HR8026Referred to Committee

CLEAR Act

Share:
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-03-19
Introduced
6
Cosponsors
HR
Type

Sponsor

W. Gregory Steube
W. Gregory Steube
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 90.4% (533 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001214

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-03-19

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Previously

Plain-English Summary

Without access to the specific text of this CLEAR Act bill, I cannot provide an accurate summary of what it would do. The title "CLEAR Act" is too vague to determine its concrete effects—it could relate to criminal justice reform, law enforcement procedures, crime prevention, or numerous other crime-related policies. To write a factual summary, I would need to know the bill's actual provisions and which specific aspects of crime and law enforcement it addresses.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

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