[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1667 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1667

   To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to vehicle weight 
                              limitations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 1999

  Mr. Cook (for himself and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to vehicle weight 
                              limitations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Efficient Transportation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

    Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State may allow 
a combination of a truck tractor and no more than 1 trailer or 
semitrailer with a consecutive set of tandem and tridem axles that may 
carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds on the tandem axles and 51,000 
pounds on the tridem axles to use the Interstate System if the overall 
trailer length is at least 48 feet; except that such overall gross 
weight may not exceed 97,000 pounds for a vehicle combination of 6 or 
more axles (for a combination of a truck tractor and no more than 1 
trailer or semitrailer), including all enforcement tolerances.''.
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