H.R. 4153 · 111th Congress
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards to prevent distracted driving, and for other purposes.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Todd Platts
- Introduced
- 2009-11-19
- Latest action
- 2009-11-20 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Summary
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.