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 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 337 (b) SCHOOL BUS OCCUPANT SAFETY STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to assess occupant safety in school buses. The study shall examine available information about occupant safety and analyze options for improving occupant safety. (c) REPORTS.— Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of each study conducted under this section. (d) LIMITATION ON FUNDING. —The Secretary may not expend more than $200,000 from funds made available by section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for conducting each study under this section. SEC. 2008. EFFECTIVENESS OF LAWS ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM BLOOD 23 USC 410 note. ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS. (a) STUDY. —The Comptroller General shall condu'ct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of State laws that— (1) deem any individual with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle to be driving while intoxicated; and (2) deem any individual under the age of 21 with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle to be driving while intoxicated; in reducing the number and severity of alcohol-involved crashes. (b) REPORT. —Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the results of the study conducted under this section. SEC. 2009. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —The following sums are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): (1) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—For carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code, $149,700,000 for fiscal year 1998, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $152,800,000 for fiscal year 2000, $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. (2) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. — For carrying out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, $72,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003. (3) OCCUPANT PROTECTION INCENTIVE GRANTS.—For carry- ing out section 405 of title 23, United States Code, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000, $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. (4) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES INCEN- i TIVE GRANT PROGRAM. —For carrying out section 410 of title 23, United States Code, $34,500,000 for fiscal year 1998, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $36,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001, $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. (5) STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY DATA GRANTS. —For carrying out section 411 of title 23, United States Code, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.

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