3.0.0 1536 2023-01-11T13:18:13Z 2023-01-11T13:18:13Z Senate S S 2009-07-29 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-29T21:07:35Z 111 3535 HR 2009-09-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 111 3829 HR 2009-10-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 111 4153 HR 2009-11-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 111 5097 HR 2010-04-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 2009-07-29 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2009-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-07-29 True H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2009-07-29 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-07-29 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-08-05 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-09-17 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-10-13 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-10-22 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2009-10-27 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2009-11-19 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2010-09-16 False Transportation and Public Works Motor vehicles Public transit Roads and highways Telephone and wireless communication Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works

00 2009-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-14T20:29:06Z Avoiding Life-Endangering and Reckless Texting by Drivers Act of 2009 or the ALERT Drivers Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 25% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds for the fiscal year if the state has not enacted or is not enforcing a law that: (1) prohibits, except in an emergency, an operator of a motor vehicle from writing, sending, or reading a text message using a hand-held mobile telephone (excluding a voice-activated device); and (2) requires, upon conviction of a violation of such prohibition, the imposition of certain minimum penalties.

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