WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would help law enforcement combat an alarming rise in catalytic converter thefts across the country.
The bill — known as the Preventing Auto Recycling Theft, or PART, Act — aims to reduce catalytic converter thefts by requiring new vehicles to have the VIN stamped onto the converter, allowing law enforcement officers to link stolen parts to the originating vehicles.
It also would create a grant program to allow dealerships, repair shops and other eligible parties to stamp VINs onto converters of existing vehicles, and it would establish federal criminal penalties for theft, sale, trafficking or known purchases of stolen catalytic converters.
U.S. Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind., led the bill’s reintroduction in the House, where it has the support of Reps. Betty McCollum and Angie Craig, both Minnesota Democrats, and Republican Reps. Randy Feenstra of Iowa and Michael Guest of Mississippi.
In the Senate, the bill is spearheaded by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., with support from Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana and J.D. Vance of Ohio.
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