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HR 2424 · introduced · significant

Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2025

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

  1. 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?

  2. 02

    Which groups—manufacturers, small trucking companies, or large fleet operators—would benefit most from removing this tax, and how might savings be distributed?

  3. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 2025-03-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-03-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-03-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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