Predatory Truck Leasing Prevention Act of 2025

This bill would require the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to issue rules within one year banning certain motor carriers from using predatory truck lease-purchase programs. A lease-purchase agreement is a contract where a driver leases a truck from a motor carrier, or a related company, while also driving for that same carrier. The bill defines a predatory program as one where the carrier controls the driver's work, pay, and debts, and the driver builds no ownership in the truck or is forced to give up ownership already built. The rules must also set up a process for drivers to get relief from lease terms that the Secretary finds broke the new rules, for agreements signed after the rules take effect.

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• Julia Brownley Democrat sponsor
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