To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to prohibit congestion or cordon pricing in a value pricing program, and for other purposes.

Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from establishing or maintaining any federal value pricing program under the cited statutory authority that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing. The change is a straight prohibition in the U.S. Code; it does not provide new funding, exceptions, or implementation details. This amendment removes federal authority under that specific statutory provision to run or continue programs tied to value-based tolling and congestion charging, which could limit federal involvement in programs that use variable pricing to manage traffic and congestion.

• Adds a statutory prohibition preventing the Secretary of Transportation from establishing or maintaining value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing programs under the cited subsection of the U.S. Code.
• The change is an explicit ban in law; it does not provide funding, implementation guidance, or exceptions.
• Limits federal authority under that specific statutory provision but does not explicitly repeal other federal or state legal authorities.
• Could reduce or eliminate federal program support, technical assistance, or coordination tied to that statutory program.
• Does not create new spending, deadlines, or transition rules for existing programs.
• Affects urban traffic management strategies that rely on federally authorized value-pricing programs.
• Applies only to programs under the amended subsection; local or state pricing programs under other authorities are not directly amended by this text.
• Simple, narrowly targeted statutory change rather than a broad transportation policy package.