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2		-	Union Calendar No. 287
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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5		-	DSESSION H. R. 3372
6		-	[Report No. 118–352]
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	4	+	STSESSION H. R. 3372
7	5		To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a safety data collection
8	6		program for certain 6-axle vehicles, and for other purposes.
9	7		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	8		MAY16, 2023
11	9		Mr. J
12	10		OHNSONof South Dakota (for himself and Mr. COSTA) introduced the
13	11		following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
14	12		and Infrastructure
15		-	J
16		-	ANUARY18, 2024
17		-	Additional sponsors: Mr. E
18		-	DWARDSand Mr. DUARTE
19		-	J
20		-	ANUARY18, 2024
21		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
22		-	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
23		-	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
24		-	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2023]
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28	13		A BILL
29	14		To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a safety
30	15		data collection program for certain 6-axle vehicles, and
31	16		for other purposes.
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35	17		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
36	18		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
37		-	SECTION 1. SAFETY DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM FOR ~~CER-~~3
38		-	~~TAIN~~ 6-AXLE VEHICLES. 4
39		-	Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is ~~amended~~ 5
40		-	by adding at the end the following: 6
	19	+	SECTION 1. SAFETY DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM FOR 3
	20	+	CERTAIN 6-AXLE VEHICLES. 4
	21	+	Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 5
	22	+	amended by adding at the end the following: 6
41	23		‘‘(x) P
42		-	ILOTPROGRAM FORSAFETYDATACOLLECTION 7
43		-	ONCERTAIN6-AXLEVEHICLES.— 8
44		-	‘‘(1) G
45		-	ENERAL AUTHORITY.—Not later than 30 9
46		-	days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 10
47		-	Secretary shall establish a pilot program (referred to 11
48		-	in this subsection as the ‘pilot program’) under which 12
49		-	States admitted by the Secretary under paragraph (2) 13
50		-	may allow covered 6-axle vehicles to be operated on 14
51		-	the Interstate System in the State. 15
	24	+	ILOTPROGRAM FORSAFETYDATACOLLEC-7
	25	+	TION ONCERTAIN6-AXLEVEHICLES.— 8
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	29	+	‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY .—Not later than 30 1
	30	+	days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 2
	31	+	the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (re-3
	32	+	ferred to in this subsection as the ‘pilot program’) 4
	33	+	under which States admitted by the Secretary under 5
	34	+	paragraph (2) may allow covered 6-axle vehicles to 6
	35	+	be operated on the Interstate System in the State. 7
52	36		‘‘(2) A
53		-	DMISSION TO PILOT PROGRAM .— 16
	37	+	DMISSION TO PILOT PROGRAM .— 8
54	38		‘‘(A) I
55		-	NITIAL APPLICATION.—Beginning on 17
56		-	the date that is 30 days after the date of enact-18
57		-	ment of this subsection, a State seeking to par-19
58		-	ticipate in the pilot program shall submit an ap-20
59		-	plication to the Secretary in electronic form, 21
60		-	containing such administrative information as 22
61		-	the Secretary may require, including a certifi-23
62		-	cation that the State has or will have the author-24
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66		-	ity pursuant to State law to implement the pilot 1
67		-	program. 2
	39	+	NITIAL APPLICATION.—Beginning on 9
	40	+	the date that is 30 days after the date of enact-10
	41	+	ment of this subsection, a State seeking to par-11
	42	+	ticipate in the pilot program shall submit an 12
	43	+	application to the Secretary in electronic form, 13
	44	+	containing such administrative information as 14
	45	+	the Secretary may require, including a certifi-15
	46	+	cation that the State has or will have the au-16
	47	+	thority pursuant to State law to implement the 17
	48	+	pilot program. 18
68	49		‘‘(B) A
69		-	DMISSION.—The Secretary shall 3
70		-	admit to the pilot program, on a rolling basis, 4
71		-	States that submit a completed application 5
72		-	under subparagraph (A). 6
	50	+	DMISSION.—The Secretary shall 19
	51	+	admit to the pilot program, on a rolling basis, 20
