S.Amdt. 345
What it does: Adds SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING 0.08 BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT wherever appropriate
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 23
Adds SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING 0.08 BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING 0.08 BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration--
Inserted: (1) each year, 42,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes, and more than 16,000 of these fatalities are related to impaired driving;
Inserted: (2) 68 percent of children killed in alcohol-related crashes were riding in a car with a drinking driver; and
Inserted: (3) the 0.08 blood alcohol content legal limit is 1 of the laws that has had the greatest impact in preventing and deterring impaired driving.
Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Federal standard of 0.08 blood alcohol content for driving under the influence of alcohol saves lives and must remain the national policy.
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SA 345. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 23, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING 0.08 BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration--
(1) each year, 42,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes, and more than 16,000 of these fatalities are related to impaired driving;
(2) 68 percent of children killed in alcohol-related crashes were riding in a car with a drinking driver; and
(3) the 0.08 blood alcohol content legal limit is 1 of the laws that has had the greatest impact in preventing and deterring impaired driving.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Federal standard of 0.08 blood alcohol content for driving under the influence of alcohol saves lives and must remain the national policy.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 20, 2003