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; 5 are original cosponsors, there from 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 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| R-TN | David Davis | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | May 9, 2007 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | May 9, 2007 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Sep 26, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Sep 26, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Nov 7, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Robin Hayes | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jun 26, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Sep 23, 2008 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Sep 23, 2008 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Sep 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-1194 | OVERSIGHT OF THE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE INDUSTRY103 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Apr 11, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require the disclosure of information relating to the fair market value and safety of damaged motor vehicles.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Damaged Vehicle Information Act
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
