SEC. 24220. ADVANCED IMPAIRED DRIVING TECHNOLOGY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) alcohol-impaired driving fatalities represent approxi-
mately 1 ⁄3 of all highway fatalities in the United States each
year;
(2) in 2019, there were 10,142 alcohol-impaired driving
fatalities in the United States involving drivers with a blood
alcohol concentration level of .08 or higher, and 68 percent
of the crashes that resulted in those fatalities involved a driver
with a blood alcohol concentration level of .15 or higher;
(3) the estimated economic cost for alcohol-impaired driving
in 2010 was $44,000,000,000;
(4) according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,
advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology
can prevent more than 9,400 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities
annually; and
(5) to ensure the prevention of alcohol-impaired driving
fatalities, advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention
technology must be standard equipment in all new passenger
motor vehicles.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ADVANCED DRUNK AND IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION
TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘advanced drunk and impaired driving
prevention technology’’ means a system that—
(A) can—
(i) passively monitor the performance of a driver
of a motor vehicle to accurately identify whether that
driver may be impaired; and
(ii) prevent or limit motor vehicle operation if an
impairment is detected;
(B) can—
49 USC 30111
note.
Public
information.
Analysis.
Deadlines.
23 USC 503 note.
49 USC 30301
prec.
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(i) passively and accurately detect whether the
blood alcohol concentration of a driver of a motor
vehicle is equal to or greater than the blood alcohol
concentration described in section 163(a) of title 23,
United States Code; and
(ii) prevent or limit motor vehicle operation if a
blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit is
detected; or
(C) is a combination of systems described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B).
(2) NEW.—The term ‘‘new’’, with respect to a passenger
motor vehicle, means that the passenger motor vehicle—
(A) is a new vehicle (as defined in section 37.3 of
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regula-
tion)); and
(B) has not been purchased for purposes other than
resale.
(3) PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘passenger
motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given the term in section
32101 of title 49, United States Code.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
(c) ADVANCED DRUNK AND IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION
TECHNOLOGY SAFETY STANDARD.—Subject to subsection (e) and not
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall issue a final rule prescribing a Federal motor vehicle
safety standard under section 30111 of title 49, United States
Code, that requires passenger motor vehicles manufactured after
the effective date of that standard to be equipped with advanced
drunk and impaired driving prevention technology.
(d) REQUIREMENT.—To allow sufficient time for manufacturer
compliance, the compliance date of the rule issued under subsection
(c) shall be not earlier than 2 years and not more than 3 years
after the date on which that rule is issued.
(e) TIMING.—If the Secretary determines that the Federal motor
vehicle safety standard required under subsection (c) cannot meet
the requirements and considerations described in subsections (a)
and (b) of section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, by the
applicable date, the Secretary—
(1) may extend the time period to such date as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary, but not later than the date
that is 3 years after the date described in subsection (c);
(2) shall, not later than the date described in subsection
(c) and not less frequently than annually thereafter until the
date on which the rule under that subsection is issued, submit
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives a report describing, as of the
date of submission of the report—
(A) the reasons for not prescribing a Federal motor
vehicle safety standard under section 30111 of title 49,
United States Code, that requires advanced drunk and
impaired driving prevention technology in all new pas-
senger motor vehicles;
(B) the deployment of advanced drunk and impaired
driving prevention technology in vehicles;
Reports.
Extension.
Deadline.
Determinations.
Compliance.
Time period.
Deadline.
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(C) any information relating to the ability of vehicle
manufacturers to include advanced drunk and impaired
driving prevention technology in new passenger motor
vehicles; and
(D) an anticipated timeline for prescribing the Federal
motor vehicle safety standard described in subsection (c);
and
(3) if the Federal motor vehicle safety standard required
by subsection (c) has not been finalized by the date that is
10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, shall submit
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representative a report describing—
(A) the reasons why the Federal motor vehicle safety
standard has not been finalized;
(B) the barriers to finalizing the Federal motor vehicle
safety standard; and
(C) recommendations to Congress to facilitate the Fed-
eral motor vehicle safety standard.
