Amendment requires States to enact and enforce a national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors.

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Amendment Number
814
Description
Amendment requires States to enact and enforce a national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors.
Purpose
An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of September 19 as amendment No. 21, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of FY 1999 highway funds from any State that does not enact and enforce a law making illegal the operation of a motor vehicle by a minor with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or higher before October 1, 1998.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Sep 20, 1995
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Lowey amendment (A008) Agreed to by recorded vote: 223 - 203 (Roll no. 678).
Latest Action Time
16:58:31
Submitted Date
Sep 20, 1995
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 814 — Informed