DRIVE Act

Bill: 118-hr-3039
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-02
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act or the DRIVE Act</b></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>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3039 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 2, 2023 Mr. Brecheen (for himself, Mr. Sessions , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Perry , Mr. Burlison , and Mr. Moolenaar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act or the DRIVE Act . 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.