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This bill, the Drunk Driving Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2025, aims to reduce alcohol-impaired driving fatalities and injuries by establishing a competition to accelerate the development and integration of passive, anti-drunk driving technology into passenger vehicles. The Secretary of Transportation will oversee this competition, offering a cash prize of at least $45 million to an entity that demonstrates consumer-ready technology, such as breath or touch-based sensors, capable of preventing drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above the legal limit from operating a vehicle. The bill also authorizes $50 million for this program and related administrative costs, with funds available until fiscal year 2028. Additionally, it mandates the creation of a Traffic Safety Enforcement Center of Excellence within the Department of Transportation to provide expertise and support to states and law enforcement for effective traffic safety enforcement, with an authorized appropriation of $5 million annually for its operations. Finally, the bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to establish a national system for collecting data on drug-involved crashes, defining a "drug involved crash" as one causing serious injury or death where a driver tests positive for impairing substances other than alcohol, and authorizes $30 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2031 to support this data collection system and provide grants to states.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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