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Bill Name: Fair Alcohol Consumption Act
Bill Description: A BILL

To encourage states to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18 and to eliminate possible penalties on states that do not enforce a legal drinking age of 21.

Findings:
1. Since the passage of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, the de jure policy of the federal government and the de facto policy of the US States has been to enforce the legal drinking age at 21. The Act, as now prescribed under Section 161 of Title 23 of US Code, allows the federal government to withhold up to ten percent of highway funds for each state that does not comply with the over-21 law.

2. No other Western country has a de jure drinking age of 21 or above, and most set the limit at 18 years of age if even such an age limit exists.

3. Upon the age of 18 years, citizens of the United States are entitled to vote for elected officials, serve in the United States Armed Forces, and are deemed to be fully independent adults capable of making their own decisions.

4. Despite the enforcement of the legal drinking age at 21, underage drinking is a persistent problem in every state in the nation. Mothers Against Drunk Driving estimates that 80% of individuals have already begun drinking before the age of 21.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:

SECTION 1. Section 161 (Operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors) is struck from Title 23 of US Code.

SECTION 2. The federal government shall impose no penalty upon states as a direct result of a lower drinking age of the state therein, including:
(a) Reduction or denial of federal funds for categorical grants, especially highway funds
(b) Reduction or denial of federal funds for block grants
(c) A mandate requiring a specific drinking age in that state

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE HOUSES OF CONGRESS:

1. The federal government of the United States of America believes it is the right of each state to determine its own minimum drinking age.
2. It is the sense of the United States Congress that the age upon which individuals can make his/her own life decisions, including the use of intoxicating liquors, is 18 years.
3. It is the sense of Congress that all states, for purposes of consistency, should adopt a minimum legal drinking age of 18 years, and that these laws shall not apply to possession of alcohol by a minor in the following circumstances:
(a) An established religious purpose, when accompanied by a parent, spouse or legal guardian aged 18 years or older
(b) Medical purposes when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician, pharmacist, dentist, nurse, hospital, or medical institution
(c) In private clubs or establishments
(d) In the course of lawful employment by a duly licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer

Respectfully Submitted,
Senator Stryker (D-OH)

Originally submitted by Rep. Kevin Kennedy, Jr. (D-NY)
Bill Author: Stryker (D-OH)
Lobby Groups:
Aye: 947
Nay: 497
Present: 0

Representatives voting Aye:
moester1 (R-AL)
Emperor Norton (G-CA)
Bill Arnold (D-CA)
Sith Lord Revan (CA) (C-CA)
Sith Lord Revan (CT) (C-CT)
D. Tinglov (L-DE)
angelajenkins (D-FL)
Wayne McCarty (D-FL)
Dan Uggla (D-FL)
FlSav (D-FL)
Luigi Costello (R-GA)
charlie (R-ID)
Larry Bird (D-IN)
Jim Rudi (D-MI)
Thomas Benton (D-MO)
Marcus Edwards (D-NJ)
erick4793 (D-NC)
Cincinnatus (D-OH)
Jim Brown (D-OH)
Redwings11 (R-OK)
Darwin Rocks (D-PA)
Joe Sixpack (L-PA)
Michael Costello (R-TN)
Hitman (D-UT)
Sith Lord Revan (WV) (C-WV)
Christian T. Gibbons (D-WV)
walja (D-WI)

Representatives voting Nay:
bbbseay (D-AL)
macwire (R-CA)
Client Nine (R-FL)
plop23 (D-FL)
Johnny Isaakson (R-GA)
RAS (R-NY)
Austin Britt (R-NC)
Dale Gribble (R-TX)
Nathan Britt (R-VA)

Representatives answering "Present":

Representatives not voting yet:
Lucille (R-AL)
Alex911911 (R-AL)
Don Young (R-AK)
Rita (R-AZ)
Bertha (R-AR)
Michael Wong (D-CA)
Ace Frehley (R-CA)
Ed Doe (D-CA)
dbrown (D-CA)
John Marshall (D-CA)
jcheng (D-CA)
Tom West (D-CA)
Maddog30 (D-CA)
BasilioBonilla (D-CA)
Myles Mann (D-CA)
Gary Herges (D-CA)
Andrew Sienna (R-CA)
drumming ya (D-CA)
Andrew Yip (R-CA)
Cynthia McKinney (G-CA)
Boy George (L-CA)
tamman (D-CO)
brianreed (D-CT)
Peter Criss (R-FL)
Claude Pepper (D-FL)
usfbulls (D-FL)
Titans1 (R-FL)
macpalin08 (R-FL)
Kaligh (D-FL)
Thomas Stanton (R-GA)
Jag Johnson (D-GA)
Ed Ha (D-HI)
cubsfan67 (D-IL)
rimrocka4144 (D-IL)
William Burroughs (G-IL)
Richard Butkus (D-IL)
Eric Hardcastle (R-IL)
Caleb J. Torres (D-IN)
Indiana R. Gray (R-IN)
Melinda Tinsley (R-IN)
adamsmo (D-IA)
James Baird Weaver (D-IA)
Kim Carson (G-KS)
El Wray (L-KS)
Bob Babineaux (D-LA)
Brook Rocka (D-LA)
SaulWilliams (G-ME)
ernestffleming01 (D-MD)
Ed Ma (D-MA)
JayDub (D-MI)
Bombers018 (R-MI)
POTUSS (D-MI)
Derrick Clinton (D-MN)
Michael Quinn (R-MN)
A Cortini (G-MN)
John C. Mac (R-MS)
John McCloud (R-MT)
William Jennings Bryan (D-NE)
john mac (R-NE)
rep don brown (D-NV)
Jake Johnson (D-NV)
William Baker (D-NH)
Ed Hudson (D-NJ)
Nescafe (G-NY)
Storm Boris (D-NY)
Basilio Bonilla III (D-NY)
Harvey Nick Clinton (D-NY)
wxyrty (D-NY)
Mary Jenkins (D-NY)
Erin Clinton (D-NC)
Locust Sang (D-ND)
John Marigold (R-OH)
Hayden Clinton (D-OH)
Dakotafox (D-OH)
Jag Fohnson (D-OH)
malcom (C-OR)
meadia (D-OR)
David Unger (D-PA)
Darius James (D-PA)
spartans11 (R-PA)
Tommy Lee (R-PA)
pags (D-PA)
Kennedy at Newport (D-RI)
Stetson Kennedy II (D-SC)
Husky Immortal (R-SC)
bucsfan (R-SC)
Agnes (R-SD)
Sean Hannity 3 (R-TN)
Elizabeth Rivera (D-TX)
Gene Simmons (R-TX)
Katie Williams (D-TX)
Tom (R-TX)
Michael Tyler (R-TX)
Ron Paul.. (L-TX)
Robin Finck (G-TX)
Max Tilse (D-TX)
conor101 (R-UT)
Malashaan1 (G-VT)
G. W. Whitehurst (R-VA)
Randy Darrah (L-VA)
Jack Reed (R-VA)
Audrey Rose (L-VA)
Leon J. Anstiss (D-WA)
Floyd Martin (R-WA)
Tyler Swift (D-WA)
conservativeforever (R-WI)
Richard B. Cheney (R-WY)