During consideration of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7148), Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) offered an amendment that would prohibit the use of federal funds to implement Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which requires that all new passenger motor vehicles be equipped with "advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology."

The House rejected Massie's amendment on January 22, 2026 by a vote of 164 to 268 (Roll Call 43). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because this federal "kill-switch" mandate to forcibly "monitor the performance" of every driver and automatically "prevent or limit motor vehicle operation" violates the fundamental right of the American people to travel freely with a reasonable expectation of privacy. The Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution not only protect against "unreasonable searches and seizures" of persons and their possessions, but also provide that no person shall be deprived of "liberty, or property, without due process of law."