‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall carry out a collaborative research effort under chapter 301 of title 49 to continue to explore the feasibility and the potential benefits of, and the public policy challenges associated with, more widespread deployment of in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving.
‘(2) REPORT- The Administrator shall annually submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives that--
‘(A) describes progress in carrying out the collaborative research effort; and
‘(B) includes an accounting of the use of Federal funds obligated or expended in carrying out that effort.
‘(3) APPLICATION WITH OTHER LAWS- Nothing in this subsection may be construed to modify or otherwise affect any Federal, State, or local government law (civil or criminal), with respect to the operation of a motor vehicle.
‘(4) FUNDING-
‘(A) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $12,000,000 of any amounts made available to the Secretary under section 406 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016 shall be made available to carry out this subsection in place of any other amounts that are otherwise available to carry out this section.
‘(B) LIMITATION- No amount of funding shall be made available under this paragraph for any fiscal year in which no funds are made available to carry out any program authorized under section 406.’; and
(3) in subsection (j), as redesignated--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (7);
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (4), respectively;
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
‘(2) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING- The term ‘alcohol-impaired driving’ means operation of a motor vehicle (as defined in section 30102(a)(6) of title 49) by an individual whose blood alcohol content is at or above the legal limit.’; and
(E) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesignated, the following:
‘(6) LEGAL LIMIT- The term ‘legal limit’ means a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater (as specified by chapter 163 of this title) or such other percentage limitation as may be established by applicable Federal, State, or local law.’.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.2324 as Introduced in House Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-related Fatalities Everywher...
