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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2662 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit staged collisions with |
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| 6 | 6 | | commercial motor vehicles, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | OLLINS(for himself and Mr. GILLof Texas) introduced the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit staged |
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| 14 | 14 | | collisions with commercial motor vehicles, and for other |
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| 15 | 15 | | purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Staged Accident Fraud 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Prevention Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. STAGING OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS WITH 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) I |
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| 24 | 24 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 805 of title 49, United 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2662 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘§ 80505. Staging of motor vehicle collisions with 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | commercial motor vehicles 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 33 | 33 | | ENALTY FORSTAGINGCOLLISION.—A person 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | operating a motor vehicle who intentionally causes a colli-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | sion with a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in section 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 31101, or arranges for another person to cause such a 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | collision, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | more than 20 years, or both. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 40 | 40 | | ENALTY FOR STAGINGCOLLISIONCAUSING 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | S |
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| 42 | 42 | | ERIOUSBODILYINJURY.—A person operating a motor 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | vehicle who intentionally causes a collision with a commer-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cial motor vehicle, as defined in section 31101, that results 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in serious bodily injury or death to another person, or ar-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ranges for another person to cause such a collision, shall 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not less than 20 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | years, or both. 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(c) L |
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| 50 | 50 | | IMITATION ONPROSECUTION.—A person may 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | not be prosecuted for an act under this section if the per-18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | son has been convicted or acquitted on the merits for the 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | same act under the laws of a State, the District of Colum-20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | bia, or a territory or possession of the United States.’’. 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (b) C |
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| 56 | 56 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ter 805 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | adding at the end the following: 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘80505. Staging of motor vehicle collisions with commercial motor vehicles.’’. |
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