119-hr5331

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5331 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5331

 To waive the statute of limitations for cases against the government 
related to the General Motors bailout that were filed on or before July 
 9, 2015, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 11, 2025

 Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To waive the statute of limitations for cases against the government 
related to the General Motors bailout that were filed on or before July 
 9, 2015, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Auto Bailout Accident Victims 
Recovery Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SETTLEMENT OF ACCIDENT VICTIM LITIGATION RELATED TO THE GENERAL 
 MOTORS BAILOUT; WAIVER OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

    (a) Any eligible civil action arising from the filing of an 
eligible complaint alleging a violation of the takings clause of 
amendment V to the United States Constitution is not subject to any 
statute of limitations.

    (b) The United States shall pay just compensation to an eligible 
claimant, consistent with amendment V to the Constitution of the United 
States, to resolve an eligible claim. Just compensation payments to 
eligible claimants shall be made pursuant to 

section 1304 of title 31, 
United States Code.
            (c) If a settlement agreement has not been submitted to the court 
presiding over an eligible complaint within 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report to 
Congress describing the reasons why a settlement agreement was not 
reached with counsel of record to an eligible complaint.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

 For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:

    (1) The term ``eligible claim'' means a claim asserted in 
 an eligible complaint on behalf of all eligible claimants.

    (2) The term ``eligible claimant'' means a plaintiff, class 
 member, or putative class member represented in an eligible 
 complaint who holds an eligible claim and who filed a proof of 
 claim in the bankruptcy case captioned In re Motors Liquidation 
 Company, et al., No. 09-50026 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y), based on death 
 or personal injuries that were caused by or attributable to 
 alleged defects in motor vehicles designed for operation on 
 public roadways, or by the component parts of such motor 
 vehicles, and in each case, manufactured, sold, or delivered by 
 General Motors Corporation or any of its subsidiaries on or 
 before June 1, 2009.

    (3) The term ``eligible complaint'' means the complaint 
 filed with the United States Court of Federal Claims by or on 
 behalf of eligible claimants on July 9, 2015, captioned 
 Campbell, et al., v. United States, No. 15-717, alleging 
 violation by the United States of amendment V to the 
 Constitution in connection with the acquisition on July 10, 
 2009, by NGMCO, Inc., a United States Treasury-sponsored 
 entity, of substantially all the assets of General Motors 
 Corporation.

    (4) The term ``just compensation'' means payment of a lump-
 sum amount equal to the sum of--
        (A) 2.5 times the ``allowed amount'' listed on the 
 final claims register filed on June 3, 2021, in the In 
 re Motors Liquidation Company et al. bankruptcy case in 
 respect of a proof of claim filed by or on behalf of an 
 eligible claimant, plus
        (B) interest thereon from July 10, 2009, to the 
 effective date of settlement at a rate of three and 
 one-half percent (3.5 percent) per annum, compounded 
 quarterly, plus
            (C) reasonable court-approved fees and costs to 
 counsel of record on the eligible complaint, all 
 without offset of any kind.
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