HR 4153 · 111th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards to prevent distracted driving, and for other purposes.

Introduced 2009-11-19· Sponsored by Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]· House

Bill Progress

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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.(2009-11-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds for FY2012-FY2015, and thereafter, if the state has not enacted or is not enforcing a law that prohibits, with specified exceptions, a person from using a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic message while operating a motor vehicle that is in motion or part of traffic.…

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Cosponsors (4)

3 Democrats1 Republican