119-hr2819

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Introduced:
Apr 10, 2025
Policy Area:
Transportation and Public Works

Bill Statistics

4
Actions
22
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
1
Subjects
1
Text Versions
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Latest Action

Apr 10, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Apr 10, 2025 00
<p><strong>Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act or the DRIVE Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from issuing any rule or regulation to require vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds and are operating in interstate commerce to be equipped with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. The FMCSA issued an advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking on this subject on May 4, 2022.</p>

Actions (4)

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Type: Committee | Source: House committee actions | Code: H11000
Apr 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Apr 10, 2025

Subjects (1)

Transportation and Public Works (Policy Area)

Cosponsors (20 of 22)

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Apr 10, 2025

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Length: 1,901 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Apr 10, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 12, 2025 6:23 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2819 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2819

To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration from issuing a rule or regulation requiring certain
vehicles to be equipped with speed limiting devices, and for other
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 10, 2025

Mr. Brecheen (for himself, Mr. Bost, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Ogles, Ms.
Hageman, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr.
Van Orden, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr.
Zinke, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Babin, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Valadao, Mr.
Sessions, and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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A BILL

To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration from issuing a rule or regulation requiring certain
vehicles to be equipped with speed limiting devices, 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.

This Act may be cited as the ``Deregulating Restrictions on
Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act'' or the ``DRIVE Act''.
SEC. 2.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may not issue any rule
or regulation to require vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more
than 26,000 pounds operating in interstate commerce to be equipped with
a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed.
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