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Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] · R–NE
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would limit vehicle-safety lawsuits based on a failure to go beyond an applicable safety standard. It would change an existing federal liability provision to provide an exemption from common-law liability—liability under court-developed legal rules—for failure to exceed the standard. The change would affect parties bringing and defending those claims.
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.
The proposal is titled the Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act of 2026. Its stated purposes are uniform application of federal vehicle-safety standards and relief from what it describes as an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce caused by common-law lawsuits supplanting those standards. These are declared purposes, not demonstrated effects.
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act of 2026.
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.
The operative amendment would replace “does not exempt” with “shall exempt” in section 30103(e) of title 49 and add “for failure to exceed such standard” after “common law.” This makes the proposed exemption specific to failure to exceed a standard; the supplied language does not establish blanket immunity from vehicle-related lawsuits.
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.
The official-actions snapshot updated September 3, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on August 6, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-03T08:06:35Z. 2026-08-06: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2026-08-06: Introduced in House
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