Public Transit Crime Prevention Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6173 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6173 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the commission of vandalism and graffiti against mass transportation systems, and to prohibit assaults committed on such systems, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2025 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the commission of vandalism and graffiti against mass transportation systems, and to prohibit assaults committed on such systems, 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 ``Public Transit Crime Prevention Act''. SEC. 2. VANDALISM AND GRAFFITI AGAINST MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; ASSAULTS COMMITTED ON MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. (a) In General.--Chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1992 the following: ``Sec. 1993. Vandalism and graffiti against mass transportation systems ``(a) Offenses.--Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (c), knowingly-- ``(1) defaces, damages, destroys, or disfigures any mass transportation vehicle, facility, or property (as such terms are defined in section 1992(d)) by means of graffiti, tagging, or other form of inscription or defacement; or ``(2) possesses tools, materials, or equipment that may be used to commit an act described in paragraph (1) with the intent to use such items to commit an act described in paragraph (1), shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). ``(b) Penalties.-- ``(1) In general.--Whoever commits an offense