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To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to waive federal vehicle weight limits for logging vehicles transporting raw or unfinished forest products such as logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips on Interstate highways. The waiver applies only to logging vehicles traveling not more than 150 air miles from the point of origin to a storage or processing facility and only when the vehicles comply with the state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configuration requirements in effect on the date of enactment. The waiver allows these logging vehicles to exceed federal weight limits while remaining within applicable state legal weight limits.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI)
Actions (2)
- Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Routes Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN LOGGING VEHICLES.
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(z) Certain Logging Vehicles.—
“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall waive, for a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit established under this section.
“(2) Application of weight tolerances.—The waiver under this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State legal weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection.
“(3) Definition of covered logging vehicle.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered logging vehicle’ means a vehicle that—
“(A) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;
“(B) is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air miles on the Interstate System from the point of origin to a storage or processing facility; and
“(C) meets applicable State legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the boundaries of each State in which the vehicle is operating.”. <all>
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