End Drunk Driving Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3374
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-24
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Motor vehicles

Research administration and funding

Research and development

Roads and highways

State and local government operations

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>End Drunk Driving Act of 2017&nbsp;</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue a final rule prescribing or amending a federal motor vehicle safety standard that would prevent operation of a motor vehicle when the operator is under the influence of alcohol. </p> <p>Such standard shall:</p> <ul> <li>prevent the operation of the motor vehicle if the operator's blood alcohol content is above the legal limit; and </li> <li>require the technology to be reliable and accurate, set at the legal limit, unobtrusive and fast, tamper-proof/circumvention-resistent, functionary in extreme environments, and easily maintained. </li></ul> <p>To meet grant requirements, a state must enact and enforce a law that requires the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence.</p> <p>The bill prescribes compliance requirements and penalties for noncompliance.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3374 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2017 Miss Rice of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To improve the safety of individuals by taking measures to end drunk driving.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Drunk Driving Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities represent approximately one-third of all highway fatalities in the United States in a given year. (2) First offenders were responsible for 75 percent of drunk driving arrests and 25 percent were from repeat offenders. (3) In 2013, there were 10,076 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities in the United States. (4) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has partnered with automobile manufacturers to develop alcohol detection technologies that may be installed in vehicles to prevent drunk driving. (5) An estimated 59,000 lives and $343,000,000,000 may be saved over a 15-year period by the widespread installation of alcohol detection technologies in motor vehicles. 3. Advanced technology to end drunk driving (a) In general Not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule prescribing or amending a Federal motor vehicle safety standard that would prevent operation of a motor vehicle when the operator is under the influence of alcohol. The standard— (1) shall prevent the operation of the motor vehicle if the operator’s blood alcohol content is above the legal limit; and (2) shall require such technology to be— (A) reliable and accurate; (B) set at the legal limit; (C) unobtrusive and fast; (D) tamper-proof/circumvention-resistant; (E) functionary in extreme environments (both hot and cold); and (F) easily maintained. 4. Funding and plans for driver alcohol detection system for safety research Section 403(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Funding To carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall obligate from funds made available to carry out this section— (A) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019; (B) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021; and (C) $20,000,000 for each of years 2022 through 2027. ; and (2) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) outlines the Administration’s plans to expedite research and development of this technology; and . 5. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (a) In general Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Alcohol concentration The term alcohol concentration means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. (2) Driving while intoxicated; driving under the influence The terms driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence mean driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in a State while having a blood alcohol concentration that is greater than or equal to the lesser of— (A) the blood alcohol concentration limit of the State in which the individual is driving; or (B) 0.08 percent. (3) Ignition interlock device The term ignition interlock device means an in-vehicle device that— (A) requires a driver to provide a breath sample prior to the motor vehicle starting; and (B) prevents a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit. (4) Motor vehicle (A) In general The term motor vehicle means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on public highways. (B) Exclusions The term motor vehicle does not include— (i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail line; or (ii) a commercial vehicle. (b) Laws requiring ignition interlock devices A State meets the requirements of this subsection if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law that requires throughout the State the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual who is convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. (c) Withholding of funds for noncompliance (1) Fiscal year 2019 On October 1, 2018, the Secretary shall withhold 1 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. (2) Fiscal year 2020 On October 1, 2019, the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. (3) Fiscal year 2021 and thereafter On October 1, 2020, and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. (d) Period of availability of withheld funds; effect of compliance and noncompliance (1) Period of availability of withheld funds Any funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment to a State shall remain available for apportionment to the State until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized to be appropriated. (2) Apportionment of withheld funds after compliance If, before the last day of the period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment are to remain available for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State meets the requirements of subsection (b), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State meets the requirements of subsection (b), apportion to the State the funds withheld under subsection (c) that remain available for apportionment to the State. (3) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned funds Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2)— (A) shall remain available for expenditure until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds are so apportioned; and (B) if not apportioned at the end of that period, shall lapse. (4) Effect of noncompliance If, at the end of the period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) from apportionment are available for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b), the funds shall lapse. . (b) Conforming amendment The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving. . 6. Definitions In this Act, the following definitions apply: (1) Alcohol-impaired driving The term alcohol-impaired driving means operation of a motor vehicle (as defined in section 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code) by an individual whose blood alcohol content is at or above the legal limit. (2) Legal limit The term legal limit means a blood alcohol concentration of— (A) 0.08 percent or greater (as specified in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code); or (B) such other percentage limitation as may be established by applicable Federal, State, or local law.