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S. 1696

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 1696, the DRIVE Act, was introduced in the Senate on May 8, 2025 by Sen. Steve Daines (R) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on May 8, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

S. 1696 has 9 co-sponsors.

sb1696/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1696 IS: Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-08
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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.
  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1696
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  May 8, 2025
  Mr. Daines  (for himself,  Ms. Ernst ,  Mr.
  Cramer ,  Mr. Sheehy ,  Mr. Lee ,  Mr.
  Budd ,  Mr. Risch , and
  Mr. Crapo ) introduced the following bill;
  which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and
  Transportation
  A BILL
To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
  Administration from issuing a rule or promulgating a regulation requiring certain
  commercial motor 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 promulgate any regulation to require a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) 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. Introduced2025-05-08
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate May 8, 2025

sb1696/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (05/08/2025)

Sponsors

Sen. Steve Daines (R) sponsors S. 1696, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 7 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1696 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Referred To · May 8, 2025 · 458 Bills

Actions

S. 1696 has taken 2 actions since May 8, 2025.

ChamberAction
May 8, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
May 8, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1696 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 1696 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
  • A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from issuing a rule or promulgating a regulation requiring certain commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with speed limiting devices, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named S. 1696 in 14 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 Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Clean Air and Water (quality), Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Transportation.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIESTrade associationTennessee14$85K
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION—Missouri14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE16—
ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES14$85K
OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JOHN JENNINGS116
PAUL RICHMAN116
BRYCE MONGEON114
COLLIN LONG114
DOUGLAS MORRIS114
JAMES EDWARDS114
JAY GRIMES114

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
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 ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$302.2K2nd Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2025 fourth_quarter$240K4th Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2026 second_quarter$180K2nd Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2025 third_quarter$180K3rd Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2026 first_quarter$170K1st Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2025 second_quarter$170K2nd Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2025 first_quarter$170K1st 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 S. 1696 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1696’s is Transportation and Public Works.

s1696/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

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com