[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 514 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 514

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle 
    safety standard requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with an 
 ignition interlock device that prevents a vehicle from being operated 
                    if the operator is intoxicated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2019

 Mrs. Dingell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle 
    safety standard requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with an 
 ignition interlock device that prevents a vehicle from being operated 
                    if the operator is intoxicated.

    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 ``Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act''.

SEC. 2. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe 
a motor vehicle safety standard under chapter 301 of title 49, United 
States Code, that requires a motor vehicle to be equipped with an 
ignition interlock device that--
            (1) determines the blood alcohol concentration of the 
        operator of the vehicle; and
            (2) if the blood alcohol concentration determined by the 
        device is equal to or greater than the blood alcohol 
        concentration specified in section 163(a) of title 23, United 
        States Code, prevents the vehicle from being operated.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``motor vehicle'' and 
``motor vehicle safety standard'' have the meanings given such terms in 
section 30102 of title 49, United States Code.
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