Solomon-Lautenberg amendment
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The Solomon–Lautenberg amendment is a 1991 law that requires U.S. state
s to impose a mandatory six-month drivers license suspension for drug offenses, or face loss of federal highway funds. States are allowed to pass legislation opting out of this.
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
s to impose a mandatory six-month drivers license suspension for drug offenses, or face loss of federal highway funds. States are allowed to pass legislation opting out of this.