Lucid Act

Bill: 113-hr-4179
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-06
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Motor vehicles

Roads and highways

State and local government operations

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Lucid Act - Makes eligible for federal-aid highway project grants a state whose law legalizes the use of marijuana with or without medical justification only if that state: (1) has in effect a law prohibiting an individual from driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana, and (2) enforces that law using training and methods for determining cognitive or physical marijuana impairment.</p> <p>Exempts those states from specified administrative penalties.</p> <p>Revises the terms &quot;driving while intoxicated&quot; and &quot;driving under the influence&quot; to accord with this Act. Subjects repeat offenders to minimum civil and criminal penalties for driving a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana in those states.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4179 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2014 Mr. Polis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish requirements relating to marijuana impaired driving, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lucid Act . 2. Safety incentives to prevent operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons (a) In general Section 163 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Marijuana impaired driving In addition to the other requirements of this section, in the case of a State in which the use of marijuana is legal under the laws of the State with or without medical justification, the State shall be eligible for a grant under subsection (b), and shall be exempt from withholding under subsection (e), for a fiscal year only if the State— (1) has in effect a law that prohibits an individual from driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana as determined using measures established by the State; and (2) enforces that law using training and methods for determining cognitive or physical marijuana impairment. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. 3. Minimum penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence (a) In general Section 164(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (2) Driving while intoxicated; driving under the influence The terms driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence mean— (A) driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration above the permitted limit as established by each State; and (B) in the case of a State in which the use of marijuana is legal under the laws of the State with or without medical justification, driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana as determined using measures established by the State. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.