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H.R. 2819

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Summary

H.R. 2819, the DRIVE Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 10, 2025 by Rep. Josh Brecheen (R) with 22 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and last saw action on Apr 10, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Record

Text

H.R. 2819 has 22 co-sponsors.

hb2819/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2819 IH: Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-10
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2819  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 10, 2025   Mr. Brecheen  (for himself,  Mr. Bost ,  Mr. Stauber ,  Mr. Ogles ,  Ms. Hageman ,  Mr. Burlison ,  Mr. Feenstra ,  Mr. Finstad ,  Mr. Nunn of Iowa ,  Mr. Van Orden ,  Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ,  Mr. Higgins of Louisiana ,  Mr. Zinke ,  Mr. Gosar ,  Mr. Donalds ,  Mr. Babin ,  Mr. Cloud ,  Mr. Valadao ,  Mr. Sessions , and  Mr. Moran ) 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.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-04-10
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Apr 10, 2025

hb2819/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (04/10/2025)

Sponsors

Rep. Josh Brecheen (R) sponsors H.R. 2819, and 22 members have co-sponsored it, 19 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2819 went before 2 committees: Highways and Transit Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred to · Apr 10, 2025 · 174 Bills
Transportation and Infrastructure
Transportation and Infrastructure
Referred To · Apr 10, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2819 has taken 3 actions since Apr 10, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 10, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Apr 10, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Apr 10, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Votes

H.R. 2819 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2819 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • DRIVE Act — Display Title
  • DRIVE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 12 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2819 in 16 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Transportation, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Trucking/Shipping, Agriculture, Automotive Industry, Banking, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION—Missouri16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES—District of Columbia15—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIESTrade associationTennessee14$85K
THE DOCTORS COMPANYHealthcare and Insurance CompanyCalifornia11$28K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES15—
ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES14$85K
THE VOGEL GROUP11$28K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BRYCE MONGEON116
COLLIN LONG116
DOUGLAS MORRIS116
JAY GRIMES116
ANTHONY COTTO115
JAMES GRANDE115
KATHERINE DUVENECK115
NICHOLAS BOUKNIGHT115
ROBERT MCCARTY115
JAMES EDWARDS114
WILLIAM SEABROOK112
STEPHEN BORG111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 second_quarter$540K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 first_quarter$506.4K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 fourth_quarter$465.8K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 third_quarter$442.1K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 second_quarter$435.7K2nd Quarter - Report
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATIONOWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$377.5K1st Quarter - Report
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATIONOWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$366.4K4th Quarter - Report
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATIONOWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$356.1K3rd Quarter - Report
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATIONOWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$343.1K1st Quarter - Report
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATIONOWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$329.4K2nd Quarter - Report
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATIONOWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$302.2K2nd Quarter - Report
THE DOCTORS COMPANYTHE VOGEL GROUP2025 first_quarter$28K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIESELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES2025 fourth_quarter$22K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIESELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES2025 third_quarter$22K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIESELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES2026 first_quarter$21K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIESELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES2025 second_quarter$20K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2819 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2819’s is Transportation and Public Works.

hr2819/policy-areas.txt
Transportation and Public WorksAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationWater Resources Development

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