Rep. Greg Landsman D-OH · no cosponsors · House Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Natural Resources Committees
Would expand and make permanent federal electric-vehicle tax credits, increase incentives for charging infrastructure, and require several reports examining vehicle availability, purchase and ownership costs, critical-mineral supply chains, and gasoline consumption. The bill focuses mostly on passenger and light-duty vehicles, but heavy-duty vehicles would be included in several of the reporting requirements, including those on vehicle availability and cost trends.
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H.R. 10845In committeeTrade
New this week
Port Staffing Reporting Act
Rep. Veronica Escobar D-TX · no cosponsors · House Ways & Means and Homeland Security Committees
Would require the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to produce an assessment of the standards and guidelines for managing air, land, and sea ports of entry. The assessment would include data on staffing levels and the impacts of any staff shortages, average transit delays, an inventory of border-security technologies used to facilitate trade and their potential privacy impacts, and physical infrastructure needs.
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H.R. 10759In committeeTrade
Tariff Relief for American Development and Employment (TRADE) Act
Rep. John James R-MI · no cosponsors · House
Would direct a portion of federal tariff revenue into dedicated funds to reshore jobs and to provide relief to businesses that can show they have suffered economic harm as a result of tariffs.
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S. 5653In committeeInfrastructure
Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026
Sens. Capito R-WV, Whitehouse D-RI, Lee (R-UT) & Heinrich (D-NM) · Bipartisan · Senate EPW and ENR Committees
The Senate Environment and Public Works and Energy and Natural Resources Committees reached a bipartisan permitting-reform agreement and introduced this bill, which would set deadlines for each step of the federal environmental review process (including the length of public comment periods) and timelines for judicial review. It would also bar federal agencies from rescinding or suspending a permit unless a court orders it or a crime has been committed — bringing more structure, certainty, and accountability to permitting.
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H.R. (pending)In committeeSafety
Barron’s Law
Rep. Brandon Gill R-TX · House
Bill text is not yet available. According to the Congressman’s press statement, the legislation is designed to enhance highway safety by reducing instances of undocumented individuals receiving CDLs, requiring English-language proficiency testing, cracking down on fraud, and imposing penalties on carriers that knowingly hire ineligible drivers.
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H.R. 10607In committeeFunding
American Fuel Affordability Act
Rep. Greg Steube R-FL · no cosponsors · House Ways & Means Committee
Would repeal the federal excise tax on diesel fuel (24.3¢/gal), with U.S. Treasury general-fund transfers to keep the Highway Trust Fund and Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund whole. To expand domestic refining, it would create a new investment tax credit for constructing U.S. refineries and a production credit for gasoline and diesel made at qualifying new facilities.
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S. 5487In committeeWorkforce
TWIC Efficiency (TWICE) Act (Senate companion)
Sen. John Kennedy R-LA · no cosponsors · Senate Commerce Committee
Senate companion to the House TWICE Act (H.R. 5109, which passed the House by voice vote last week); Senate bill text is not yet available. Would direct TSA to develop guidelines helping people in federal, state, or local prisons pre-apply for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) as they near release, without changing TWIC eligibility criteria.
Signed into law on October 20, 2026 (Public Law 119-127) after passing the House in April and the Senate in September by unanimous consent. Directs the Department of Commerce to study high-demand products the U.S. imports because of domestic manufacturing, material, or supply-chain constraints — weighing the costs, benefits, job impacts, and feasibility of making them domestically, including in rural areas or industrial parks — across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors (energy, communications, transportation, health care, defense, and more).
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H.R. 5109Passed HouseWorkforce
TWIC Efficiency (TWICE) Act
Rep. Troy Carter D-LA & Rep. Clay Higgins R-LA · Bipartisan · House Homeland Security Committee
Passed the House by voice vote. Directs TSA to develop guidelines helping people in federal, state, or local prisons pre-apply for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) as they near release; it does not change TWIC eligibility criteria. Endorsed by ATA and AAPA, it now awaits Senate action.
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H.J. Res. 210Passed HouseEnvironment
CRA to Repeal California At-Berth Vessel Waiver
Rep. Vince Fong R-CA · 7 cosponsors · House Energy & Commerce Committee
House passed this Congressional Review Act resolution 216–211 to revoke the EPA’s 2023 authorization of California Air Resources Board (CARB) updates to its Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth Regulation — updates that extended shore-power emissions-control requirements to ro-ro vessels and tankers. Now sent to the Senate.
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H.J. Res. 213Passed HouseEnvironment
CRA to Repeal California Commercial Harbor Craft Waiver
Rep. James Gallagher R-CA · House Energy & Commerce Committee
House passed this Congressional Review Act resolution 214–208 to revoke the EPA’s 2025 authorization of CARB’s updated Commercial Harbor Craft Regulation, which would extend cleaner-engine and diesel particulate-filter requirements to ferries, tugboats, commercial fishing vessels, and barges. Now sent to the Senate.
