3.0.0 2936 2024-07-26T14:59:10Z 2024-07-26T14:59:10Z House H HR 2023-04-27 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 71 (Thursday, April 27, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CUELLAR:H.R. 2936.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:To improve the safety of truckers and civilians on UShighways.[Page H2086]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2023-04-27T13:07:30Z 2023-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 N B001295 Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] Mike Bost R IL 12 2023-04-27 True G000577 Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6] Garret Graves R LA 6 2023-04-27 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 2023-05-09T16:00:31Z 00 2023-04-27 Introduced in House 2024-07-26T14:57:02Z Highway Accident Fairness Act of 2023

This bill makes staging a collision with a commercial motor vehicle a federal crime and modifies legal procedures for suits arising from commercial motor vehicle accidents.

A person who is operating a motor vehicle and intentionally causes a collision with a commercial motor vehicle (or arranges for another person to cause such a collision) is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 20 years, or both. If the collision results in serious bodily injury or death, the prison term may not be less than 20 years.

With respect to legal procedures, the bill requires a plaintiff, in a suit in state or federal court concerning a bodily injury or death that involves one or more commercial motor vehicles, to disclose the identity of any commercial enterprise (other than the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney) that has the right to receive a portion of the plaintiff's recovery (e.g., commercial enterprises that are financing the litigation in exchange for a portion of the recovery). The bill also grants federal courts jurisdiction over such actions in certain cases where damages exceed $5 million. These provisions apply to any case pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of the bill's enactment. 

]]> Highway Accident Fairness Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Highway Accident Fairness Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:22:29Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Highway Accident Fairness Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:40:31Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit staged collisions with commercial motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:42:09Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr2936ih/xml/BILLS-118hr2936ih.xml 2023-04-27 Referred to the House 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.