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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5331

Auto Bailout Accident Victims Recovery Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-09-11

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Auto Bailout Accident Victims Recovery Act of 2025 This bill allows the plaintiffs of a 2015 lawsuit against the federal government relating to the 2009 General Motors bankruptcy to collect compensation from the government. The government must make lump-sum payments in specified amounts. (The lawsuit centered on the inability of the plaintiffs to seek relief from General Motors after the bankruptcy for injuries or deaths that occurred from defective vehicles before the bankruptcy.)

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-11HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-09-11Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-11Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-14. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.