---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 41313"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "41313"
heading: "GAO study on incidence of fatal and non-fatal physical and sexual assault of passengers, TNC drivers, and drivers of other for-hire vehicles"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/41313"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Criminal Records and Information"
  - "Chapter 413 — Crime Reports and Statistics"
---

# §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

- (a) **GAO report—** Not later than 1 year after January 5, 2023, and every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes the results of a study regarding—
  - (1) the incidence of fatal and non-fatal physical assault and sexual assault perpetrated in the preceding 2 calendar years (starting with calendar years 2019 and 2020 for the first study)—
    - (A) against TNC drivers and drivers of other for-hire vehicles (including taxicabs) by passengers and riders of for-hire vehicles; and
    - (B) against passengers and riders by other passengers and TNC drivers or drivers of other for-hire vehicles (including taxicabs), including the incidences that are committed by individuals who are not TNC drivers or drivers of other for-hire vehicles but who pose as TNC drivers or drivers of other for-hire vehicles;
  - (2) the nature and specifics of any background checks conducted on prospective TNC drivers and drivers of other for-hire vehicles (including taxicabs), including any [State](/usc/34/40104.md?p=11) and local laws requiring those background checks; and
  - (3) the safety steps taken by transportation network companies and other for-hire vehicle services (including taxicab companies) related to rider and driver safety.
- (b) **Sexual assault defined—** In this section, the term “sexual assault” means the occurrence of an act that constitutes any nonconsensual sexual act proscribed by Federal, Tribal, or [State](/usc/34/40104.md?p=11) law, including when the victim lacks capacity to consent.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–330, § 2, Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6114.)