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HR8026 • 119

CLEAR Act

CLEAR Act

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Sponsor
Rep. W. Gregory Steube (FL)
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 House floor actions

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2026-03-19 Library of Congress

    Introduced in House

  3. 2026-03-19 Library of Congress

    Introduced in House

Current Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8026 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8026

To amend section 111 of title 18, United States Code, to establish an
offense relating to obstructing certain law enforcement vehicle.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 19, 2026

Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. DesJarlais,
Ms. Boebert, and Mr. Fine) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend section 111 of title 18, United States Code, to establish an
offense relating to obstructing certain law enforcement vehicle.

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 ``Criminalizing Law Enforcement Access
Restriction Act'' or the ``CLEAR Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFENSE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTING CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT
VEHICLE.

Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Enhanced Penalty for Use of a Vehicle.--Whoever uses a
vehicle to forcibly assault, resist, intimidate, or interfere with a
Federal law enforcement officer of the Department of Homeland Security
or the Department of Justice, while engaged in or on account of the
performance of official duties, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
``(d) Enhanced Penalty for Obstructing a Federal Law Enforcement
Vehicle.--Whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes,
intimidates, or interferes with a Federal law enforcement officer of
the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice, while
engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties in a
Federal law enforcement vehicle, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.''.
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