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Safe and Sober Streets Act of 1997

Introduced: March 6, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Mar 6, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 6, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe and Sober Streets Act of 1997 - Amends Federal transportation law to require the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of the funds authorized for Federal aid highway programs for FY 2001, and ten percent of such amounts for subsequent fiscal years, from any State that has not enacted and is not enforcing a law that considers as intoxicated an individual who has an alcohol concentration level of 0.08 percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle in such State. Allows funds withheld from a State during FY 2001 to be available for up to three fiscal years after such date (to allow a State to meet such requirement within such period), but allows no grace period with respect to funds withheld during the subsequent fiscal years.

What's happening now March 20, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 16
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 19, 1998
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 12, 1998
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 12, 1998
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 11, 1998
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 10, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 10, 1998
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 4, 1998
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 4, 1998
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 11, 1998
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 10, 1997
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Sherman, Brad
California · Sep 10, 1997
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 17, 1997
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 16, 1997
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 16, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 10, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 20, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 981: Safe and Sober Streets Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-981/
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"H.R. 981: Safe and Sober Streets Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-981/.
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