118 S1818 IS: Safe Routes Act of 2023 U.S. Senate 2023-06-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1818IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJune 6, 2023Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksA BILLTo amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Safe Routes Act of 2023.

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Vehicle weight exemption for certain logging vehicles

Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(x)

Certain logging vehicles

(1)

In general

The Secretary shall waive, for a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit established under this section.(2)

Application of weight tolerances

The waiver under this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State legal weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection.(3)

Definition of covered logging vehicle

In this subsection, the term covered logging vehicle means a vehicle that—(A)is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;(B)is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air miles on the Interstate System from the point of origin to a storage or processing facility; and(C)meets applicable State legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the boundaries of each State in which the vehicle is operating..