FAIR Trucking Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5268 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5268

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for Federal district 
  court jurisdiction for highway accident actions against interstate 
                            motor carriers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2025

  Mrs. Hinson (for herself and Mr. Barrett) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for Federal district 
  court jurisdiction for highway accident actions against interstate 
                            motor carriers.

    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 ``Forum Accountability and Integrity 
in Roadway Trucking Act'' or the ``FAIR Trucking Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION FOR HIGHWAY ACCIDENT 
              ACTIONS AGAINST INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIERS.

    (a) Application of Federal Jurisdiction.--Section 1332 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e)(1) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of 
any civil action--
            ``(A) alleging bodily harm or loss of life involving one or 
        more commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31101 of 
        title 49, operating on a public road in interstate commerce;
            ``(B) in which the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or 
        value of $5,000,000, exclusive of interest and costs; and
            ``(C) is a civil action in which--
                    ``(i) any plaintiff is a citizen of a State 
                different from any defendant;
                    ``(ii) any plaintiff is a foreign state or a 
                citizen or subject of a foreign state and any defendant 
                is a citizen of a State; or
                    ``(iii) any plaintiff is a citizen of a State and 
                any defendant is a foreign state or a citizen or 
                subject of a foreign state.
            ``(2) Citizenship of plaintiffs shall be determined for 
        purposes of paragraph (1) as of the date of filing of the 
        complaint or amended complaint, or, if the case stated by the 
        initial pleading is not subject to Federal jurisdiction, as of 
        the date of service by plaintiffs of an amended pleading, 
        motion, or other paper, indicating the existence of Federal 
        jurisdiction.
            ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, an unincorporated 
        association shall be deemed to be a citizen of the State where 
        it has its principal place of business and the State under 
        whose laws it is organized.''.
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