S 1572
Advanced toward a vote
Modifies the federal carjacking statute so that the general offense requires only that a person knowingly take a motor vehicle, and sets up a penalty of up to 25 years where the taking involves intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, or a firearm is brandished or discharged, and serious bodily injury results.
Official title: Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act
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Senate
Introduced
01-MAY-2025
Referred
01-MAY-2025
Approved by committee
30-APR-2026
Reported
11-MAY-2026
On the calendar
11-MAY-2026
- Replaces the requirement of intent to cause death or serious bodily harm in the general carjacking offense with a knowing-taking standard.
- Sets a prison term of up to 25 years, or a fine, when the vehicle is taken with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, or a firearm is brandished or discharged, and serious bodily injury results.
- Limits the death-result penalty to cases where the vehicle was taken with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm.
- Titled the Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act and amends section 2119 of title 18, United States Code.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to Senate, 11-MAY-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Crime and Law Enforcement
■ 11 R■ 5 D
11 Republicans