Sec. 2020. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING

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## SEC. 2020 PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING ###

(a)Findings Congress finds that— ####

(1)there has been considerable progress over the past 25 years in reducing the number and rate of alcohol-related highway facilities; ####

(2)the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration projects that fatalities in alcohol-related crashes declined in 2003 for the 2nd year in a row; ####

(3)in spite of this progress, an estimated 17,013 Americans died in 2003, in alcohol-related crashes; ####

(4)these fatalities comprise 40 percent of the annual total highway fatalities; ####

(5)about 250,000 are injured each year in alcohol-related crashes; ####

(6)the past 2 years of decreasing alcohol-related fatalities follows a 3-year increase; ####

(7)alcohol-impaired driving is the Nation's most frequently committed violent crime; ####

(8)the annual cost of alcohol-related crashes is over $100,000,000,000, including $9,000,000,000 in costs to employers; ####

(9)a Presidential Commission on Alcohol Impaired Driving in 1982 and 1983 helped to lead to substantial progress on this issue; and ####

(10)these facts point to the need to renew the national commitment to preventing these deaths and injuries. ###

(b)Sense of the Congress It is the sense of Congress that, in an effort to further change the culture of alcohol-impaired driving on our Nation's highways, the President should consider establishing a Presidential Commission on Alcohol-Impaired Driving— ####

(1)comprised of representatives of— #####

(A)State and local governments, including State legislators; #####

(B)law enforcement; #####

(C)traffic safety experts, including researchers; #####

(D)victims of alcohol-related crashes; #####

(E)affected industries, including the alcohol, insurance, motorcycle, and auto industries; #####

(F)the business community; #####

(G)labor; #####

(H)the medical community; #####

(I)public health; and #####

(J)Members of Congress; and ####

(2)that not later than September 30, 2006, would— #####

(A)conduct a full examination of alcohol-impaired driving issues; and #####

(B)make recommendations for a broad range of policy and program changes that would serve to further reduce the level of deaths and injuries caused by alcohol impaired driving.