Motorist Tax Abuse Act

Bill: 119-hr-352
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-13
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Motorist Tax Abuse Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from establishing or maintaining cordon pricing for the Central Business District Tolling Program&nbsp;for New York City&nbsp;under the FHWA's Value Pricing Pilot Program. The New York program charges drivers a toll to enter an area in  Manhattan designated as the Congestion Relief Zone.</p><p> In general, cordon pricing is a form of congestion pricing that includes a zone-based pricing system that involves either variable or fixed charges to drive within or into a congested area within a city.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 352 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2025 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to prohibit cordon pricing in the Central Business District Tolling Program for New York City, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Motorist Tax Abuse Act . 2. Prohibition on congestion pricing Section 1012(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( 23 U.S.C. 149 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9) Prohibition on congestion pricing Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Secretary may not establish or maintain cordon pricing under the value pricing pilot program under this section for the Central Business District Tolling Program for New York City. .