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119-hr-5423119th CongressWALLET

Predatory Truck Leasing Prevention Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

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Summary

Bans predatory truck lease-purchase programs. This bill would require federal rules and a driver relief process to stop motor carriers from using lease-purchase setups that trap drivers in debt and strip away truck equity.

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  • Drivers: Could challenge and be granted relief from lease-purchase terms found to violate the new rules. Definitions target arrangements where carriers control work, pay, and debts and leave drivers with no or lost equity in the truck.
  • Motor carriers: Would be barred from using predatory lease-purchase programs for transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 of title 49. Carriers could face regulatory limits on recruitment, operational, tax, and finance practices linked to leases.
  • Federal regulator: The Secretary would have 1 year after enactment to publish regulations and must include a process to grant drivers relief when lease terms violate those regulations.

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New rules against predatory truck leases for drivers

If enacted, the Transportation Secretary would have 1 year to ban predatory truck lease‑purchase programs by covered motor carriers. Drivers who sign leases after the rules take effect could get relief if the Secretary finds their terms break the rules. A program would count as predatory when the carrier controls your work, pay, and debts, and you get no equity or must give it up. A lease‑purchase means you lease a truck from the carrier or its affiliate while hauling for that same carrier under a separate work contract. This could stop abusive leases and give drivers a way out of illegal terms.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

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