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HR 1952 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Licensing and registrations Motor vehicles Roads and highways State and local government operations Transportation programs funding

Better Drive Act

Introduced: April 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Better Drive Act

This bill repeals provisions requiring the Department of Transportation to withhold a certain amount of a state's apportionment of federal-aid highway funds if the state fails to enact and enforce a law that requires the revocation or suspension of drivers' licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses.

What's happening now April 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 13, 2018
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jun 7, 2017
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · May 18, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 18, 2017
Amash, Justin
· Apr 5, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Apr 5, 2017
Love, Mia
· Apr 5, 2017
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 5, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1952: Better Drive Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1952/
MLA
"H.R. 1952: Better Drive Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1952/.
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H.R. 1952, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1952/.
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[H.R. 1952: Better Drive Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1952/)
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