119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · May 8, 2025
DRIVE Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (May 8, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Transportation and Public Works
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (May 8, 2025)
Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act or the DRIVE Act
This bill prohibits the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from issuing any rule or regulation to require a commercial motor vehicle to be equipped with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. The FMCSA issued an advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking on this subject on May 4, 2022.
A commercial motor vehicle includes a vehicle operating in interstate commerce that (1) has a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more, (2) is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers for compensation, (3) is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers and is not used to transport passengers for compensation, or (4) is used to transport certain quantities of hazardous materials.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 22, 2026 · issue area: Trucking/Shipping
$374,733
Spent on own lobbying
…ringhouse Support S. 996, Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act; limit the EPA from issuing waivers for states to ban combustion engines Support H.R. 2819/S. 1696 DRIVE Act, to prevent speed limiter mandate on CMVs Support independent contractor owner-operators in worker classification Support H.R. 2514, Trucker Bathroom…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 22, 2026 · issue area: Trucking/Shipping
$302,237
Spent on own lobbying
…ringhouse Support S. 996, Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act; limit the EPA from issuing waivers for states to ban combustion engines Support H.R. 2819/S. 1696 DRIVE Act, to prevent speed limiter mandate on CMVs Support independent contractor owner-operators in worker classification Support H.R. 2514, Trucker Bathroom…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Trucking/Shipping
$343,067
Spent on own lobbying
…ringhouse Support S. 996, Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act; limit the EPA from issuing waivers for states to ban combustion engines Support H.R. 2819/S. 1696 DRIVE Act, to prevent speed limiter mandate on CMVs Support independent contractor owner-operators in worker classification Support H.R. 2514, Trucker Bathroom…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 1, 2026 · issue area: Transportation
$21,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1659 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 880/S. 337 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act) H.R. 2819/S. 1696 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act) H.R. 2853/S. 1404 (Combating Organized Retail Crime Act) freight fraud pro…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 26, 2026 · issue area: Trucking/Shipping
$366,350
Spent on own lobbying
…ringhouse Support S. 996, Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act; limit the EPA from issuing waivers for states to ban combustion engines Support H.R. 2819/S. 1696 DRIVE Act, to prevent speed limiter mandate on CMVs Support independent contractor owner-operators in worker classification Support H.R. 2514, Trucker Bathroom…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 14, 2026 · issue area: Transportation
$22,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1659 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 880/S. 337 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act) H.R. 2819/S. 1696 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act) H.R. 2853/S. 1404 (Combating Organized Retail Crime Act) freight fraud pro…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Trucking/Shipping
$356,134
Spent on own lobbying
…ringhouse Support S. 996, Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act; limit the EPA from issuing waivers for states to ban combustion engines Support H.R. 2819/S. 1696 DRIVE Act, to prevent speed limiter mandate on CMVs Support independent contractor owner-operators in worker classification Support H.R. 2514, Trucker Bathroom…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 6, 2025 · issue area: Transportation
$22,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1659 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 880/S. 337 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act) H.R. 2819/S. 1696 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act) H.R. 2853/S. 1404 (Combating Organized Retail Crime Act) freight fraud pro…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 1, 2025 · issue area: Transportation
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1659 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 880/S. 337 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act) H.R. 2819/S. 1696 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act) H.R. 2853/S. 1404 (Combating Organized Retail Crime Act) freight fraud pro…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing