsection (a); and
            (2) ensure the integration of such technology into 
        passenger motor vehicles available for sale at the earliest 
        practicable date.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``advanced drunk driving prevention 
        technology'' means a passive system which--
                    (A) monitors a driver's performance to identify 
                impairment of a driver;
                    (B) a system which passively detects a blood 
                alcohol level equal to and exceeding .08 blood alcohol 
                content; or
                    (C) a similar system which detects impairment and 
                prevents or limits vehicle operation;
            (2) the term ``motor vehicle safety standard'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 30102 of title 49, United 
        States Code; and
            (3) the term ``passenger motor vehicle'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 32101 of title 49, United States 
        Code.
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