[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1917 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1917

 Directing the Secretary of Transportation to review commercial motor 
    vehicle weight limitations in the State of Ohio, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 Directing the Secretary of Transportation to review commercial motor 
    vehicle weight limitations in the State of Ohio, 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. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

    (a) Review.--The Secretary of Transportation shall review the 
Federal and State commercial motor vehicle weight limitations 
applicable to Federal-aid highways in the State of Ohio.
    (b) Waiver Authority.--If the Secretary of Transportation 
determines, on the basis of the review conducted under subsection (a), 
that it is in the public interest, the Secretary shall waive 
application of the vehicle weight limitations of section 127(a) of 
title 23, United States Code, in whole or in part, to highways on the 
Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the 
State of Ohio for short wheel-base vehicles for such period as the 
Secretary determines may be necessary to permit a reasonable period of 
depreciation for short wheel-base vehicles purchased before October 1, 
1991.
    (c) Moratorium on Withholding of Funds.--Until the Secretary of 
Transportation makes a determination relating to public interest under 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall not withhold funds under section 
127(a) of title 23, United States Code, from apportionment to the State 
of Ohio for failure to comply with such section.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Section 127(d)(1)(E) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``July 5, 1991'' and inserting ``July 6, 1991''.

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