[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3153 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3153

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt from regulation the 
transportation of certain hazardous materials by vehicles with a gross 
            vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 1996

Mr. DeLay (for himself, Mr. Condit, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Barr 
 of Georgia, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Bryant of Tennessee, Mr. Christensen, Mr. 
   Clement, Mr. Coble, Mr. Combest, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
Dornan, Mr. Emerson, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Foley, 
   Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Kim, Mr. Largent, Mr. 
  LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, Mr. Livingston, Mr. 
    McIntosh, Mr. Ney, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
   Traficant, and Mr. Wamp) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt from regulation the 
transportation of certain hazardous materials by vehicles with a gross 
            vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION FROM 
              REGULATION.

    Section 5117 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), 
respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Statutory Exemption.--This chapter and regulations prescribed 
under this chapter shall not apply to--
            ``(1) any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 
        10,000 pounds or less transporting a substance or material--
                    ``(A) designated as a hazardous material under this 
                chapter (or the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act) 
                on or before January 1, 1996; and
                    ``(B) for which placarding of a motor vehicle was 
                not required as of January 1, 1996, under regulations 
                prescribed under this chapter (or the Hazardous 
                Materials Transportation Act); and
            ``(2) any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 
        10,000 pounds or less transporting a substance or material 
        designated as a hazardous material under this chapter after 
        January 1, 1996, unless the Secretary determines that the 
        hazardous material poses a significant risk to health and 
        safety or property.''.
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