H.R. 781 (119th)Bill Overview

No Track No Tax Act of 2025

Taxation|Taxation
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Jan 28, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for conside…

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01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

The No Track No Tax Act of 2025 prohibits any Federal funds from being obligated or expended to study, propose, establish, implement, or enforce any mileage tax. The ban specifically includes funding for mileage tracking programs and applies to state, local, or Federal mileage taxes.

Why people may split

Privacy and anti-tax framing vs. transportation funding and climate policy needs

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill sets a clear and narrow operational constraint (a categorical prohibition on Federal funding for mileage-tax-related activities) but provides minimal supporting structure.

The No Track No Tax Act of 2025 prohibits any Federal funds from being obligated or expended to study, propose, establish, implement, or enforce any mileage tax.

The ban specifically includes funding for mileage tracking programs and applies to state, local, or Federal mileage taxes.

Passage30/100

Narrow and low-cost but ideologically tinged and lacking compromise features; more viable as amendment or rider than standalone statute.

CredibilityPartially aligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill sets a clear and narrow operational constraint (a categorical prohibition on Federal funding for mileage-tax-related activities) but provides minimal supporting structure.

Contention70/100

Privacy and anti-tax framing vs. transportation funding and climate policy needs

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Federal agenciesFederal agencies

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Federal agenciesReduces use of federal funding for vehicle location tracking, supporting motorists' privacy concerns.
  • Federal agenciesLimits federal encouragement of mileage taxes, lowering likelihood of federally supported new tax schemes.
  • Federal agenciesPreserves federal grant funds for other transportation or domestic priorities by restricting VMT allocations.
Likely burdened
  • Federal agenciesRestricts states' access to federal research and pilot funds to evaluate alternatives to the gas tax.
  • Potential burdenCould hinder development of replacement revenue mechanisms for electric vehicles, risking transportation funding shortf…
  • Federal agenciesReduces availability of standardized, federally funded mileage data for safety, congestion, and emissions planning.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Privacy and anti-tax framing vs. transportation funding and climate policy needs
Progressive20%

Likely opposes the bill because it removes a policy tool for transportation funding and climate policy.

It also blocks federal support for research and pilot programs that could design equitable, low-income protections for road-user fees.

Likely resistant
Centrist45%

Mixed view: appreciates privacy and anti-overreach aims but worries the ban is broad and inflexible.

Concerned it removes a legitimate policy option for long-term transportation financing and evidence-based experimentation.

Split reaction
Conservative95%

Likely strongly supports the bill as a protection against new mileage-based taxes and government tracking.

Views the measure as limiting federal overreach and defending motorists from new fees.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

Still ahead

Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood30/100

Narrow and low-cost but ideologically tinged and lacking compromise features; more viable as amendment or rider than standalone statute.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Whether Congress views a mileage tax as imminent policy need
  • Potential use as amendment or attachment to appropriations bills
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Privacy and anti-tax framing vs. transportation funding and climate policy needs

Narrow and low-cost but ideologically tinged and lacking compromise features; more viable as amendment or rider than standalone statute.

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill sets a clear and narrow operational constraint (a categorical prohibition on Federal funding for mileage-tax-related activities) but provides minimal supporting struc…

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