Securing Consumers' Assurance in Moving Act of 2003
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to improving transportation and security of household goods, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Authorizes an individual or a State or local government to enforce a consumer protection law, regulation, or other provision with respect to the interstate transportation of household goods by a motor private carrier.
Establishes a working group of State attorneys general, State consumer protection administrators, and Federal and local law enforcement officials to develop practices and procedures to enhance the Federal-State partnership in enforcement efforts with respect to interstate transportation of household goods by motor private carriers.
Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for persons found holding a household goods shipment hostage (failure to deliver to, or unload at, the destination of a shipment of household goods).
Requires: (1) publication OCE 100 of the Department of Transportation (DOT), entitled "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move" be prominently displayed on the DOT Web site; and (2) motor carriers or brokers that maintain a web site to display certain household goods information.
Establishes a system for filing and logging consumer complaints relating to motor carriers providing transportation of household goods.
Requires the Secretary to review current Federal regulations regarding insurance coverage provided by a motor carrier providing transportation of household goods and to revise such regulations in order to enhance protection for shippers in the case of loss or damage.
Provides civil penalties for a broker for transportation of household goods (or a person that provides transportation of household goods) that: (1) makes an estimate of transportation costs of such goods before entering into a carrier agreement; or (2) provides services for such transportation without being registered.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1070: Securing Consumers' Assurance in Moving Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1070/
"H.R. 1070: Securing Consumers' Assurance in Moving Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1070/.
H.R. 1070, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1070/.
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