[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 140 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2618. Mr. INHOFE 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, 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:

        At the end of subtitle E of title I of division A, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 115__. DRY BULK WEIGHT TOLERANCE.

       Section 127 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by 
     section 11515(2)), is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(x) Dry Bulk Weight Tolerance.--
       ``(1) Definition of dry bulk goods.--In this subsection, 
     the term `dry bulk goods' means any homogeneous unmarked 
     nonliquid cargo being transported in a trailer specifically 
     designed for that purpose.
       ``(2) Weight tolerance.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, except for the maximum gross 
     vehicle weight limitation, a commercial motor vehicle 
     transporting dry bulk goods may not exceed 110 percent of the 
     maximum weight on any axle or axle group described in 
     subsection (a), including any enforcement tolerance.''.
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