Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act
This bill allows Virginia to increase the vehicle weight limit for covered agricultural vehicles traveling on interstate highways to 90,000 pounds. Specifically, Virginia may provide a special permit for these covered agricultural vehicles to operate on interstate highways in Virginia.
The term covered agricultural vehicle means a vehicle that is transporting (1) unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed, or fiber; or (2) raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, or wood chips.
Under current law, there is an 80,000 pound overall gross vehicle weight limit for interstate highways, with exceptions. Virginia allows certain agricultural vehicles that do not exceed 90,000 pounds to travel on Virginia highways that are not part of the interstate highway system.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1487 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1487
To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the maximum gross
vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment
of the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Mr. McGuire (for himself and Mr. Wittman) 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, to increase the maximum gross
vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment
of the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 ``Agricultural and Forestry Hauling
Efficiency Act''.
SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(z) Exception for Agricultural Vehicles in Commonwealth of
Virginia.--
``(1) In general.--The Commonwealth of Virginia may allow,
by special permit, the operation of a covered agricultural
vehicle on the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of
Virginia if such vehicle does not exceed 90,000 pounds.
``(2) Covered agricultural vehicle defined.--In this
subsection, the term `covered agricultural vehicle' means a
vehicle that is transporting unprocessed agricultural crops
used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or unfinished forest
products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber,
biomass, or wood chips.''.
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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.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H845)
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