Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act of 2020

Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide competitive grants to states to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving.

A state may use the grant to provide funds to local government agencies, Indian tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations in such state that will educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving.

A state that receives a grant or an entity using funds provided by a state must use certain evidence and strategies to educate the public, including those recommended by the Congressional Research Service in the publication titled Marijuana Use and Highway Safety, published on May 14, 2019.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8129 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8129

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program 
to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 28, 2020

 Miss Rice of New York (for herself and Mr. Balderson) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program 
to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, 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 ``Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act 
of 2020''.

SEC. 2. DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish 
a program to provide grants on a competitive basis to States to educate 
the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving.
    (b) Application for Grant.--To be eligible for a grant provided 
under this Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application in 
such form, at such time, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require.
    (c) Use of Grant Through Covered Entity.--A State that receives a 
grant under the program established under subsection (a) may use such 
grant to provide funds to a covered entity that will educate the public 
on the dangers of drug-impaired driving.
    (d) Best Available Evidence.--A State that receives a grant 
provided under this Act, or an entity using funds provided by a State 
that received such grant, to educate the public on the dangers of drug-
impaired driving shall--
            (1) use evidence and strategies recommended by the 
        Congressional Research Service publication titled ``Marijuana 
        Use and Highway Safety'', published in May, 2019;
            (2) use evidence and strategies recommended by the National 
        Highway Traffic Safety Administration publication titled 
        ``Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure 
        Guide For State Highway Safety Offices, Ninth Edition, 2017'', 
        published in April, 2018; or
            (3) use other evidence-based, peer-reviewed strategies as 
        determined by the Secretary.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $5,000,000 for each of the first 2 
fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (f) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' includes 
        the following:
                    (A) A State government agency.
                    (B) A local government agency or political 
                subdivision of a State.
                    (C) An Indian Tribal Government.
                    (D) A nonprofit organization.
                    (E) A State or local prosecution office.
                    (F) A State or local law enforcement agency.
            (2) Drug-impaired driving.--The term ``drug-impaired 
        driving'' means driving under the influence of marijuana, 
        opioids, or other substances, which may impair driving, as 
        determined by the Secretary.
            (3) Marijuana.--The term ``marijuana'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 4008 of the FAST Act (Public Law 
        114-94).
            (4) Nonprofit organization.--The term ``nonprofit 
        organization'' means an organization that is described in 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
        U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and is exempt from taxation under section 
        501(a) of such Code.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
            (6) State.--The term ``State'' means a State of the United 
        States, the District of Columbia, each territory of the United 
        States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.
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