Freight Restriction Elimination for Safer Hauling Act of 2019
This bill allows a state to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain vehicles carrying perishable commodities or products on the Interstate Highway System within such state boundaries.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5773 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5773
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight
limitations for certain vehicles hauling perishable commodities or
products, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2020
Mr. Woodall (for himself and Mr. Bishop of Georgia) 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 vehicle weight
limitations for certain vehicles hauling perishable commodities or
products, 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 ``Freight Restriction Elimination for
Safer Hauling Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS-INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(v) Vehicles Hauling Perishable Commodities or Products.--
``(1) In general.--A State may waive the application of any
vehicle weight limit established under this section with
respect to a covered vehicle hauling a perishable commodity or
product.
``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Covered vehicle hauling a perishable
commodity or product.--The term `covered vehicle
hauling a perishable commodity or product' means a
vehicle that--
``(i) is carrying--
``(I) a perishable agricultural
commodity (as defined in section
1(b)(4) of the Perishable Agricultural
Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C.
499a(b)(4));
``(II) concrete in an unhardened
state;
``(III) live poultry;
``(IV) raw or unfinished forest
products, including logs, pulpwood,
biomass, or wood chips;
``(V) livestock feed; or
``(VI) other products or
commodities that could be deemed not
useful after a specified amount of time
in accordance with industry standards
and practices, as defined by a State;
``(ii) meets the weight tolerances (or
weight limits) and vehicle configurations of
the State in which the vehicle is operating
and, if applicable, point of origin radius
distances within the State boundaries in which
the vehicle is operating; and
``(iii) is equipped with speed-limiting
technology that is turned on and set at a speed
not greater than the lesser of--
``(I) the posted speed limit; or
``(II) 65 miles per hour.
``(B) Speed-limiting technology.--The term `speed-
limiting technology' means a technology that prevents a
commercial motor vehicle from exceeding a preprogramed
maximum speed.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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