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 PUBLIC LAW 98-363—JULY 17, 1984

98 STAT. 437

grant to any State under this subsection for the second fiscal year such State is eligible for a grant under this subsection shall equal 10 per centum of the amount apportioned to such State for fiscal year 1986 under this section. "(4) A State is eligible for a grant under this subsection if— "(A) it certifies to the Secretary that it has in operation a computerized traffic safety recordkeeping system and identifies proposed means of upgrading the system acceptable to the Secretary; or "(B) it provides to the Secretary a plan acceptable to the Secretary for establishing and maintaining a computerized traffic safety recordkeeping system. "(5) The Secretary, after making the deduction authorized by the second sentence of subsection (c) of this section for fiscal years 1985 and 1986, shall set aside 10 per centum of the remaining funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for the purpose of making grants under this subsection. Funds set aside under this subsection shall remain available for the fiscal year authorized and for the succeeding fiscal year and any amounts remaining unexpended at the end of such period shall be apportioned in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.". SEC. 6. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 158. National minimum drinking age "(a)(1) The Secretary shall withhold 5 per centum of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under each of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6) of this title on the first day of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1985, in which the purchase or public possession in such State of any alcoholic beverage by a person who is less than twentyone years of age is lawful. "(2) The Secretary shall withhold 10 per centum of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under each of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(5), and 104(b)(6) of this title on the first day of the fiscal year succeeding the second fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1985, in which the purchase or public possession in such State of any alcoholic beverage by a person who is less than twenty-one years of age is lawful. "(b) The Secretary shall promptly apportion to a State any funds which have been withheld from apportionment under subsection (a) of this section in fiscal year if in any succeeding fiscal year such State makes unlawful the purchase or public possession of any alcoholic beverage by a person who is less than twenty-one years of age. "(c) As used in this section, the term 'alcoholic beverage' means— "(1) beer as defined in section 5052(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, "(2) wine of not less than one-half of 1 per centum of alcohol by volume, or "(3) distilled spirits as defined in section 5002(a)(8) of such Code.".

(b) The table of sections of chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "158. National minimum drinking age.".

23 USC 158. Alcohol and alcoholic gfusTm

26 USC 5052.

26 USC 5002.

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