Establish the first federal autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework.

The bill provides the largest ever investment in America’s bridges, focuses on proven surface transportation infrastructure programs, provides passenger rail investments and reforms, improves rail safety, ensures that transportation projects and programs are more efficient, encourages innovation, and provides the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework.

The bill would create an autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework.

Graves Introduces Bipartisan, Five-Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization – the BUILD America 250 Act | Congressman Sam Graves | Representing the 6th District of Missouri
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The legislation ... provides the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework

The page says the BUILD America 250 Act would create the first autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework.

Surface Transportation Reauthorization | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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The official markup record says the ANS to H.R. 8870 was agreed to and the bill was favorably reported to the House, as amended, by a recorded vote of 62 yeas and 2 nays.

Sam Graves helped advance the bill out of committee, but this is still committee-stage progress rather than final enactment.

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H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared for consideration | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
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The committee said it approved H.R. 8870 after a 14-hour markup and described the bill as providing 'the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework' and 'a framework for safely integrating autonomous commercial motor vehicles onto our highways.'

The committee publicly framed Graves' bill as creating the first federal autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework, but only through a committee-approved bill.

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T&I Committee Approves BUILD America 250 Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Chairman Sam Graves and Ranking Member Rick Larsen released the BUILD America 250 Act text. The release said the bill "provides the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework" and that committee leaders intended to send legislation to the President before the current authorization expired on September 30, 2026.

Graves publicly advanced bill text that the committee described as the first autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework, but the release described a legislative goal rather than an enacted framework.

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Graves & Larsen Announce Deal on Bipartisan, Five-Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization – the BUILD America 250 Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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The committee said the BUILD America 250 Act was introduced by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves and other leaders, and that H.R. 8870 would be marked up on May 21, 2026. The release again described the bill as providing the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework.

This confirms Graves was a named introducer of H.R. 8870 and that the framework existed as introduced legislation, not as enacted law.

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T&I Committee Leaders Introduce the BUILD America 250 Act
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The bill text lists Subtitle E as "Safe Integration of Autonomous Commercial Motor Vehicles." Section 5402 would add 49 U.S.C. 31140 and direct the Secretary, not later than two years after enactment, to issue regulations establishing and maintaining a performance-based safety standard for ADS-equipped commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce.

The bill text contains a concrete federal framework mechanism for autonomous commercial motor vehicles, including safety standards and operating requirements, but it is conditional on enactment and later rulemaking.

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build_america_250_act_bill_text.pdf
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The section-by-section summary says Subtitle E covers Safe Integration of Autonomous Commercial Motor Vehicles. It says Section 5402 creates a safety standard for ADS-equipped commercial motor vehicles operating in interstate commerce, establishes requirements for manufacturers and operators, and creates a transportation rulemaking committee for implementation recommendations.

The committee's official summary confirms the autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework was substantive, but it remained a bill summary rather than evidence of final passage or implementation.

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BUILD America 250 Act Section-by-Section Summary
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The official markup record says the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 8870, offered by Chairman Graves, was agreed to, and that the bill was ordered favorably reported to the House, as amended, by a recorded vote of 62 yeas and 2 nays.

Graves materially advanced H.R. 8870 through committee with a favorable report, showing concrete same-term effort but not final House, Senate, or presidential approval.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared for consideration | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
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The committee announced approval of H.R. 8870 after markup and said the bill provides the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework. Graves said he looked forward to moving the bill on the House floor and working with the Senate to pass a final bill before September 30, 2026.

The committee approval is meaningful progress toward the promised framework, while Graves' own statement shows final House and Senate action had not yet occurred at that point.

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T&I Committee Approves BUILD America 250 Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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Business Insider reported that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the BUILD America 250 Act and that the legislation would establish a federal process for developing safety standards and regulating autonomous commercial trucks. It also reported that the bill still had to go through the full House and Senate before reaching the President.

Reputable reporting after committee action confirms the bill was still pending and had not established a federal framework through enactment as of May 29, 2026.

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AI is coming for truck drivers. A new bill is trying to brace US workers for impact.
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