A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that State law shall apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2969 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2969

To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that State law shall 
   apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 3, 2025

  Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that State law shall 
   apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF STATE LAW APPLICABLE TO THE USE OF MOTOR 
              VEHICLES ON ROADS WITHIN A SYSTEM UNIT.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 1015 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 101513. State law
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Off-highway vehicle.--The term `off-highway vehicle' 
        shall be defined by the State in which the applicable System 
        unit is located, in accordance with the law of the State.
            ``(2) Road.--The term `road' means the main-traveled 
        surface of a roadway open to motor vehicles that is owned, 
        controlled, or otherwise administered by the Service.
    ``(b) Applicable Law.--The law of the State in which a System unit 
is located shall apply to the use of motor vehicles (including off-
highway vehicles) on roads within a System unit.
    ``(c) Violations.--Violating a provision of State law applicable to 
a System unit under subsection (b) shall be prohibited in the 
applicable System unit.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter II of chapter 
1015 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``101513. State law.''.
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