[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1883 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1883

  To amend title 23, United States Code, to conform to State law the 
   vehicle weight limitations on certain portions of the Interstate 
                    System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 1996

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 23, United States Code, to conform to State law the 
   vehicle weight limitations on certain portions of the Interstate 
                    System, 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 ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 
              SYSTEM.

    Section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``With respect to Interstate Route 95 
in the State of New Hampshire, State laws (including regulations) 
concerning vehicle weight limitations that were in effect on January 1, 
1987, and are applicable to State highways other than the Interstate 
System, shall be applicable in lieu of the requirements of this 
subsection. With respect to that portion of the Maine Turnpike 
designated Interstate Route 95 and 495, and that portion of Interstate 
Route 95 from the southern terminus of the Maine Turnpike to the New 
Hampshire State line, laws (including regulations) of the State of 
Maine concerning vehicle weight limitations that were in effect on 
October 1, 1995, and are applicable to State highways other than the 
Interstate System, shall be applicable in lieu of the requirements of 
this subsection.''.
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