3.0.0 2728 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z Senate S S 2004-07-22 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-22T20:56:56Z 2004-07-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Crime and Law Enforcement Accreditation (Medical care) Automobile industry Automobile parts Automobile repair Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Criminal investigation Criminal statistics Department of Justice Executive reorganization Finance and Financial Sector Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health Insurance companies Law Licenses Prosecution Public prosecutors Recidivists Salvage Self-insurance State laws Traffic accidents and safety Transportation and Public Works Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2004-11-05T15:04:50Z Cheaper Car Insurance Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit automobile insurance fraud.

Directs the Department of Justice to publish best practices for the States to use in licensing: (1) auto body shops that perform work paid for by insurers; and (2) medical treatment provided to people who are injured in automobile accidents.

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) cooperate with the offices of the U.S. Attorneys to aggressively investigate fraudulent chop shops and salvage yards, to aggressively prosecute automobile insurance fraud, and to report statistics on investigations, prosecutions, and convictions; and (2) establish Federal-State-Local Anti-Auto Insurance Fraud Task Forces in the offices of the U.S. Attorneys in the ten U.S. cities that are most severely affected.

Grants an insurance company the right to require a mandatory inspection by an insurance company representative or agent of any motor vehicle prior to agreeing to provide insurance coverage. Permits a company to waive such right under specified circumstances. Allows an insurer to require a pre-insurance inspection of an otherwise exempt motor vehicle, but prohibits basing such decision on the age, race, sex, religion, or marital status of the applicant or insured or the fact that the vehicle has been insured through a residual or non-voluntary insurance market.

]]> Cheaper Car Insurance Act of 2004 Display Title Cheaper Car Insurance Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to create a penalty for automobile insurance fraud, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Cheaper Car Insurance Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-22T04:00:00Z 2004-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.