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H.R. 5097

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Erica's Law
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Committee
Latest Action · April 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
April 21, 2010
Cosponsors (1)
0D 1R
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Erica's Law - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 15% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds if the state has not enacted or is not enforcing a law that: (1) prohibits, with specified exceptions, an individual from using a wireless communication device to call or compose, read, or send an electronic message while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone; and (2) requires, upon conviction of a violation of the prohibition, the imposition of certain minimum penalties.

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