H.R. 5331 · 119th Congress

Auto Bailout Accident Victims Recovery Act of 2025

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2025-09-11
Latest action
2025-09-11 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

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.)