[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 964 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 964

   To require States and Indian tribes to designate specific highway 
   routes for the transportation of hazardous materials and the long-
                distance transportation of solid waste.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 22, 2007

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require States and Indian tribes to designate specific highway 
   routes for the transportation of hazardous materials and the long-
                distance transportation of solid waste.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ROUTES.

    Section 5112 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``. However, the 
                Secretary'' and inserting ``or if the vehicle is a 5-
                axle single-trailer truck that is hauling solid waste 
                for at least 200 miles along the National Highway 
                System. The Secretary''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``by subsection (d) of this 
                        section and section 5125(c) of this title, each 
                        State and Indian tribe may'' and inserting 
                        ``under subsection (f) and section 5125(c), and 
                        in accordance with the standards prescribed 
                        under subsection (b), each State and Indian 
                        tribe shall''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``and solid waste'' after ``hazardous 
                        material''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``and solid waste'' 
        after ``hazardous material'' each place such term appears.
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