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