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H.R. 10237In committeeSafety
Registration Enforcement for Vehicle Operations of Known Evaders (REVOKE) Act
Rep. Dave Taylor R-OH & Rep. Shomari Figures D-AL · Bipartisan · House T&I Committee
Would require motor carriers and other entities subject to USDOT registration to maintain an active USDOT number to operate legally. USDOT numbers would be activated only after the agency confirms all registration requirements are met, and deactivated immediately if an entity loses valid registration or fails to complete a required periodic update.
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H.R. 10123In committeeSafety
Strengthening Transportation Oversight and Preventing (STOP) Improper Licensing Act
Rep. Harriet Hageman R-WY · no cosponsors · House T&I Committee
Would require FMCSA to audit a random sample of non-domiciled CDLs in every state, verifying drivers’ work authorization, residency status, and training/qualifications for compliance with federal regulations. Findings would be published and submitted to Congress, and any state that refuses to comply would forfeit all FMCSA funding. Supported by ATA and OOIDA.
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H.R. 10099In committeeWorkforce
Freedom Haulers Act
Rep. Brian Mast R-FL · 1 cosponsor · House T&I Committee
Would codify the Administration’s Freedom Haulers initiative to streamline veterans’ path to a commercial driver’s license. Extends the military skills test waiver window from 12 to 24 months after service — exempting veterans with heavy-vehicle military experience from the skills test — and makes the Even Exchange Program permanent, letting qualified veterans bypass CDL knowledge exams.
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Continuing ResolutionSigned into lawFunding
FY26 Continuing Resolution
Signed into law · extends federal funding through December 11
Signed into law. Extends federal funding at FY26 levels through December 11 and temporarily extends the IIJA’s Highway Trust Fund authorizations through the same date, but does not extend the IIJA’s Division J funding — roughly $38 billion a year for programs including INFRA, PIDP, and CRISI — which expires September 30. Congress now has additional time to negotiate a full-year funding bill or a longer-term FY27 appropriations and surface transportation authorization.
Added Aug 7, 2026
S. 5294In committeeSecurity
Keeping China Off the Rails Act
Sen. Joni Ernst R-IA · sole sponsor · Senate Commerce Committee
Likely Senate companion to the House’s Keeping China Off the Rails Act (H.R. 8417, Reps. Moolenaar (R-MI) and Gottheimer (D-NJ)); Senate bill text is not yet available. Would prohibit foreign-developed tracking technology on existing freight railcars through a phased compliance schedule — current law covers only new railcars — addressing national-security concerns about foreign adversaries tracking military and other sensitive cargo.
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S. 5150In committeeSafety
Safety and Accountability in Freight Enforcement (SAFE) Act
Sen. Todd Young R-IN & Sen. Andy Kim D-NJ · Bipartisan · Senate Commerce Committee
Bipartisan Senate companion to the House SAFE Act (H.R. 7539), targeting “chameleon carriers” that reopen under new identities to evade insurance and FMCSA enforcement. Would require a GAO study of their prevalence and associated crashes, direct FMCSA to build and test an automated tool to flag suspicious registration applications (with an appeals process and effectiveness audits), and improve federal–state information sharing. Supported by ATA, OOIDA, and the Truckload Carriers Association.
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H.R. 9454In committeeEnvironment
Next Generation Shipping Act
Rep. Nanette Barragán D-CA · 5 cosponsors · House T&I and Science, Space & Technology Committees
Would establish a $1 billion-per-year MARAD program to support the research, development, demonstration, deployment, and commercialization of zero-emission and clean alternative maritime technologies and infrastructure. Senate companion: S. 4935.
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S. 4935In committeeEnvironment
Next Generation Shipping Act (Senate companion)
Sen. Chris Van Hollen D-MD · 1 cosponsor · Senate Commerce Committee
Senate companion to H.R. 9454, carrying the same $1 billion-per-year MARAD program for zero-emission and clean alternative maritime technologies and infrastructure.
Would require that any edits or annotations to ELD records be made only by a carrier, dispatcher, or driver located in North America, while keeping all edits subject to driver approval.
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H.R. (pending)In committeeSafety
Chief Chris Eddy’s Law
Rep. Buddy Carter R-GA · No cosponsors
Would require a hazardous-materials placard on all refrigerated shipping containers, improving first-responder awareness of refrigeration-related hazards.
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H.R. (pending)In committeeInfrastructure
Rail Motive Power Source Integration Act of 2026
Rep. Don Beyer D-VA · 2 cosponsors
The most relevant of a trio of Beyer rail bills on alternative power. Would create an unfunded FRA pilot program to improve freight and passenger rail’s ability to rotate between diesel, battery, electric, and hydrogen power sources, identify barriers to implementation, and design a railcar capable of switching between them.
