DRIVE Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3039 To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis- tration from issuing a rule or regulation requiring certain vehicles to be equipped with speed limiting devices, and for other purposes. 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 lim- iting devices, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deregulating Restric- 4 tions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act’’ 5 or the ‘‘DRIVE Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 May 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3039.IH H3039 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3039 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING SPEED LIMITING DE- 1 VICES. 2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad- 3 ministrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis- 4 tration may not issue any rule or regulation to require 5 vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 6 pounds operating in interstate commerce to be equipped 7 with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 May 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3039.IH H3039 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB