H.R. 2819
IntroducedDRIVE Act
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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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act'' or the ``DRIVE Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING SPEED LIMITING DEVICES.
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. <all>