[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5634-S5635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2244. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for 
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684,

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to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, 
and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

        On page 446, strike line 12 and insert the following:
     any regard to any requirement under this section.
       ``(x) Certain Logging Vehicles.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall waive, for a covered 
     logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit 
     established under this section.
       ``(2) Application of weight tolerances.--The waiver under 
     this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State 
     legal weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of 
     this subsection.
       ``(3) Definition of covered logging vehicle.--In this 
     subsection, the term `covered logging vehicle' means a 
     vehicle that--
       ``(A) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, 
     including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;
       ``(B) is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air 
     miles on the Interstate System from the point of origin to a 
     storage or processing facility; and
       ``(C) meets applicable State legal weight tolerances and 
     vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished 
     forest products within the boundaries of each State in which 
     the vehicle is operating.''.
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