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Safe and Sober Streets Act of 1997

Introduced: March 10, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 7, 1997
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearings held.
Mar 10, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 10, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2078-2079)
Mar 10, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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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 May 7, 1997

Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 981 Text similarities Safe and Sober Streets Act of 1997
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 31, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 412: Safe and Sober Streets Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-412/
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