Washington, Sept. 3 -- Congressman Troy E. Nehls issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22), alongside U.S. Representatives Laura Gillen (D-NY-04), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05), and Vince Fong (R-CA-20), introduced the bipartisan Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026 to make motor vehicle collision fraud a federal crime, improve safety for drivers, and lower car insurance rates nationwide. The Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026 targets insurance fraud schemes in which bad actors deliberately cause, stage, or fabricate motor vehicle accidents to file false claims and defraud insurance companies for large cash payouts.
"Bad actors across the country are deliberately causing, staging and fabricating car wrec...