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S. 1572119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act
Sponsored by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · 16 active : 11 Republicans, 5 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.
Where it standsBefore the Senate5 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFederal Carjacking Enforcement Act
This bill lowers the threshold the government must meet to establish that a defendant committed a federal carjacking offense.
Under current law, the federal carjacking statute prohibits taking (or attempting to take) a motor vehicle from the presence of another by force and violence or intimidation, with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm.
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This bill removes the requirement that a defendant take (or attempt to take) a motor vehicle with the specific intent to cause death or serious bodily harm. Under the bill, the government need only prove that a defendant took (or attempted to take) a motor vehicle knowingly. A violation (or attempted violation) is subject to the same criminal penalties as under current law—a fine, a prison term of up to 15 years, or both.
A violation that results in death or serious bodily injury is subject to the same criminal penalties as under current law—a fine, a prison term of up to 25 years, or both—but only if the offense involves certain aggravating circumstances: (1) the motor vehicle is taken with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, or (2) a firearm is brandished or discharged during the offense.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Crimes against property
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Firearms and explosives
- Motor vehicles
- Violent crime
How the Senate breaks down
- 5Swing 70–100
- 52Middle 30–70
- 43Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
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Cosponsors
16 activeShow all 16 cosponsors
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
