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NewsDecember 16, 2015

Fed Raises Interest Rates by Quarter-Percentage Point

The Federal Reserve announces the first rise in U.S. interest rates since 2006. This marks the end of a seven-year monetary policy to hold the rate near zero.

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NewsDecember 16, 2015

Safe Rental Car Act Passes as Part of Highway Bill

The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act was signed into law on Dec. 4 as part of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22).

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NewsDecember 2, 2015

ACRA Backs Highway Bill's Car Rental Recall Provisions

The American Car Rental Association (ACRA) commended the House and Senate conferees for including The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act in the federal highway bill conference report filed yesterday.

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NewsNovember 11, 2015

ACRA Opposes Amendment to Recall Bill

The American Car Rental Association (ACRA) opposes the amendment that exempts car dealers from grounding recalled vehicles in their rental fleets.

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ArticlesNovember 6, 2015

Traditional and Peer-to-Peer: Let's Work Together for Better Regulation

Peer-to-peer carsharing companies and traditional car rental should play by the same rules. Together, let's work to modify regulations that are unfair to our businesses and customers so we all can compete for business.

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NewsNovember 2, 2015

CarAmigo Reaches Fiscal Agreement with Belgian Government

CarAmigo, a peer-to-peer carsharing service with a mobile platform, reached an agreement with the Belgian government regarding the potential taxation of carsharing users.

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NewsOctober 20, 2015

Europcar Australia Advocates for Improved Rental Industry Standards

Europcar, Hertz and other Australian-based rental car companies have joined with the Australian Fleet Lessors Association (AFLA) to push for improving rental car industry standards and building a stronger relationship with the government to drive reform.

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NewsJuly 23, 2015

Auto Rental News International Launches Online

Focusing on Europe, Auto Rental News International’s first digital edition is now available.

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NewsJuly 16, 2015

Senate Committee Kills Amendment to Modify Recalls

The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee did not approve Section 4209, an amendment for rental recalls in the S. 1732 bill: Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015.

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NewsJuly 15, 2015

ACRA Opposes Amendment to Modify Vehicle Recalls

A transportation bill introduced by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, would allow car rental companies to rent recalled vehicles that haven’t been repaired.

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