DRUNKEN DRIVING

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Transportation: establish National Office of Driver Training (see S. 2027), S247 [26JA]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Transportation: use of Highway Trust Fund to encourage States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor vehicles of those charged with driving while intoxicated, H1816 [1AP]

Motor vehicles: allow use of Alcohol-Impaired Countermeasures grant funding to establish State impoundment programs for vehicles of drunken drivers, H2023, H2024 [1AP]

NightRiders, Inc.: National Commission Against Drunk Driving Corporate Leadership Award recipient, E7, E14 [20JA]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: increase penalties for individuals who operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, S992, S993 [11FE]

———provide for criminal and civil liability for permitting an intoxicated arrestee to operate a motor vehicle, S1252 [12FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish National Office of Driver Training (S. 2027), S214 [23JA]

———withhold certain State highway funding for non-enforcement of open container requirements to combat drunken driving, S710-S712 [9FE], S1225-S1227, S1232 [12FE], S1996 [2MR], S3915 [7AP]

States: uniform standard for blood-alcohol content, S8612 [22JY]

Victims of Drunken Drivers Memorial Wall Foundation: tribute, S8025 [13JY]

Texts of

S. 2027, Driver Education and Licensing Improvement Act, S251 [26JA]