[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3645. Mr. McCONNELL 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:

       On page 487, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 1__.  (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Transportation by this or any other Act may be 
     obligated or expended to enforce or require the enforcement 
     of section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, with 
     respect to a segment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     subsection (b) if the segment is designated as a route of the 
     Interstate System.
        (b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are the 
     following:
       (1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be designated as a 
     spur of Interstate Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in 
     Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United States Route 60 in 
     Owensboro, Kentucky.
       (2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway (to be 
     designated as Interstate Route 69) in the State of Kentucky 
     from the Tennessee State line to the interchange with 
     Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City, Kentucky.
       (c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a segment 
     described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) before 
     the date of designation of the segment as a route of the 
     Interstate System may continue to operate on that segment, 
     subject to the condition that, except as provided in 
     subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such a vehicle 
     shall not exceed 120,000 pounds.
       (d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from issuing 
     a permit for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a gross 
     vehicle weight that exceeds 120,000 pounds.
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