A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize under the national minimum drinking age provision a State adjacent to a foreign country to allow the purchase and consumption of an alcoholic beverage on the premises of certain establishments by any person who is eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years old, and for other purposes.

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Amends the national minimum drinking age law to provide that the Secretary of Transportation shall not withhold any apportionment to Federal-aid highway systems from a State adjacent to a foreign country if a person who is 18, 19, or 20 years old may in such State lawfully purchase alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of the selling establishment. Authorizes the Secretary to add eligibility criteria to basic and supplemental grants to States which implement alcohol traffic safety programs. Identifies such criteria as: (1) the establishment of mandatory education programs for new operators of motor vehicles and persons convicted of driving while intoxicated; and (2) comprehensive education programs for owners, employees, and patrons of establishments authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 March 1985

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