S.Amdt. 668

SA 668. Mr. OBAMA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 605 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill H.R. 3, to
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 143, after the matter following line 25, add the
following:

SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE IN SUPPORT OF INCREASED PUBLIC
AWARENESS OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION LEVELS
AND THE DANGERS OF DRINKING AND DRIVING.

(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(1) in 2003--
(A) 17,013 Americans died in alcohol-related traffic
crashes;
(B) 40 percent of the persons killed in traffic crashes
died in alcohol-related crashes; and
(C) drivers with blood alcohol concentration levels over
0.15 were involved in 58 percent of alcohol-related traffic
fatalities;
(2) research shows that 77 percent of Americans think they
have received enough information about drinking and driving
and the way in which alcohol affects individual blood alcohol
concentration levels; and
(3) only 28 percent of the American public can correctly
identify the legal limit of blood alcohol concentration of
the State in which they reside.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
should work with State and local governments and independent
organizations to increase public awareness of--
(1) State legal limits on blood alcohol concentration
levels; and
(2) the dangers of drinking and driving.
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