# 119-hr-6850: DRIVE to HALT Drunk Driving Act

119-hr-6850, DRIVE to HALT Drunk Driving Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6850
- Congress: 119
- Title: DRIVE to HALT Drunk Driving Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-13

## Summary

**Would require large automakers to produce passenger cars with built-in alcohol and impairment-prevention technology.** The bill would set annual vehicle production minimums tied to a DADSS performance specification and to specific sections of the European New Car Assessment Programme (ENCAP) version 10.3 to push impaired-driving tech into the market. - Covered manufacturers: Applies to companies that produced, sold, or imported more than 250,000 motor vehicles in the second most recent year, so it targets the biggest automakers. - Drivers and households: Pushes more passenger cars into the U.S. market that include alcohol-detection and ENCAP v10.3 safety features, making those technologies more common for buyers. - Enforcement and standards: Adds the new requirement to provisions eligible for civil penalties, expands the statutory definition of a motor vehicle safety standard, limits replacing the ENCAP-based benchmark to Secretary approval, and sets the rules to expire on the effective date of the rule required under section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New safety production mandates for automakers: mixed, medium. This bill would require large vehicle makers to produce minimum numbers of safer passenger cars. Not later than 180 days after enactment, each "covered manufacturer" (one that made, sold, introduced, or imported more than 250,000 vehicles in the second most recent year) would have to make at least…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-8541: Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6850 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6850)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-8541: Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8541)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6850 (as of 2026-06-13).