[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1744 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1744

 To authorize the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
   Administration to make loans to assist units of local government 
 acquire and maintain equipment for use in the enforcement of alcohol-
             related traffic laws, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1993

  Mr. Murtha introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
   Administration to make loans to assist units of local government 
 acquire and maintain equipment for use in the enforcement of alcohol-
             related traffic laws, 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. LOANS FOR EQUIPMENT USED TO ENFORCE ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC 
              LAWS.

    (a) In General.--Amounts in the Alcohol-Related Traffic Laws 
Enforcement Fund, established under section 2, shall be available, as 
provided in appropriations Acts, to the Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (in this section referred to as 
the ``Administrator'') for making loans to units of local government in 
accordance with this section.
    (b) Use of Loans.--A loan made to a unit of local government under 
subsection (a) may only be used by the unit for the following purposes:
            (1) Equipment.--Subject to subsection (e), for acquiring 
        and maintaining equipment (including breath testing devices and 
        video surveillance cameras) for use in the enforcement of 
        alcohol-related traffic laws.
            (2) Training.--For training personnel of the unit in the 
        use of equipment described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--A loan made to a unit of local 
government under subsection (a) shall be subject to such terms and 
conditions as the Administrator may require. Such terms and conditions 
shall at a minimum include the following:
            (1) Term.--The term of the loan shall not exceed 5 years; 
        except that, upon the request of the unit, the Administrator 
        may extend the term of the loan for a period of not to exceed 2 
        years, if the Administrator determines that such an extension 
        is necessary.
            (2) Interest.--The loan shall bear interest at an annual 
        rate of not to exceed 4 percent.
            (3) Payments.--Payments on the loan shall be made on a 
        quarterly basis.
    (d) Deposit of Repayments.--Repayments on loans made under 
subsection (a) shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury.
    (e) Approval of Equipment.--All equipment described in subsection 
(b)(1) shall be approved by Administrator and the Governor of the State 
of which the unit is a part before being acquired by a unit of local 
government using amounts of a loan made under subsection (a).
    (f) Unit of Local Government Defined.--For the purposes of this 
section, the term ``unit of local government'' means a city, county, 
town, township, parish, village, or other political subdivision of a 
State.

SEC. 2. ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC LAWS ENFORCEMENT FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ``Alcohol-Related Traffic Laws 
Enforcement Fund'' (in this section referred to as the ``Fund''), 
consisting of amounts appropriated to the Fund and amounts transferred 
or credited to the Fund as provided in this section.
    (b) Transfers to the Fund.--
            (1) Amounts.--There shall be transferred to the Fund 
        amounts equivalent to amounts received in the general fund of 
        the Treasury as repayments on loans made under section 1.
            (2) Quarterly transfers.--Amounts required to be 
        transferred under paragraph (1) shall be transferred at least 
        quarterly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on 
        the basis of estimates of such amounts made by the Secretary of 
        the Treasury. Adjustments shall be made in amounts subsequently 
        transferred to the extent prior estimates were more or less 
        than the amounts required to be transferred.
    (c) Management of the Fund.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest 
        such portion of the Fund as is not, in the Secretary's judgment 
        (after consultation with the Administrator of the National 
        Highway Traffic Safety Administration) required to meet current 
        withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-
        bearing obligations of the United States and may be acquired on 
        original issue at the issue price or by purchase of outstanding 
        obligations at the market price.
            (2) Sale of obligations.--Any obligation acquired by the 
        Fund may be sold by the Secretary at the market price.
            (3) Interest on certain proceeds.--The interest on, and 
        proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held 
        in the Fund shall be credited to and form part of the Fund.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Fund $20,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal 
years 1994 and 1995.

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