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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6224 

To establish a task force on street racing. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 3, 2023 

Ms. PETTERSEN (for herself and Mrs. STEEL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a task force on street racing. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘They’re Fast, We’re 

5 Furious Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STREET RACING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION 

7 TASK FORCE. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

10 Federal Bureau of Investigation shall establish a task 

11 force to be known as the ‘‘Street Racing Prevention and 


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1 Intervention Task Force’’ (hereinafter referred to as the 

2 ‘‘Task Force’’). 

3 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 

4 the following members: 

5 (1) 2 members, appointed by the Attorney Gen6 eral, who are employees of the Criminal Division of 

7 the Department of Justice. 

8 (2) 2 members, appointed by the Secretary of 

9 Transportation, who are employees of the National 

10 Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

11 (3) 2 members, appointed by the Attorney Gen12 eral, who are representatives of State or local law 

13 enforcement agencies. 

14 (4) 3 members, appointed by the Director of 

15 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who are em16 ployees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

17 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in18 clude— 

19 (1) studying the prevalence and impacts of 

20 street racing, vehicle sideshows, and street take21 overs; 

22 (2) developing best practices for a national ap23 proach to combat organized street racing; 

24 (3) developing best practices for State and local 

25 law enforcement agencies to deal with street racing; 


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1 (4) developing educational materials on how to 

2 prevent and respond to street racing; 

3 (5) distributing the materials described under 

4 paragraph (4); and 

5 (6) coordinating the response of local, State, 

6 and Federal law enforcement agencies to street rac7 ing. 

8 (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

9 of the enactment of the Act, the Task Force shall submit 

10 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

12 Senate a report on the progress the Task Force has made 

13 in completing the duties assigned under subsection (c). 

14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) STREET RACING.—The term ‘‘street racing’’ 

16 means a race of two or more vehicles on a public 

17 road in an area that is not designated for an official 

18 race. 

19 (2) VEHICLE SIDESHOW.—The term ‘‘vehicle 

20 sideshow’’ means an event of two or more individ21 uals blocking or impeding traffic on a highway for 

22 the purpose of performing motor vehicle stunts, 

23 motor vehicle speed contests, motor vehicle exhibi24 tions of speed, or reckless driving for spectators. 

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