A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to reduce the amount of Federal highway funds allocated to any State that does not provide for the revocation or suspension of the driver's license of any individual convicted of a drug offense.
Drug Offender's Driving Privileges Suspension Act of 1989 - Mandates that a portion of Federal highway funds be withheld from States that do not enact and enforce laws requiring the revocation or suspension for at least six months of driver's licenses of persons convicted of drug-related offenses and a delay in the issuance or reinstatement of a driver's license to such a person for at least six months after applying if the individual does not have a license, or the license is suspended, at the time the individual is convicted, except whether the Governor of a State certifies to the Secretary of Transportation that either the Governor or the legislature of the State is opposed to the enactment of such a law.
Sets forth provisions for determining the period of availability of withheld funds and the disposition of such funds in cases of noncompliance.
Similar Provisions Included in H.R.5229.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-472.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Burdick with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-298.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Burdick with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-298.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.
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