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Predatory Truck Leasing Prevention Act of 2025
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the use of predatory commercial motor vehicle lease-purchase programs by certain motor carriers, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish regulations within one year to prohibit predatory commercial motor vehicle lease-purchase programs used by motor carriers. The regulations would address lease-purchase agreements where motor carriers control driver work and compensation while preventing drivers from accruing equity in the trucks they lease. The bill would also establish a process allowing drivers to seek relief from lease-purchase agreements found to violate the regulations.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Julia Brownley’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $9,600
- HAAS AUTOMATION $9,100
- SPARAGNA & SPARAGNA $6,600
- HACKMAN CAPITAL $6,600
- UNITED STAFFING ASSOCIATES $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Julia Brownley → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Sep 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Sep 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Sep 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 17, 2025
Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the use of predatory commercial motor vehicle lease-purchase programs by certain motor carriers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Predatory Truck Leasing Prevention Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PREDATORY COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE- PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROGRAMS.
Section 14102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Prohibition on Predatory Commercial Motor Vehicle Lease- Purchase Agreement Program.—
“(1) In general.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to prohibit the use of predatory commercial motor vehicle lease-purchase programs by motor carriers providing transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135.
“(2) Relief provision.—In promulgating regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish a process by which drivers can be granted relief from the terms of a lease-purchase agreement if—
“(A) the Secretary finds that the terms of the lease-purchase agreement violated regulations issued pursuant to paragraph (1); and
“(B) the lease-purchase agreement was entered into after the effective date of the regulations issued pursuant to paragraph (1).
“(3) Definitions.—In this subsection:
“(A) Predatory commercial motor vehicle lease- purchase agreement program.—The term ‘predatory commercial motor vehicle lease-purchase agreement program’ means the framework of motor carrier-driver relationship, including the lease-purchase agreement, the contract for the driver’s work for the motor carrier, and the motor carrier’s practices in implementing the contracts that are not provided in the contract, including the motor carrier’s recruitment practices, operational practices, and tax and finance practices, whereby the motor carrier controls the work, compensation, and debts of the driver, and the driver accrues no equity or is forced to give up equity accrued in the contracted truck.
“(B) Lease purchase agreement.—The term ‘lease- purchase agreement’ means a financial contract by which a driver leases a commercial motor vehicle from a motor carrier (or a firm affiliated with such motor carrier) to haul freight while driving for the same motor carrier under a separate contract.”. <all>
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