[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2130 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2130

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2014

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Franken) 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 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 the 
enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the Commissioner 
of the Minnesota Department of Transportation terminates the seasonal 
vehicle weight limit increase in the North Zone in accordance with 
section 169.826 of the Minnesota Statutes, 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) Inspection Requirement.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a 
waiver described in such subsection may not be granted until the 
bridges along the road segments described in subsection (c)(4) have 
been inspected and certified by the Minnesota Department of 
Transportation to be structurally capable of supporting vehicles with a 
gross vehicle weight of 99,000 pounds.
    (c) Defined Term.--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 fewer than 6 axles;
            (4) is operating on a segment of--
                    (A) Interstate Route 35 in Minnesota between mile 
                marker 235.4 and mile marker 259.552; or
                    (B) Interstate Route 535 in Minnesota between mile 
                marker 0 and mile marker 1.571; and
            (5) has obtained the appropriate overweight vehicle permit 
        from the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
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