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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 471 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to commercial motor |
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| 6 | 6 | | vehicle parking, safety, and licensing, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY24, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. J |
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| 10 | 10 | | OHNSONof South Dakota (for himself and Mr. COSTA) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation |
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| 12 | 12 | | and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Education and |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de- |
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| 14 | 14 | | termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 15 | 15 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to |
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| 18 | 18 | | commercial motor vehicle parking, safety, and licensing, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safer Highways and 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Increased Performance for Interstate Trucking Act’’ or 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the ‘‘SHIP IT Act’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. MODERNIZING AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN VEHICLE 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WAIVERS DURING EMERGENCIES. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 127(i) of title 23, United States Code, is 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | amended to read as follows: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(i) S |
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| 34 | 34 | | PECIALPERMITSDURINGPERIODS OFNA-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | TIONALEMERGENCY.— 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | provision of this section, a State may issue special 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | permits during an emergency to overweight vehicles 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and loads that can easily be dismantled or divided 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | if the conditions of either paragraph (2) or para-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | graph (3) are met. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESIDENTIAL DECLARATION .—The con-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ditions of paragraph (2) as referenced in paragraph 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) of this subsection are— 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(A) the President has declared the emer-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | gency to be a major disaster under the Robert 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(B) the permits described in paragraph 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) are issued in accordance with State law; 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(C) the permits are issued exclusively to 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | vehicles and loads that are delivering relief sup-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | plies; and 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(D) a permit shall expire not later than 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 120 days after the date of the declaration of 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | emergency under subparagraph (A) of this 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | paragraph. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 64 | 64 | | ECRETARIAL DECLARATION .—The condi-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tions of paragraph (3) are the following: 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(A) The Secretary has declared that— 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(i) emergency or other unusual con-6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ditions, including weather, fire, earth-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | quake, disease, or natural emergencies and 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | including financial or other non-natural 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | emergencies, are having a negative impact 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | on commerce in a State or regionally or 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | nationally; or 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(ii) supply chains in United States 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | commerce are functioning in a suboptimal 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | manner in a State or regionally or nation-15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ally, either in terms of slow overall move-16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ment, freight traffic congestion, or other-17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | wise. 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(B) The permits described in paragraph 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (1) are issued in accordance with State law. 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(C) The permit shall expire— 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(i) 365 days after the Secretary 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | makes a declaration pursuant to subpara-23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | graph (A), unless the expiration date is ex-24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | tended by the Secretary; or 25 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(ii) 180 days after the Secretary de-1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | clares that the emergency or other condi-2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | tion declared by the Secretary pursuant to 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | subparagraph (A) has expired, whichever is 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | later. 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(D) In administering this paragraph, the 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Secretary shall give weight to requests by a 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | State to make or extend subparagraph (A) dec-8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | larations.’’. 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE GRANTS. 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | Section 134 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174) is amended by adding at the 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | end the following: 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(e) T |
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| 104 | 104 | | RUCKDRIVERS.— 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 106 | 106 | | N GENERAL.—With respect to the com-15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | mercial motor vehicle operator profession, the Sec-16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | retary shall provide grants to individuals for the tui-17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | tion and fees and other costs of entry level driver 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | training provided by an entity listed as a training 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | provider on the registry maintained by the Federal 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Motor Carrier Safety Administration and for such 21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | other education and training costs as the Secretary 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | may approve, including the cost of course materials, 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | supplies, technology, and fees for graduation, licen-24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | sure, or certification. 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ‘‘(2) SIMPLIFIED PROCESS.—As soon as prac-1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ticable after the date of enactment of this sub-2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | section, the Secretary shall develop a simplified proc-3 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ess through which grants may be provided under 4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | this subsection that would be readily accessible to in-5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | dividuals with non-Federal share requirements set at 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | the lowest level allowed under other provisions of 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | this section. 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 129 | 129 | | EQUIREMENTS.—Expenses authorized 9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | under paragraph (1) shall be provided both through 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the structure of existing programs pursuant to sub-11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | sections (a) through (d) of this section and through 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | the process developed by the Secretary under sub-13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | section (e).’’. 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | SEC. 4. STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CHAINS THROUGH 15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | TRUCK DRIVER INCENTIVES ACT. 16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (a) I |
