119th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1696DRIVE Act

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

Transportation and public works
Introduced May 8, 2025
Last action May 8, 2025
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 8, 2025
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Referred
May 8, 2025
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill prohibits the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from issuing any rule or regulation to require a commercial motor vehicle 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. A commercial motor vehicle includes a vehicle operating in interstate commerce that (1) has a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more, (2) is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers for compensation, (3) is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers and is not used to transport passengers for compensation, or (4) is used to transport certain quan...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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May 8, 2025
Introduced in Senate
May 8, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.