Damaged Vehicle Information Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Damaged Vehicle Information Act - Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a regulation to require persons who terminate a motor vehicle contract due to flood or water damage, collision, fire damage, theft and recovery, or any circumstance that adversely affects the fair market value of the vehicle to disclose information of such vehicle damage to the public.
Cosponsors 80
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2007 to Sep 29, 2008, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Mar 15, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Mar 15, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-AZ | Rick Renzi | Mar 23, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative procedure
- Automobile industry
- Automobile theft
- Business records
- Commerce
- Consumer education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Transportation
- Emergency Management
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fires
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Identification devices
- Insurance companies
- Law
- Motor vehicle safety
- Motor vehicles
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Transportation and Public Works
- Valuation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in House
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