[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1999 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1999
To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize the use of certain
Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 9, 2021
Mrs. Capito (for herself and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize the use of certain
Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures,
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 ``Multiple Substance Impaired Driving
Prevention Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS; PURPOSE.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) a priority should be placed on creating State systems,
programs, and processes that improve impaired driving detection
in cases in which alcohol, drugs, and especially multiple
substances are involved;
(2) States and communities should have access to a broader
range of countermeasures, technologies, and resources to
address multiple substance impaired driving; and
(3) increased Federal funding should be made available for
efforts to improve public safety through the approaches
described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to increase national
investment in, and maximize the use of, innovative programs and
technologies to eliminate multiple substance impaired driving.
SEC. 3. IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION AND REPORTING.
(a) Use of Funds for Multiple Substance Impaired Driving.--Section
164(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``for alcohol-
impaired'' and inserting the following: ``for--
``(i) alcohol-impaired driving
countermeasures; or
``(ii) single or multiple substance
impaired''.
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``intoxicated'' and
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
the following: ``intoxicated, driving under the influence,
driving while multiple substance impaired, or other related
laws (including regulations), including for--
``(i) the purchase of equipment dedicated
to the enforcement of those laws;
``(ii) the training of officers dedicated
to the enforcement of those laws; and
``(iii) the use of additional personnel for
specific--
``(I) alcohol-impaired driving
countermeasures; or
``(II) single or multiple substance
impaired driving countermeasures.''.
(b) Impaired Driving Countermeasures.--Section 405(d) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)--
(A) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking clause (iii) and inserting
the following:
``(iii)(I) court support of high-visibility
enforcement efforts;
``(II) hiring criminal justice
professionals, including law enforcement
officers, prosecutors, traffic safety resource
prosecutors, judges, judicial outreach
liaisons, and probation officers;
``(III) training and education of the
criminal justice professionals described in
subclause (II) to assist those professionals in
preventing impaired driving and handling
impaired driving cases, including by providing
compensation to a law enforcement officer to
replace a law enforcement officer who is--
``(aa) receiving drug recognition
expert training; or
``(bb) participating as an
instructor in drug recognition expert
training; and
``(IV) establishing driving while
intoxicated courts;'';
(ii) by striking clauses (v) and (vi) and
inserting the following:
``(v) improving--
``(I) blood alcohol concentration
screening and testing;
``(II) the detection of potentially
impairing drugs, including through the
use of oral fluid as a specimen; and
``(III) reporting relating to the
screening, testing, and detection
described in subclauses (I) and (II);
``(vi)(I) paid and earned media in support
of high-visibility enforcement efforts;
``(II) conducting initial and continuing--
``(aa) standardized field sobriety
training, advanced roadside impaired
driving enforcement training, and drug
recognition expert training for law
enforcement; and
``(bb) law enforcement phlebotomy
training; and
``(III) purchasing equipment to carry out
impaired driving enforcement activities
authorized by this subsection;'';
(iii) in clause (ix), by striking ``and''
at the end;
(iv) in clause (x), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(v) by adding at the end the following:
``(xi) testing and implementing programs
and purchasing technologies to better identify,
monitor, or treat impaired drivers, including--
``(I) oral fluid screening
technologies;
``(II) electronic warrant programs;
``(III) equipment to increase the
scope, quantity, quality, and
timeliness of forensic toxicology
chemical testing;
``(IV) case management software to
support the management of impaired
driving offenders; and
``(V) technology to monitor
impaired driving offenders.''; and
(B) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) in the second sentence, by striking
``Medium-range'' and inserting the following:
``(ii) Medium-range and high-range
states.--Subject to clause (iii), medium-
range'';
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking
``Low-range'' and inserting the following:
``(i) Low-range states.--Subject to clause
(iii), low-range''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) All states.--
``(I) Reporting of impaired driving
information.--A State may use grant
funds for any expenditure designed to
increase the timely and accurate
reporting of impaired driving crash
information, including electronic crash
reporting systems that allow accurate
real- or near-real-time uploading of
crash information, and impaired driving
criminal justice information to
Federal, State, and local databases.
``(II) Impaired driving
countermeasures.--A State may use grant
funds for any expenditure to research
or evaluate impaired driving
countermeasures.''; and
(2) in paragraph (7)(A), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by inserting ``or local'' after ``authorizes a State''.
(c) GAO Study on National DUI Reporting.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study on the reporting of impaired
driving arrest and citation data to Federal databases and the
interstate sharing of information about convictions and license
suspensions relating to impaired driving to facilitate the
widespread identification of repeat impaired driving offenders.
(2) Inclusions.--The study conducted under paragraph (1)
shall include a detailed assessment of--
(A) the extent to which State and local criminal
justice agencies are reporting impaired driving arrest
and citation data to Federal databases;
(B) any barriers--
(i) at the Federal, State, or local level
to the reporting of impaired driving arrest and
citation data to Federal databases; and
(ii) to the use by State and local criminal
justice agencies of--
(I) those databases; and
(II) any systems for the reporting
of that data;
(C) the extent to which States are sharing impaired
driving conviction and license-suspension data;
(D) any barriers at the Federal, State, or local
level to the sharing of impaired driving conviction and
license-suspension data;
(E) any Federal, State, and local resources
available to improve the reporting and sharing of
impaired driving data;
(F) any recommendations for policies and programs
to be carried out by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration to improve--
(i) the reporting of impaired driving
arrest and citation data to Federal databases;
or
(ii) the interstate sharing of impaired
driving conviction and license-suspension data;
and
(G) any recommendations for programs or grant
funding to be authorized by Congress to improve--
(i) the reporting of impaired driving
arrest and citation data to Federal databases;
or
(ii) the interstate sharing of impaired
driving conviction and license-suspension data.
(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report on the results of the study conducted under paragraph
(1).
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