S 1536
111th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Motor vehicles
Public transit
Roads and highways
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
ALERT Drivers Act
Introduced: July 29, 2009
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jul 29, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Avoiding Life-Endangering and Reckless Texting by Drivers Act of 2009 or the ALERT Drivers Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 25% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds for the fiscal year if the state has not enacted or is not enforcing a law that: (1) prohibits, except in an emergency, an operator of a motor vehicle from writing, sending, or reading a text message using a hand-held mobile telephone (excluding a voice-activated device); and (2) requires, upon conviction of a violation of such prohibition, the imposition of certain minimum penalties.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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