[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 247 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 247

Designating the month of December 1993 as ``National Drunk and Drugged 
                      Driving Prevention Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 1993

   Mr. Mineta (for himself, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
  Oberstar, Mr. Clinger, Mr. Applegate, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
  Valentine, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Wise, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
DeFazio, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Clement, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Costello, Mr. Parker, 
  Mr. Sangmeister, Mr. Swett, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
   Blackwell, Mr. Coppersmith, Ms. Byrne, Ms. Dunn, Ms. Danner, Mr. 
Menendez, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Levy, 
 Mr. Deal, Mr. Barcia of Michigan, Mr. Blute, Mr. Hamburg, Mr. Tucker, 
 Mr. Quinn, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Goodling, and Mrs. 
Morella) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
           to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Designating the month of December 1993 as ``National Drunk and Drugged 
                      Driving Prevention Month''.

Whereas impaired driving is the most frequently committed violent crime in the 
        United States;
Whereas last year 45 percent of those who died on our Nation's highways were the 
        result of motor vehicle crashes involving alcohol;
Whereas last year nearly 18,000 people were killed and 1,200,000 were injured in 
        motor vehicle crashes involving alcohol;
Whereas impaired driving continues to cost society some $46,000,000,000 each 
        year in direct costs;
Whereas medical costs associated with impaired driving are approximately 
        $5,500,000,000 a year;
Whereas injury and property damage resulting from impaired driving cause 
        physical, emotional, and economic hardship for hundreds of thousands of 
        adults and young people;
Whereas the ongoing work of citizen activists groups, such as Mothers Against 
        Drunk Driving (MADD), Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD), Remove 
        Intoxicated Drivers (RID), and the National Commission Against Drunk 
        Driving, continue to promote good prevention efforts which have 
        contributed to a 30 percent reduction in alcohol-related traffic deaths 
        over the past decade;
Whereas a decade of intense public education effort has proved that alcohol-
        related highway crashes are not accidents and can be prevented;
Whereas comprehensive community-based strategies to further reduce and prevent 
        impaired driving tragedies are known to be effective;
Whereas an increased public awareness of the gravity of the problem of drunk and 
        drugged driving may help to sustain current efforts to develop 
        comprehensive solutions at the State and local levels;
Whereas more than 20 public and private sector organizations have joined 
        together to carry out a nationwide public information, education, and 
        enforcement campaign during the December holiday season;
Whereas the Secretary of Transportation has set a goal to reduce alcohol-related 
        fatalities by 43 percent by the year 1997 and MADD has set a goal to 
        reduce alcohol-related traffic fatalities by 40 percent by the year 
        2000;
Whereas the Secretary of Health and Human Services has set a goal for all 50 
        States to prohibit by the year 2000 any allowable blood-alcohol 
        concentration tolerance level for drivers younger than age 21; and
Whereas, since December is a month of many holidays and celebrations, with more 
        drivers on the roads and an increased number of social functions, it is 
        a particularly appropriate time to focus national attention on this 
        critical problem: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the month of December 
1993 is designated as ``National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention 
Month'', and the President is authorized and requested to issue a 
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
that month with appropriate activities.

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