[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9704 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9704

  To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage affordable and 
  accessible classroom-based driving instruction and behind-the-wheel 
      training in highway safety programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 30, 2022

   Ms. Williams of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage affordable and 
  accessible classroom-based driving instruction and behind-the-wheel 
      training in highway safety programs, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Developing Robust Investments in 
Vehicle Education for Roadway Safety Act'' or the ``DRIVERS Act''.

SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

    Section 402(m)(2)(B)(x) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``improve teen knowledge about'';
            (2) in subclause (I)--
                    (A) by inserting ``improve teen knowledge about'' 
                before ``safe driving''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in subclause (II)--
                    (A) by inserting ``prepare teens for'' before 
                ``State graduated driving'';
                    (B) by inserting ``classroom-based driving 
                instruction and'' before ``behind-the-wheel''; and
                    (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(III) provide programming for 
                                which affordability and accessibility 
                                are considered in its 
                                implementation.''.
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