[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4115 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4115

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to temporarily waive certain 
   vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2014

   Mr. Nolan (for himself, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Ribble, and Mr. Peterson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to temporarily waive certain 
   vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Winter Roads Safety Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WAIVER.

    (a) In General.--During the period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act and ending on April 15, 2014, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall waive, for a covered logging vehicle, the 
application of any vehicle weight limit established under section 127 
of title 23, United States Code.
    (b) Covered Logging Vehicle Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered logging vehicle'' means a vehicle that--
            (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, 
        including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;
            (2) has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 99,000 
        pounds;
            (3) has not less than 6 axles; and
            (4) is operating on a segment of--
                    (A) Interstate Route 35 in Minnesota from mile 
                marker 235.4 to mile marker 259.552;
                    (B) Interstate Route 535 in Minnesota from mile 
                marker 0 to mile marker 1.571;
                    (C) Interstate Route 39 in Wisconsin from mile 
                marker 175.8 to mile marker 189; or
                    (D) Interstate Route 535 in Wisconsin from mile 
                marker 0 to mile marker 1.19.
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