,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #a1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,fine introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
provide for an affirmative defense in a 
criminal or civil action relating to    
motor vehicle incidents if cases in     
which a certain party is convicted of   
riot4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,reinstating ,orderly   
,access for ,drivers ,act or the ,,road 
,act4  #b4 ,affirmative defense in a    
criminal or civil action2 party         
convicted of riot  7a7 ,in general      
,chapter #b of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #dj;,b4         
,affirmative defense in a criminal or   
civil action2 party convicted of riot   
7a7 ,in a criminal or civil action for  
damages for personal injury1 wrongful   
death1 or property damage carried out   

using a motor vehicle1 it is an         
affirmative defense that such action    
arose from an injury or damage sustained
 by a participant acting in furtherance 
of a riot4 ,the affirmative defense     
authorized by this section shall be     
established by evidence that the        
participant has been convicted of       
violating section #baja1 or by proof of 
the commission of such crime by a       
preponderance of the evidence4  7b7 ,in 
a civil action in which a defendant     
raises an affirmative defense under this
 section1 the court shall1 on motion by 
the defendant1 stay the action during   
the pendency of a criminal action that  
forms the basis for the defense1 unless 
the court finds that a conviction in the
 criminal action would not form a valid 
defense under this section4  4  7b7     
,clerical amendment ,the analysis for   
chapter #b of title #ah1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  #dj;,b4 ,affirmative    
defense in a criminal or civil action2  

party convicted of riot4  4