	52	+	States that submit a completed application 21
	53	+	under subparagraph (A). 22
73	54		‘‘(C) E
74		-	LECTION TO NO LONGER PARTICI -7
75		-	PATE.—If a State elects to no longer participate 8
76		-	in the pilot program, the State shall notify the 9
77		-	Secretary of such election. 10
	55	+	LECTION TO NO LONGER PARTICI -23
	56	+	PATE.—If a State elects to no longer partici-24
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	60	+	pate in the pilot program, the State shall notify 1
	61	+	the Secretary of such election. 2
78	62		‘‘(3) M
79		-	EANS OF IMPLEMENTATION .— 11
	63	+	EANS OF IMPLEMENTATION .— 3
80	64		‘‘(A) I
81		-	N GENERAL.—To be eligible to par-12
82		-	ticipate in the pilot program, a State shall ~~agree 13~~
83		-	to implement the pilot program through ~~the 14~~
84		-	issuance of permits per vehicle or group of ~~vehi-15~~
85		-	~~cles~~ with respect to covered 6-axle vehicles. 16
	65	+	N GENERAL.—To be eligible to par-4
	66	+	ticipate in the pilot program, a State shall 5
	67	+	agree to implement the pilot program through 6
	68	+	the issuance of permits per vehicle or group of 7
	69	+	vehicles with respect to covered 6-axle vehicles. 8
86	70		‘‘(B) P
87		-	ERMIT.—A permit described in sub-17
88		-	paragraph (A) shall— 18
89		-	‘‘(i) describe the Interstate System 19
90		-	routes that may be used while operating at 20
91		-	greater than 80,000 pounds gross vehicle 21
92		-	weight in a covered 6-axle vehicle; and 22
93		-	‘‘(ii) require the permit holder to re-23
94		-	port to the State, with respect to each cov-24
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98		-	~~ered 6-axle~~ ~~vehicle for which such permit 1~~
99		-	~~was issued—~~ 2
100		-	~~‘‘(I) each accident (as~~ ~~such term 3~~
101		-	~~is defined~~ in ~~section 390.5 of title 49, 4~~
102		-	~~Code of Federal Regulations,~~ ~~as in ef-5~~
103		-	~~fect on~~ the ~~date of enactment of this 6~~
104		-	~~subsection) that occurred in the State 7~~
105		-	~~involving the covered 6-axle vehicle~~ on 8
106		-	~~the Interstate System in the State; 9~~
107		-	‘‘(II) the estimated gross vehicle 10
108		-	weight of each covered 6-axle vehicle ~~at 11~~
109		-	the time of an accident described in 12
110		-	subclause (I); and 13
111		-	‘‘(III) the estimated miles ~~traveled 14~~
112		-	by the covered 6-axle vehicle on ~~the 15~~
113		-	Interstate System in the State ~~annu-16~~
114		-	~~ally~~. 17
	71	+	ERMIT.—A permit described in sub-9
	72	+	paragraph (A) shall— 10
	73	+	‘‘(i) describe the Interstate System 11
	74	+	routes that may be used while operating at 12
	75	+	greater than 80,000 pounds gross vehicle 13
	76	+	weight in a covered 6-axle vehicle; and 14
	77	+	‘‘(ii) require the permit holder to re-15
	78	+	port to the State, with respect to each cov-16
	79	+	ered 6-axle vehicle for which such permit 17
	80	+	was issued— 18
	81	+	‘‘(I) each accident (as such term 19
	82	+	is defined in section 390.5 of title 49, 20
	83	+	Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef-21
	84	+	fect on the date of enactment of this 22
	85	+	subsection) that occurred in the State 23
	86	+	involving the covered 6-axle vehicle on 24
	87	+	the Interstate System in the State; 25
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	91	+	‘‘(II) the estimated gross vehicle 1
	92	+	weight of each covered 6-axle vehicle 2
	93	+	at the time of an accident described in 3
	94	+	subclause (I); and 4
	95	+	‘‘(III) the estimated miles trav-5
	96	+	eled by the covered 6-axle vehicle on 6
	97	+	the Interstate System in the State an-7
	98	+	nually. 8
115	99		‘‘(C) S
116		-	AFETY EQUIPMENT INCENTIVE .— 18
	100	+	AFETY EQUIPMENT INCENTIVE .— 9
117	101		‘‘(i) F
118		-	EE REDUCTION.—With respect to 19
119		-	any fee associated with a permit under this 20
120		-	paragraph, the State may reduce the fee 21
121		-	otherwise applicable to a vehicle by 67 per-22
122		-	cent if the vehicle is equipped with an auto-23
123		-	matic emergency braking system, including 24
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127		-	such systems in use on the date of enact-1
128		-	ment of this subsection. 2
	102	+	EE REDUCTION.—With respect 10
	103	+	to any fee associated with a permit under 11
	104	+	this paragraph, the State may reduce the 12
	105	+	fee otherwise applicable to a vehicle by 67 13
	106	+	percent if the vehicle is equipped with an 14
	107	+	automatic emergency braking system, in-15
	108	+	cluding such systems in use on the date of 16
	109	+	enactment of this subsection. 17
