To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to United States Route 78 in Mississippi, and for other purposes.

Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of U.S. Route 78 in Mississippi designated as a route on the Interstate System. Prohibits federal weight limitation requirements from applying to those trucks that could operate legally on such segment before that designation.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2628 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2628

 To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to United States 
            Route 78 in Mississippi, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2013

Mr. Nunnelee (for himself, Mr. Harper, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and 
 Mr. Palazzo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to United States 
            Route 78 in Mississippi, 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. UNITED STATES ROUTE 78 IN MISSISSIPPI.

    Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(j) United States Route 78 in Mississippi.--If any segment of 
United States Route 78 in Mississippi is designated as part of the 
Interstate System, no limit established under this section may apply to 
that segment with respect to the operation of any vehicle that could 
have legally operated on that segment before such designation.''.
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