§41313 Gao Study on Incidence of Fatal and Non-fatal Physical and Sexual Assault of Passengers, Tnc Drivers, and Drivers of Other For-hire Vehicles

Summary

Requires the Comptroller General to send Congress a report no later than 1 year after January 5, 2023, and every 2 years after that. The report must give results of a study on how often fatal and nonfatal physical and sexual assaults happened in the prior two calendar years (the first study covers 2019 and 2020). The study must look at assaults against drivers for ride-hailing and other for-hire vehicles (including taxis) by passengers, and assaults against passengers by other passengers or by those drivers, including attacks by people who pretend to be drivers. It must also describe what background checks are done on new drivers (and related State and local rules) and what safety steps companies use for riders and drivers. For this law, "sexual assault" means any nonconsensual sexual act under Federal, Tribal, or State law, including when the victim cannot give consent.