129	110		‘‘(ii) G
130		-	ROUP OF VEHICLES .—As ap-3
131		-	plied to a permit for a group of vehicles, the 4
132		-	reduction under clause (i) shall only apply 5
133		-	with respect to individual vehicles in the 6
134		-	group that are equipped with an automatic 7
135		-	emergency breaking system, including such 8
136		-	systems in use on the date of enactment of 9
137		-	this subsection. 10
138		-	‘‘(4) O
139		-	THER AUTHORIZATIONS NOT AFFECTED .— 11
140		-	This subsection shall not restrict— 12
141		-	‘‘(A) a vehicle that may operate under any 13
142		-	other provision of this section or another Federal 14
143		-	law; or 15
144		-	‘‘(B) a State’s authority with respect to a 16
145		-	vehicle that may operate under any other provi-17
146		-	sion of this section or another Federal law. 18
	111	+	ROUP OF VEHICLES .—As ap-18
	112	+	plied to a permit for a group of vehicles, 19
	113	+	the reduction under clause (i) shall only 20
	114	+	apply with respect to individual vehicles in 21
	115	+	the group that are equipped with an auto-22
	116	+	matic emergency breaking system, includ-23
	117	+	ing such systems in use on the date of en-24
	118	+	actment of this subsection. 25
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	122	+	‘‘(4) OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS NOT AF -1
	123	+	FECTED.—This subsection shall not restrict— 2
	124	+	‘‘(A) a vehicle that may operate under any 3
	125	+	other provision of this section or another Fed-4
	126	+	eral law; or 5
	127	+	‘‘(B) a State’s authority with respect to a 6
	128	+	vehicle that may operate under any other provi-7
	129	+	sion of this section or another Federal law. 8
147	130		‘‘(5) N
148		-	O HIGHWAY FUNDING REDUCTION .—Not-19
149		-	withstanding subsection (a), funds apportioned to a 20
150		-	State under section 104 for any period may not be 21
151		-	reduced because the State authorizes the operation of 22
152		-	covered 6-axle vehicles within such State in accord-23
153		-	ance with this subsection. 24
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157		-	‘‘(6) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the first 1
158		-	March 1 after the date of enactment of this subsection, 2
159		-	and annually thereafter, a State participating in the 3
160		-	pilot program shall submit to the Secretary with re-4
161		-	spect to the previous calendar year, a report on— 5
162		-	‘‘(A) the number of accidents (as such term 6
163		-	is defined in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of 7
164		-	Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 8
165		-	enactment of this subsection)) that occurred on 9
166		-	the Interstate System in the State involving a 10
167		-	covered 6-axle vehicle for which a permit was 11
168		-	issued under the pilot program; 12
169		-	‘‘(B) the estimated gross vehicle weight of 13
170		-	each such vehicle at the time of the accident in 14
171		-	the State described in subparagraph (A); and 15
172		-	‘‘(C) the estimated miles traveled by such 16
173		-	vehicle on the Interstate System in the State. 17
	131	+	O HIGHWAY FUNDING REDUCTION .—Not-9
	132	+	withstanding subsection (a), funds apportioned to a 10
	133	+	State under section 104 for any period may not be 11
	134	+	reduced because the State authorizes the operation 12
	135	+	of covered 6-axle vehicles within such State in ac-13
	136	+	cordance with this subsection. 14
	137	+	‘‘(6) A
	138	+	NNUAL REPORT .—Not later than the 15
	139	+	first March 1 after the date of enactment of this 16
	140	+	subsection, and annually thereafter, a State partici-17
	141	+	pating in the pilot program shall submit to the Sec-18
	142	+	retary with respect to the previous calendar year, a 19
	143	+	report on— 20
	144	+	‘‘(A) the number of accidents (as such 21
	145	+	term is defined in section 390.5 of title 49, 22
	146	+	Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 23
	147	+	date of enactment of this subsection)) that oc-24
	148	+	curred on the Interstate System in the State in-25
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	152	+	volving a covered 6-axle vehicle for which a per-1
	153	+	mit was issued under the pilot program; 2
	154	+	‘‘(B) the estimated gross vehicle weight of 3
	155	+	each such vehicle at the time of the accident in 4
	156	+	the State described in subparagraph (A); and 5
	157	+	‘‘(C) the estimated miles traveled by such 6
	158	+	vehicle on the Interstate System in the State. 7
174	159		‘‘(7) T
175		-	ERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM .— 18
