S. 2956 119th Congress Senate

Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the sale, lease, or loan of used motor vehicles with open recalls to consumers by auto dealers.

Introduced: September 30, 2025 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

Transportation and Public Works

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sep 30, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now September 30, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
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Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
LOCKE LOBBYING CO., LLC
for AMERICAN CAR RENTAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
LOCKE LOBBYING CO., LLC
for AMERICAN CAR RENTAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 filings
SENATE
7 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
5 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
5 filings
Energy, Dept of
5 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
5 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
5 filings
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
5 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Oct 7, 2025

Warren, Elizabeth

Massachusetts · Oct 7, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2956: Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2956/

MLA

"S. 2956: Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2956/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 2956, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2956/.

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