Findings and purpose

(a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Alcohol-impaired driving is a leading cause of death and injury on our nation's roadways, with more than 12,000 people killed every year and hundreds of thousands seriously injured in drunk driving crashes annually. These deaths and injuries are 100 percent preventable. (2) Congress has directed the integration of passive, advanced anti-drunk driving in-vehicle technology into all new passenger motor vehicles under Section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). (3) Accelerated deployment are needed to bring forward passive, consumer-ready vehicle-integrated technologies designed to prevent drunk driving. (4) Public-private innovation prize competitions have proven effective in spurring rapid advancements and breakthroughs in science, engineering, safety and technology. (b) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to establish a competitive prize award program to incentivize deployment of effective, passive, anti-drunk driving technology that is consumer-ready for integration into passenger motor vehicles.