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This bill would stop the U.S. Department of Transportation from creating or keeping certain road pricing programs that charge drivers extra for using busy roads or entering crowded areas. In plain terms, it would bar federal “value pricing” plans if they include congestion pricing or cordon pricing. The goal is to prevent higher driving fees tied to traffic or to entering a specific area.
- It changes an existing federal transportation law that allows value pricing programs.
- The new rule would prohibit any program that uses congestion pricing, which charges more when roads are crowded.
- It would also prohibit cordon pricing, which charges drivers for entering a defined zone, such as a city center.
Official Summaries
This bill prohibits the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from establishing or maintaining a value pricing program under the FHWA's Value Pricing Pilot Program that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing.
In general, value pricing, also referred to as congestion pricing, includes a variety of strategies to manage congestion on highways and surface streets (e.g., charging drivers on congested roadways during peak periods). 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.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 351 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 351
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2025
Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 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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