[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 104 (Monday, June 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2988-S2989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5888. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Lujan) submitted an

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amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. FEDERAL CARJACKING ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act''.
       (b) Motor Vehicles.--Section 2119 of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``, 
     with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm'' and 
     inserting ``knowingly'';
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``both,'' and inserting 
     ``both;'';
       (3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
     25 years, or both, if--
       ``(A) the person taking, or attempting to take, the motor 
     vehicle--
       ``(i) does so with the intent to cause death or serious 
     bodily harm; or
       ``(ii) brandishes or discharges a firearm (as defined in 
     section 921) during or in relation to such taking or 
     attempted taking; and
       ``(B) serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365, 
     including any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in the 
     special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
     States, would violate section 2241 or 2242) results; and''; 
     and
       (4) in paragraph (3), by striking ``if death results,'' and 
     inserting ``if the person taking, or attempting to take, the 
     motor vehicle does so with the intent to cause death or 
     serious bodily harm, and death results,''.
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