3.0.0 1450 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z Senate S S 2011-07-29 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-07-29T16:33:01Z 2011-07-29 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2011-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5072-5073) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-08-02 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2012-09-19 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Transportation Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Motor carriers Motor vehicles Roads and highways State and local government operations Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2011-11-09T20:22:15Z Commercial Truck Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to improve commercial motor vehicle safety on Interstate System (IS) highways.

Directs the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to establish a demonstration program under which a state governor may request from the Secretary a three-year waiver for covered trucks (six-axle trucks with a maximum gross weight of up to 100,000 pounds) to operate on the state's IS highways.

Requires a state, as a condition for receiving a waiver, to: (1) collect data on the waiver's effects, particularly on accident rates involving heavier trucks; and (2) establish a safety committee to review such data.

]]> Commercial Truck Safety Act Display Title Commercial Truck Safety Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a commercial truck safety program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Commercial Truck Safety Act Introduced in Senate 2011-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1450is/xml/BILLS-112s1450is.xml 2011-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.