[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2185. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema 
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. GAO STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF DRUNK DRIVING CHILD 
                   ENDANGERMENT LAWS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress a report on the impact and 
     effectiveness of drunk driving child endangerment laws, and 
     ways in which child endangerment laws can be strengthened to 
     protect children who may be passengers in vehicles driven by 
     drunk drivers.
       (b) Contents.--The report required under this section 
     shall--
       (1) review--
       (A) State laws to determine best practices, comparing State 
     laws in which driving drunk with a child is classified as a 
     felony versus a misdemeanor; and
       (B) effective ways in which States mandate or encourage 
     reporting and documentation of child endangerment; and
       (2) make recommendations as to how State laws can be 
     improved to protect children from riding as passengers in 
     vehicles driven by drunk drivers, including increased 
     penalties, reporting requirements, and coordination with 
     child protective services.
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