HR8026-119

In Committee

CLEAR Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 19, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, CLEAR Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Immigration, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H3DA8E97AE64C482FBF802851AD42F41F: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminalizing Law Enforcement Access Restriction Act or the CLEAR Act.
  • Section H058202D0F75243AFB1D6BD7078FD416A: 2. Offense relating to obstructing certain law enforcement vehicle Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection (c) as...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, CLEAR Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Immigration, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, CLEAR Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Immigration Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 19, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 19, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 19, 2026

Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. DesJarlais, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Immigration Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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