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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="351" measure-id="id119hr351" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-01-13" update-date="2025-02-18">
        <title>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.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr351v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-02-18">
            <action-date>2025-01-13</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill prohibits the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)&nbsp;from establishing or maintaining a value pricing program under the FHWA's&nbsp;Value Pricing Pilot Program that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>In general, value pricing, also referred to as congestion pricing, includes a variety of strategies to manage congestion on highways and surface streets (e.g., charging drivers on congested roadways&nbsp;during peak periods). Cordon pricing&nbsp;is a form of congestion pricing that includes&nbsp;a zone-based pricing system that involves either variable or fixed charges to drive within or into a congested area within a city.</p>]]></summary-text>
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