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To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
Summary
This bill exempts stinger-steered combinations—a type of truck and trailer configuration—from the federal requirement to display warning flags on loads that extend beyond the vehicle's edges. The exemption applies specifically when these vehicles are transporting assembled highway vehicles, such as cars. The bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to formally update federal regulations to reflect this exemption. The Secretary is authorized to make this regulatory change without going through the standard notice-and-comment public rulemaking process.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
Actions (2)
- May 7, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- May 7, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7, 2026
Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTERS FROM REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE WARNING FLAGS ON PROJECTING LOADS.
(a) In General.—Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, section 393.87 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), shall not apply to a stinger-steered combination (as defined in section 658.5 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), that is transporting assembled highway vehicles.
(b) Revision.—
(1) In general.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall revise section 393.87 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to exempt from the requirements of that regulation stinger- steered combinations (as defined in section 658.5 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), that are transporting assembled highway vehicles.
(2) Exemption.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall carry out paragraph (1) without engaging in notice and comment or any other formal rulemaking process. <all>
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