Support amending the BUILD America 250 Act before House floor consideration to remove the provision shielding rideshare companies from liability for injuries, sexual assaults, fatalities, or other harms caused by company negligence.

We write to urge you to strip out a provision in Title I of the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870), that would endanger consumers across the United States. The provision, which faced bipartisan opposition in markup, would shield rideshare companies from liability for crashes and sexual assaults caused by their negligence. This provision must be removed from the BUILD America 250 Act before it is considered on the House Floor.

Brownley joined a delegation letter urging House leaders to remove a rideshare liability shield from H.R. 8870 before the bill reaches the House floor.

Brownley Joins Lofgren, Tran, and California Delegation in Opposition to Shielding Rideshare Companies from Liability - Congresswoman Julia Brownley
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Introduced H.R. 8870 includes Sec. 3104, a special rule for transportation network company and taxicab service drivers under 49 CFR part 655.

Official introduced bill text confirms the ride-hail/transportation-network-company provision exists in H.R. 8870, but this source does not show Brownley supporting an amendment to remove it.

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H.R. 8870 IH - BUILD America 250 Act
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The official filed-amendments page lists Brownley amendments 061 through 071, with several marked withdrawn.

Brownley filed multiple amendments for the committee markup, but the official amendment list and linked Brownley amendment texts do not show a rideshare-liability or transportation-network-company removal amendment.

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BUILD America 250 Act Markup Amendments
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The committee repository says Brownley's en bloc amendment was withdrawn and H.R. 8870 was ordered favorably reported by 62 yeas to 2 nays.

Official committee action shows Brownley amendments were withdrawn and the bill advanced from committee; it does not show the promised targeted amendment being adopted before floor consideration.

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House Committee Repository - Markup of H.R. 8870
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The committee announced approval of H.R. 8870 and said Chairman Graves looked forward to moving the bill on the House floor in the near future.

The bill had cleared committee and was awaiting House floor action; this keeps the commitment unresolved rather than delivered or finally failed as of this evidence.

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T&I Committee Approves BUILD America 250 Act
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The official House floor page for the week of June 29, last updated June 30, lists scheduled legislation and does not list H.R. 8870.

Within the June 11-July 10 lookback window, the official floor schedule found did not show H.R. 8870 coming to the House floor, so the pre-floor amendment commitment remained unresolved.

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Bills This Week - Text of Bills for the Week of Jun. 29, 2026
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