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The Secretary shall withhold 10 per centum of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under each of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 104(b(4) of this title on the first day of each fiscal year after the second fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1985, 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. (a) Withholding of Funds for Noncompliance. įEDERAL CITATIONS AND RELEVANT TEXT EXCERPTSĢ3 U.S.C. A Federal regulation that interprets the Act excludes from the definition of "public possession," possession "for an established religious purpose when accompanied by a parent, spouse or legal guardian age 21 or older for medical purposes when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician, pharmacist, dentist, nurse, hospital or medical institution in private clubs or establishments or to the sale, handling, transport, or service in dispensing of any alcoholic beverage pursuant to lawful employment of a person under the age of twenty-one years by a duly licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of alcoholic beverages". The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act,, requires that States prohibit persons under 21 years of age from purchasing or publicly possessing alcoholic beverages as a condition of receiving State highway funds.