Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to add a prohibition preventing the Secretary from establishing or maintaining any value pricing program that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing. In short, it bars the federal value pricing program from using congestion or cordon pricing mechanisms.
Progressives emphasize lost climate and transit revenue benefits
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory prohibition that clearly identifies the statutory subsection being amended and the action being forbidden, but it lacks supporting detail (definitions, effective date, transition for existing programs, fiscal considerations, and enforcement/oversight provisions).
This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to add a prohibition preventing the Secretary from establishing or maintaining any value pricing program that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing.
In short, it bars the federal value pricing program from using congestion or cordon pricing mechanisms.
The text is a single, narrow amendment focused on that federal program authority.
Low-to-moderate chance absent attachment to a larger must-pass package; narrow content helps but controversy and Senate hurdles reduce odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory prohibition that clearly identifies the statutory subsection being amended and the action being forbidden, but it lacks supporting detail (definitions, effective date, transition for existing programs, fiscal considerations, and enforcement/oversight provisions).
Progressives emphasize lost climate and transit revenue benefits
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize lost climate and transit revenue benefits
Likely opposed.
It removes a federal policy tool widely used to reduce traffic, emissions, and raise transit revenue.
Progressives would see it as blocking climate-friendly demand management and funding streams for public transit.
Mixed/guarded.
The bill protects commuters from new tolling schemes but removes a policy instrument that can manage congestion and fund transit.
A moderate would want evidence, equity safeguards, and local consent before fully supporting either side.
Supportive.
This prevents federal facilitation of congestion tolls and cordon pricing, which conservatives view as burdensome, regressive, and an overreach of federal influence into local transport policy.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
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Low-to-moderate chance absent attachment to a larger must-pass package; narrow content helps but controversy and Senate hurdles reduce odds.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize lost climate and transit revenue benefits
Low-to-moderate chance absent attachment to a larger must-pass package; narrow content helps but controversy and Senate hurdles reduce odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory prohibition that clearly identifies the statutory subsection being amended and the action being forbidden, but it lacks supporting det…
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