VARIANCE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2920 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2920

  To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish an axle weight 
 variance for certain commercial motor vehicles transporting dry bulk 
                     goods, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2025

 Mr. Crawford (for himself and Mr. Carbajal) 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 establish an axle weight 
 variance for certain commercial motor vehicles transporting dry bulk 
                     goods, 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 ``Vehicle Axle Redistribution 
Increases Allow New Capacities for Efficiency Act'' or the ``VARIANCE 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DRY BULK AXLE WEIGHT VARIANCE.

    Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(z) Dry Bulk Axle Weight Variance.--
            ``(1) Weight variance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of this section, except for the maximum gross vehicle weight 
        limitation, a commercial motor vehicle transporting dry bulk 
        goods may not exceed 110 percent of the maximum weight on any 
        axle or axle group described in subsection (a), including any 
        enforcement tolerance.
            ``(2) Dry bulk goods defined.--In this subsection, the term 
        `dry bulk goods' means any homogeneous unmarked, unpackaged, 
        nonliquid cargo being transported in a trailer specifically 
        designed for that purpose.''.
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