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Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act
S. 1572 To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Federal carjacking statute.
Summary
The bill amends the federal carjacking statute to broaden the definition of carjacking from requiring intent to cause death or serious bodily harm to simply knowingly taking a motor vehicle. The bill increases penalties for carjacking to up to 25 years imprisonment if the vehicle is taken with intent to cause death or injury, or if a firearm is brandished or discharged during the carjacking, and serious bodily injury results. The bill maintains life imprisonment as the penalty if death results from carjacking where the vehicle was taken with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm. These changes make federal carjacking charges easier to prosecute while increasing penalties for carjacking involving weapons or resulting in serious injury or death.
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Sponsor (1)
16 cosponsors
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
Actions (5)
- May 11, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404. · senate
- May 11, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. · senate
- Apr 30, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. · senate
- May 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 1, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Lee, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Warner, Mr. Schmitt, Mrs. Moody, and Mr. Graham) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
May 11, 2026
Reported by Mr. Grassley, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Federal carjacking statute.
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 “Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act”.
SEC. 2. 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”; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking “if death results,” and inserting “if the motor vehicle is taken with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, and death results,”.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act”.
SEC. 2. 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)(i) the motor vehicle is taken with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm; or
“(ii) the person taking the motor vehicle brandishes or discharges a firearm (as defined in section 921) during or in relation to such 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 motor vehicle is taken with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, and death results,”. Calendar No. 404
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1572
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Federal carjacking statute.
May 11, 2026
Reported with an amendment
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