HR 2424 · introduced · significant
Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2025
- taxes
What this bill does
- This bill eliminates the 12% federal excise tax on heavy trucks, trailers, and tractors.
- Truck manufacturers and buyers of commercial vehicles over certain weight thresholds are affected.
- The change reduces revenue to the Highway Trust Fund that finances surface transportation projects.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would eliminating the 12% excise tax on heavy trucks affect funding for highway maintenance and infrastructure projects that rely on the Highway Trust Fund?
- 02
Which groups—manufacturers, small trucking companies, or large fleet operators—would benefit most from removing this tax, and how might savings be distributed?
- 03
What evidence supports the claim that lowering truck costs through tax elimination would generate broader economic benefits that offset reduced transportation funding?
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Sponsor · R-CA-1
Doug LaMalfa
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
7/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-04-30
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2026-04-30 · house · Floor
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. LaHood asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2424, a bill originally introduced by Representative LaMalfa, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
2025-03-27 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-03-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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