Bill > HR3757

This bill, the Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act of 2021, aims to increase federal funding and support for state-level efforts to address impaired driving involving alcohol, drugs, and multiple substances. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Allowing states to use certain federal highway safety funds for countermeasures and technologies to detect and prevent single and multiple substance impaired driving, such as oral fluid screening, electronic warrant programs, and case management software. 2. Expanding the types of impaired driving-related expenses that states can use federal grant funds for, including hiring and training criminal justice professionals, improving testing and reporting, and implementing new programs and technologies. 3. Requiring a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the reporting of impaired driving arrest and citation data to federal databases, as well as the interstate sharing of conviction and license suspension information, to better identify repeat offenders. The overall purpose of the bill is to increase national investment in innovative programs and technologies to eliminate multiple substance impaired driving and improve public safety.

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