Amendment required the Secretary of Transportation to withhold annually two percent of the Federal highway funds provided after fiscal year 1992 to those States that did not enact legislation which provided a 6-month suspension or revocation of the driver's license of each person convicted of a drug offense.

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Amendment Number
556
Description
Amendment required the Secretary of Transportation to withhold annually two percent of the Federal highway funds provided after fiscal year 1992 to those States that did not enact legislation which provided a 6-month suspension or revocation of the driver's license of each person convicted of a drug offense.
Purpose
An amendment to allow the Secretary of Transportation to withhold two percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State for any fiscal year beginning after 1992, if that State does not have in effect on the first day of that fiscal year a law which requires the suspension or revocation for a period of not less than 180 days of the driver's license of each person convicted for any drug or narcotic offense chargeable under the laws of the State or any other State.
Congress
101
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 12, 1990
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Solomon amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 331 - 88 (Roll no. 223).
Latest Action Time
15:45:52
Submitted Date
Jul 12, 1990
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 10, 2021
Amendment 556 — Informed