[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5336 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5336

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, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2026

  Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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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, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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--
            (1) to ensure the uniform application of motor vehicle 
        safety standards prescribed by the National Highway Traffic 
        Safety Administration pursuant to chapter 301 of title 49, 
        United States Code; and
            (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(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (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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