Driver Licensing and Education Improvement Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 8, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2269)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Driver Licensing and Education Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends Federal transportation law to establish the National Driver Licensing and Education Improvement Program in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Requires the Program, among other things, to provide States with services for coordinating State motor vehicle driver education and licensing programs.
Amends Federal highway law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to States to: (1) improve motor vehicle driver education programs; and (2) establish and improve the administration of graduated licensing systems.
Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine whether the establishment and imposition of nationwide minimum standards of motor vehicle driver education would improve national highway traffic safety or the performance and legal compliance of novice drivers.
Modifies eligibility requirements for grants for support of alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures to require a multiple-stage graduated licensing system for young drivers that: (1) authorizes the issuance of an initial license or learner's permit to a driver on or after the driver's 16th birthday; (2) prohibits a person under age 21 with a blood alcohol concentration of .02 percent or greater from operating a motor vehicle; (3) provides for a learning stage and an intermediate stage of at least six months each; (4) limits the numbers of passengers under the age of 18 years old; (5) limits nighttime driving, and (6) applies special penalties for violations of system restrictions and of other State motor vehicle laws.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 8, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Mar 8, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Mar 8, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2269)
- Mar 8, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Alcohol and youth
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Curricula
- Department of Transportation
- Driver education
- Driver licenses
- Drug abuse
- Drunk driving
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal aid to transportation
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Law
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation research
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2005Introduced in Senate
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