Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under the Federal-aid highway program if it is lawful in such State to: (1) possess an open alcoholic beverage container in the passenger area of any motor vehicle on a public highway; (2) consume any alcoholic beverage in such motor vehicle on a public highway; or (3) drive a motor vehicle on a public highway when the driver's blood alcohol concentration is at least 0.10 percent.
Exempts from such withholding measures charter buses of ten or more passengers whose drivers are not permitted by State law to possess open alcoholic beverages in the passenger area.
Sets forth guidelines for the withholding of such funds.
Provides for the release of withheld funds to States which comply with this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
For Further Action See H.R.5210.
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