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 97 STAT. 726 PUBLIC LAW 98-103—SEPT. 30, 1983 National Drunk and Drugged Driving Aware- ness Week. Whereas the best defense against the drunk or drugged driver is the use of safety belts and greater safety belt usage would increase the number of survivors of traffic accidents; Whereas an increase in the public awareness of the problem of drunk and drugged driving may contribute to a change in society's attitude toward the drunk or drugged driver and help to sustain current efforts to develop comprehensive solutions at the State and local levels; Whereas the Christmas and New Year holiday period, with more drivers on the roads and an increased number of social functions, is a particularly appropriate time to focus national attention on this critical problem; Whereas designation of the week of December 12, 1982, through December 18, 1982, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week stimulated many activities and programs by groups in both the private and public sectors aimed at curbing drunk and drugged driving in the high-risk Christmas and New Year holiday period and thereafter; Whereas the number of traffic fatalities over the three-day New Year holiday in 1982 was the lowest since 1949, with 282 deaths as compared to 338 deaths for the same period in 1981; Whereas the activities and programs during National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week in 1982 heightened the aware- ness of the American public to the danger of drunk and drugged driving and contributed to the decrease in traffic fatalities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the week of December 11, 1983, through December 17, 1983, is designated as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week" and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate activities. Approved September 30, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 119: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): July 16, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 15, considered and passed House.

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