Congress asks FTC to study fire truck maker pricing
S.J.Res. 201 — A joint resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and report on anticompetitive practices and violations of the antitrust laws in the fire truck manufacturing industry. · Filed by Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This joint resolution tells the Federal Trade Commission to investigate fire truck makers. The FTC must study if makers are fixing prices or controlling the market unfairly. The FTC must report back within one year with findings and new law ideas.
Who it affects
Fire departments and the people they serve are affected. Fire departments have had trouble buying new trucks. Prices have risen and delivery takes four and a half years.
One thing to notice
Fire truck prices rose from five hundred thousand dollars to nearly one million dollars. The Los Angeles Fire Department faced equipment shortage during January 2025 wildfires.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Federal Trade Commission — A government agency that checks if companies follow fair competition rules.
- joint resolution — A formal request from Congress to a government agency.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,137 characters) on Jul 24, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
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As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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