Sponsor
Darrell Issa
Representative · R-CA
Representative · R-CA
The bill protects drivers' privacy and avoids new mileage-based charges in the short term, but at the cost of constraining federal and local options to develop sustainable, equitable road‑funding solutions as fuel tax revenue declines.
Drivers and taxpayers nationwide keep current payment structure and avoid new mileage-based taxes or per-mile billing that could raise their transportation costs.
Motorists' privacy is protected by blocking federally funded mileage-tracking programs that would collect vehicle location or detailed mileage data.
Drivers, communities, and taxpayers could face long-term road‑funding shortfalls and higher general-tax burdens because the bill limits exploration or implementation of alternative user-fee systems as gas tax revenues fall.
State and local governments may be hampered from running research, pilots, or collecting data needed to design fairer, more efficient transportation funding mechanisms.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars the use of any Federal funds to study, propose, establish, implement, or enforce mileage-based taxes or mileage-tracking programs at any government level.
Official title: To prohibit the use of Federal funds to study, propose, establish, implement, or enforce any mileage tax, including through the funding of a mileage tracking program.
Introduced January 28, 2025 by Darrell Issa · Last progress January 28, 2025
Prohibits the use of any Federal funds to study, propose, create, implement, or enforce mileage-based taxes at the federal, state, or local level, and bars funding for mileage-tracking programs. It applies notwithstanding other laws, meaning federal research, grants, contracts, or enforcement support for mileage taxes or mileage-tracking systems would be prohibited.