[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7424]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 799--DESIGNATING DECEMBER 2020 AS ``NATIONAL IMPAIRED 
                       DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH''

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 799

       Whereas, in 2018, the most recent data available, the 
     United States recorded 10,511 deaths from drunk driving, of 
     whom 231 were children aged 14 and under;
       Whereas, in 2018, 29 percent of all fatal motor vehicle 
     crashes involved alcohol-impaired driving;
       Whereas, between December 16, 2020, and January 1, 2021, 
     the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 
     partnering State and local law enforcement agencies will 
     engage in high visibility mobilization to prevent impaired 
     driving;
       Whereas, in 2018, 42 percent of all impaired driving cases 
     evaluated by drug recognition experts found multi-substance 
     impairment, according to the International Association of 
     Chiefs of Police;
       Whereas, in 2019, nearly 20,000,000 people aged 16 and 
     older in the United States drove under the influence of 
     alcohol;
       Whereas, in 2019, nearly 13,700,000 people aged 16 and 
     older in the United States drove under the influence of 
     cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, 
     methamphetamine, or marijuana, which is an 8 percent increase 
     compared to 2018;
       Whereas the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found 
     that new technologies that prevent alcohol-impaired drivers 
     from operating vehicles can save 9,000 lives per year and 
     that driver assistance systems, which help prevent human 
     errors on the road, can potentially reduce the number of 
     crashes and their severity;
       Whereas, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the 
     use of ignition interlock devices prevented more than 
     3,000,000 attempts of alcohol-impaired driving between 2006 
     and 2018; and
       Whereas the National Transportation Safety Board included 
     ending alcohol and other drug-impaired driving on its Most 
     Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements for 2019-
     2020: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends the efforts of law enforcement agencies and 
     officers to enforce impaired driving laws;
       (2) supports national and State high visibility enforcement 
     campaigns, such as Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over;
       (3) recognizes the need for greater research on how drugs 
     affect and, in some cases, impair an individual's ability to 
     operate a motor vehicle;
       (4) recognizes that technological solutions have the 
     potential to save thousands of lives each year;
       (5) supports programs to better collect data on impaired 
     driving, including data on illicit drug use by drivers;
       (6) supports programs to train law enforcement officials on 
     detecting and stopping impaired driving; and
       (7) designates December 2020 as ``National Impaired Driving 
     Prevention Month''.

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