Sec. 3018. Drug-impaired driving education grant program
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a program to provide grants on a competitive basis to States and Indian tribes to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving. To be awarded a grant under this section, State or Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. A State or Indian tribe that receives a grant under this section may suballocate funds from the grant to a covered entity that will carry out the requirements of paragraph (a).
An entity that receives funds under this section, including a covered entity using such funds, shall— use evidence and strategies recommended by the Congressional Research Service publication titled Marijuana Use and Highway Safety , published in May, 2019; use evidence and strategies recommended by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publication titled Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide For State Highway Safety Offices, Ninth Edition, 2017 , published in April, 2018; or use other evidence-based, peer-reviewed strategies as determined by the Secretary.
Not later than 2 years after the date on which a State or Indian tribe receives a grant under the program established under paragraph (a), the State or Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary an evaluation of progress made toward reducing drug-impaired driving within the State or Indian tribe. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $15,000,000 for each of the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. The Federal share of the costs of activities funded using amounts from grants awarded under this section may not exceed 80 percent for each fiscal year for which a State receives a grant.
In this section: The term covered entity includes the following: A State government agency. A local government agency or political subdivision of a State. A Tribal organization. A nonprofit organization. A State or local prosecution office. A State or local law enforcement agency. The term drug-impaired driving means driving under the influence of marijuana, opioids, cocaine, amphetamines, fentanyl, or phencyclidine. The term marijuana has the meaning given such term in section 4008 of the FAST Act ( Public Law 114–94 ).
The term nonprofit organization means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) ) and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. The term State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States. The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ).
The term Tribal organization has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ).
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