[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10050 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10050

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit liability at common 
 law for failure to manufacture or equip a motor vehicle to an extent 
        that exceeds applicable motor vehicle safety standards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 2026

  Mr. Flood (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Ellzey, and Mr. Rouzer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit liability at common 
 law for failure to manufacture or equip a motor vehicle to an extent 
        that exceeds applicable motor vehicle safety standards.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act 
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To ensure the uniform application of motor vehicle 
        safety standards promulgated by the National Highway Traffic 
        Safety Administration pursuant to Chapter 301 of title 49, 
        United States Code.
            (2) To relieve the unreasonable burden on interstate 
        commerce of allowing suits at common law to supplant such motor 
        vehicle safety standards.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON LIABILITY BASED ON FAILURE TO EXCEED APPLICABLE 
              MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS.

    Section 30103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (e)--
            (1) by striking ``does not exempt'' and inserting ``shall 
        exempt''; and
            (2) by inserting ``for failure to exceed such standard'' 
        after ``common law''.
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