Bill > HR6155

This bill aims to modify the federal carjacking statute in Title 18 of the United States Code by making two key changes to the existing law. First, the bill removes the requirement that the perpetrator must have "intent to cause death or serious bodily harm" when committing a carjacking, instead replacing this with a broader "knowingly" standard, which would make it easier to prosecute carjacking cases. Second, the bill revises the penalty provision related to carjacking resulting in death, specifying that the enhanced penalty would only apply if the motor vehicle was originally taken with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, and death actually results from the carjacking. These amendments are designed to provide law enforcement and prosecutors with more flexibility in charging and prosecuting carjacking offenses, potentially making it easier to hold offenders accountable while maintaining specific protections for the most serious instances of carjacking that result in fatalities.

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