23 CFR § 1208.4 - Adoption of National Minimum Drinking Age.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s1208.4"
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title: "23 CFR § 1208.4 - Adoption of National Minimum Drinking Age."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "1208.4"
section_name: "Adoption of National Minimum Drinking Age."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GUIDELINES"
part_number: "1208"
part_name: "NATIONAL MINIMUM DRINKING AGE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "23 U.S.C. 158; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.48 and 1.50."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 10380, Mar. 26, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1208"
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# 1208.4 Adoption of National Minimum Drinking Age.
The Secretary shall withhold ten percent of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under each of §§ 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(5) and 104(b)(6) of title 23 U.S.C. on the first day of each fiscal year in which the purchase or public possession in such State of any alcoholic beverage by a person who is less than twenty-one years of age is lawful.
[60 FR 66076, Dec. 21, 1995]