Impose enhanced federal penalties on rioters who obstruct federal law enforcement vehicles or use vehicles to assault or interfere with officers.

Representatives Greg Steube and Tim Burchett have introduced the Criminalizing Law Enforcement Access Restriction or CLEAR Act, legislation to impose enhanced penalties on rioters who obstruct federal law enforcement vehicles or weaponize civilian vehicles to attack officers.

Steube backed legislation to increase penalties for using vehicles to obstruct or attack federal law enforcement officers.

Steube, Burchett Introduce The CLEAR Act – Congressman Steube
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GovInfo records that on March 19, 2026, Rep. Steube introduced H.R. 8026 and it was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The bill would create an offense for obstructing certain law enforcement vehicles and add enhanced penalties for using a vehicle to assault, resist, intimidate, or interfere with federal law enforcement officers.

Steube took concrete legislative action matching the promise by introducing the CLEAR Act, but the official record shows only introduction and committee referral, not enactment.

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GovInfo: H.R. 8026 (IH) - Criminalizing Law Enforcement Access Restriction Act
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Steube's office said he and Rep. Burchett introduced the CLEAR Act to impose enhanced penalties on rioters who obstruct federal law enforcement vehicles or use vehicles as weapons against officers, with penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment.

The congressman's own release confirms the pledge was turned into proposed legislation in the current term, but it does not show passage into law.

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Steube, Burchett Introduce The CLEAR Act – Congressman Steube
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