[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1289 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1289

    To retain the existing vehicle weight limitations for vehicles 
traveling along any segment of U.S. Highway 78 within Mississippi after 
    such segment is incorporated into the Interstate Highway System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2013

Mr. Cochran (for himself and Mr. Wicker) 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 retain the existing vehicle weight limitations for vehicles 
traveling along any segment of U.S. Highway 78 within Mississippi after 
    such segment is incorporated into the Interstate Highway System.

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

SECTION 1. RETENTION OF VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS ON U.S. HIGHWAY 78.

    Section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
            ``(12) With respect to all segments of the Interstate 
        Highway System within Mississippi that were previously 
        designated as U.S. Highway 78, the single axle weight, tandem 
        axle weight, gross vehicle weight, and bridge formula limits 
        set forth in paragraph (2) shall not apply to a vehicle using 
        any such segment if the vehicle could have legally operated on 
        such segment before it was designated as part of the Interstate 
        Highway System.''.
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