[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3247 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3247

To amend title 23, United States Code, to exempt covered heavy-duty tow 
 and recovery vehicles from certain weight limitations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2015

Mr. Fleischmann (for himself and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) 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, to exempt covered heavy-duty tow 
 and recovery vehicles from certain weight limitations, 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 ``Fair Action for Interstate Recovery 
Vehicles on Truck Operating Weights Act'' or the ``FAIR TOW Act''.

SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS--INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

    Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(m) Covered Heavy-Duty Tow and Recovery Vehicles.--
            ``(1) In general.--The vehicle weight limitations set forth 
        in this section do not apply to a covered heavy-duty tow and 
        recovery vehicle.
            ``(2) Covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle 
        defined.--In this subsection, the term `covered heavy-duty tow 
        and recovery vehicle' means a vehicle that--
                    ``(A) is transporting a disabled vehicle from the 
                place where the vehicle became disabled to the nearest 
                appropriate repair facility; and
                    ``(B) has a gross vehicle weight that is equal to 
                or exceeds the gross vehicle weight of the disabled 
                vehicle being transported.''.
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