[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3427. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 1___. ELECTRIC VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATION.

       Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(v) Electric Vehicles.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
     vehicle propelled exclusively by means of electric battery 
     power may exceed any vehicle weight limit under this section 
     by an amount that is equal to the difference between--
       ``(A) the weight of the electric batteries and wiring 
     system of the vehicle; and
       ``(B) the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling 
     system.
       ``(2) Maximum weight.--A vehicle propelled exclusively by 
     means of electric battery power may exceed any vehicle weight 
     limit under this section up to a maximum gross vehicle weight 
     of 82,000 pounds.''.
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