Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 2/3/2022
Actions
- 2022-02-03Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.
- 2022-02-03Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2022-02-03Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2021-10-28Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2021-03-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2021-03-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2022-02-03 (25)
Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to states that do not suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a driver's license of an individual based on such individual's failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee.
Grants shall be awarded to (1) cover the costs incurred by a state to reinstate driver's licenses previously suspended for unpaid fines and fees; (2) maximize the number of individuals with suspended driver's licenses eligible to have driving privileges reinstated or regained; (3) provide assistance to individuals living in areas where public transportation options are limited; and (4) ease the burden on states where the state or local law that permitted the suspension or revocation of, or refusal to renew, driver's licenses or the registration of a motor vehicle based on the failure to pay civil or criminal fines or fees was in effect during the three year period ending on the date on which a state applies for or receives a grant under this bill.
The Government Accountability Office must study the implementation of the grant program authorized by this bill, including the known effects of repealing state laws that have permitted the suspension, revocation, or refusal of a driver's license or motor vehicle registration based on the failure to pay civil or criminal fines or fees.
Cosponsors (13)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Subjects
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Economic performance and conditions
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Licensing and registrations
- Motor vehicles
- Roads and highways
- State and local government operations
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- Unemployment
- User charges and fees
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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