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S. 3577 119th Congress Senate

Auto Theft Prevention Act

Official title: A bill to provide funding to State and local law enforcement agencies to combat auto theft and stolen automobile trafficking, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 18, 2025 Introduced by: Christopher A. Coons Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Auto Theft Prevention Act

This bill establishes a grant program to combat auto theft and stolen automobile trafficking.

Specifically, the bill directs the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to award grants for state and local law enforcement agencies to combat auto theft and stolen vehicle trafficking.

The bill also allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to combat auto thefts and stolen automobile trafficking.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3577: Auto Theft Prevention Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3577/
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"S. 3577: Auto Theft Prevention Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3577/.
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S. 3577, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3577/.
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