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HR 2161 107th Congress House

Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 30, 2002 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
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Became law
Jun 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jun 13, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 13, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1099)
Jun 13, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2001 - Amends Federal transportation law to require any contract or agreement for truckload transportation or service regularly provided by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder subject to the Secretary of Transportation and the Surface Transportation Board to include a requirement to assess a payer of transportation charges a minimum surcharge for fuel when the current price of fuel surpasses the $1.10 per gallon benchmark price by $0.05 per gallon. Requires the surcharge to be the amount necessary to compensate the person responsible for paying for fuel for the amount of increase in its cost.

Allows any motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder to include in any transportation contract or agreement a privately negotiated fuel cost adjustment provision designed to compensate the person responsible for paying for fuel for the increase in its cost.

Requires any motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder providing transportation or service using motor vehicles not owned by it and using fuel not paid for by it to pass any fuel surcharge through to the person responsible for paying for fuel. Prohibits any reduction in compensatory transportation costs (other than the fuel surcharge) to, or the imposition of a fuel cost adjustment on, the payer of fuel for the purpose of adjusting for or avoiding the pass through or the payment of the fuel surcharge.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 1
COLLINS, MAC
· Sep 24, 2002
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Apr 30, 2002
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 25, 2002
LAMPSON, NICK
· Jun 26, 2001
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Jun 13, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2161: Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2161/
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"H.R. 2161: Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2161/.
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