To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to prohibit congestion or cordon pricing in a value prici...
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Introduced 2025-01-13
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Officially: “To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to prohibit congestion or cordon pricing in a value pricing program, and for other purposes.” Read the full text
Transportation and Public Works
What it does
The bill would bar the Secretary of Transportation from creating or continuing a value pricing program, under a specific federal highway law, that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing.
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1Prohibition on congestion or cordon pricing
This section would amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 by adding a new paragraph (9) to section 1012(b) of that law, the part covering value pricing programs. The new paragraph would say that no matter what else that subsection allows, the Secretary may not set up or keep running a value pricing program under section 1012 that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing.
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1. Prohibition on congestion or cordon 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 a value pricing program under this section that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing.
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The numbers
2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
3
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSvia AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
6 filings
From 6 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (2025-01-14).