	160	+	ERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM .— 8
176	161		‘‘(A) I
177		-	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 19
178		-	subparagraph (B), the pilot program shall ~~termi-20~~
179		-	~~nate~~ on the date that is 5 years after the ~~date 21~~
180		-	of enactment of this subsection. 22
	162	+	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 9
	163	+	subparagraph (B), the pilot program shall ter-10
	164	+	minate on the date that is 10 years after the 11
	165	+	date of enactment of this subsection. 12
181	166		‘‘(B) A
182		-	DDITIONAL APPLICATION; CONTINU-23
183		-	ATION OF AUTHORITY.—For a period of 5 years 24
184		-	beginning on the date described in subparagraph 25
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188		-	(A), the Secretary may continue the pilot pro-1
189		-	gram with respect to each State in the program, 2
190		-	upon the application of a State and after consid-3
191		-	eration of— 4
192		-	‘‘(i) the actual experience of the State 5
193		-	under the pilot program; and 6
194		-	‘‘(ii) any documents or other material 7
195		-	submitted by the State in support of such 8
196		-	an application. 9
197		-	‘‘(8) C
198		-	OVERED 6-AXLE VEHICLE DEFINED .—In 10
199		-	this subsection, the term ‘covered 6-axle vehicle’ means 11
200		-	a vehicle— 12
201		-	‘‘(A) equipped with 6 or more axles; 13
202		-	‘‘(B) for which the weight— 14
203		-	‘‘(i) on any single axle of the vehicle 15
204		-	does not exceed 20,000 pounds, including 16
205		-	enforcement tolerances; 17
206		-	‘‘(ii) on any tandem axle of the vehicle 18
207		-	does not exceed 34,000 pounds, including 19
208		-	enforcement tolerances; and 20
209		-	‘‘(iii) on any group of three or more 21
210		-	axles of the vehicle does not exceed 45,000 22
211		-	pounds, including enforcement tolerances; 23
212		-	‘‘(C) for which the gross weight does not ex-24
213		-	ceed the lesser of— 25
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217		-	‘‘(i) 91,000 pounds, including enforce-1
218		-	ment tolerances; and 2
219		-	‘‘(ii) the maximum permitted by the 3
220		-	bridge formula under subsection (a); and 4
221		-	‘‘(D) that is not a longer combination vehi-5
222		-	cle, as such term is defined in subsection 6
223		-	(d)(4).’’. 7
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234		-
235		-	H. R. 3372
236		-	[Report No. 118–352]
237		-	A BILL
238		-	To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish
239		-	a safety data collection program for certain 6-
240		-	axle vehicles, and for other purposes.
241		-	J
242		-	ANUARY
243		-	18, 2024
244		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
245		-	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
246		-	and ordered to be printed
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	167	+	DDITIONAL APPLICATION; CONTINU-13
	168	+	ATION OF AUTHORITY .—For a period of 10 14
	169	+	years beginning on the date described in sub-15
	170	+	paragraph (A), the Secretary may continue the 16
	171	+	pilot program with respect to each State in the 17
	172	+	program, upon the application of a State and 18
	173	+	after consideration of— 19
	174	+	‘‘(i) the actual experience of the State 20
	175	+	under the pilot program; and 21
	176	+	‘‘(ii) any documents or other material 22
	177	+	submitted by the State in support of such 23
	178	+	an application. 24
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	182	+	‘‘(8) COVERED 6-AXLE VEHICLE DEFINED .—In 1
	183	+	this subsection, the term ‘covered 6-axle vehicle’ 2
	184	+	means a vehicle— 3
	185	+	‘‘(A) equipped with 6 or more axles; 4
	186	+	‘‘(B) for which the weight— 5
	187	+	‘‘(i) on any single axle of the vehicle 6
	188	+	does not exceed 20,000 pounds, including 7
	189	+	enforcement tolerances; 8
	190	+	‘‘(ii) on any tandem axle of the vehicle 9
	191	+	does not exceed 34,000 pounds, including 10
	192	+	enforcement tolerances; and 11
	193	+	‘‘(iii) on any group of three or more 12
	194	+	axles of the vehicle does not exceed 45,000 13
	195	+	pounds, including enforcement tolerances; 14
	196	+	‘‘(C) for which the gross weight does not 15
	197	+	exceed the lesser of— 16
	198	+	‘‘(i) 91,000 pounds, including enforce-17
	199	+	ment tolerances; and 18
	200	+	‘‘(ii) the maximum permitted by the 19
	201	+	bridge formula under subsection (a); and 20
	202	+	‘‘(D) that is not a longer combination vehi-21
	203	+	cle, as such term is defined in subsection 22
	204	+	(d)(4).’’. 23
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