[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 511 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 511

   Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that funding 
   should be made available from the Highway Trust Fund to encourage 
States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor vehicles of 
       those charged with driving while intoxicated and to issue 
   responsibility warnings to those who take custody of suspects of 
                       driving while intoxicated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2002

Mr. LoBiondo submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that funding 
   should be made available from the Highway Trust Fund to encourage 
States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor vehicles of 
       those charged with driving while intoxicated and to issue 
   responsibility warnings to those who take custody of suspects of 
                       driving while intoxicated.

Whereas Navy Ensign John R. Elliott, 22, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was 
        killed by a drunk driver on July 22, 2000;
Whereas the drunk driver had been arrested by the New Jersey State Police 
        earlier in the evening and, after following all processing and charging 
        procedures, was released by the State Police to the custody of an adult 
        acquaintance of the drunk driver; and
Whereas the adult acquaintance subsequently allowed the drunk driver to get back 
        into his vehicle and drive away resulting ultimately in the crash that 
        killed John R. Elliott, the drunk driver, and seriously injured a female 
        passenger in John R. Elliott's vehicle: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
funding should be made available from the Highway Trust Fund to 
encourage States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor 
vehicles of individuals charged with operating a motor vehicle while 
intoxicated and to issue responsibility warnings to individuals who 
take custody of suspects of driving while intoxicated.
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