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| 138 | 138 | | NGENERAL.—The Internal Revenue Code of 17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | 1986 is amended by inserting after section 36B the fol-18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | lowing new section: 19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘SEC. 36C. CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVERS. 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ‘‘(a) A |
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| 143 | 143 | | LLOWANCE OFCREDIT.—In the case of an eli-21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | gible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against 22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | the tax imposed by this subtitle an amount equal to 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | $7,500 for the taxable year. 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLEINDIVIDUAL.—For the purposes of 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | this section, the term ‘eligible taxpayer’ means, with re-2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | spect to a taxable year, an individual— 3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(1) who holds a valid Class A commercial driv-4 |
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| 154 | 154 | | er’s license (except as provided in subsection (c)) 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | who operates a tractor-trailer combination that 6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | qualifies as a Group A vehicle under section 7 |
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| 157 | 157 | | 383.91(a)(1) of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-8 |
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| 158 | 158 | | tions, 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(2) whose adjusted gross income for the tax-10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | able year does not exceed— 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of a joint return or sur-12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | viving spouse, $135,000, 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is a 14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | head of household, $112,500, or 15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ‘‘(C) in the case of any other individual, 16 |
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| 166 | 166 | | $90,000, and 17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(3) who drove such a vehicle in the course of 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | a trade or business— 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(A) and served not less than 1900 hours 20 |
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| 170 | 170 | | of on-duty time, including driving time, during 21 |
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| 171 | 171 | | such taxable year, or 22 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who did 23 |
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| 173 | 173 | | not drive a commercial truck in the preceding 24 |
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| 174 | 174 | | taxable year, not less than an average of 40 25 |
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| 178 | 178 | | hours per week of on-duty time, including driv-1 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ing time, with respect to weeks during the tax-2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | able year in which such individual drove such a 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | vehicle in the course of a trade or business. 4 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(c) S |
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| 183 | 183 | | PECIALRULE FORAPPRENTICES.—With re-5 |
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| 184 | 184 | | spect to an individual enrolled in an apprenticeship pro-6 |
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| 185 | 185 | | gram registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (com-7 |
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| 186 | 186 | | monly known as the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’), who, 8 |
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| 187 | 187 | | upon completion or in the course of such apprenticeship 9 |
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| 188 | 188 | | program will receive a Class A commercial driver’s li-10 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cense— 11 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(1) the requirements of subsection (b)(1) shall 12 |
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| 191 | 191 | | not apply, and 13 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(2) such individual may count training hours 14 |
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| 193 | 193 | | in such program as hours driving a vehicle described 15 |
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| 194 | 194 | | in subsection (b)(1) for the purposes of this section. 16 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(d) S |
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| 196 | 196 | | PECIALRULE FORNEWTRUCKDRIVERS.— 17 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Except as provided in subsection (e), in the case of an 18 |
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| 198 | 198 | | eligible taxpayer who did not drive a commercial truck in 19 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the course of a trade or business during the preceding tax-20 |
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| 200 | 200 | | able year, subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting 21 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ‘$10,000’ for ‘$7,500’. 22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(e) S |
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| 203 | 203 | | PECIALRULE FORDRIVERSWITHLESSTHAN 23 |
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| 204 | 204 | | 1420 H |
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| 205 | 205 | | OURS.—In the case of an eligible taxpayer who did 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | not drive a commercial truck in the preceding taxable year 25 |
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| 210 | 210 | | who drives a commercial truck and served for less than 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | 1420 hours of on-duty time, including driving time, in the 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | course of a trade or business during the taxable year, the 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the amount that bears the same proportion to the dollar 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | amount (determined without regard to this subsection) 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | with respect to the individual under subsection (a) as the 7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | number of hours of on-duty time, including driving time, 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | such individual drove a commercial truck in the course of 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | a trade or business during such taxable year bears to 1420 10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | hours. 11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(f) I |
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| 222 | 222 | | NFLATIONADJUSTMENT.—In the case of any 12 |
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| 223 | 223 | | taxable year beginning after 2022, the dollar amounts in 13 |
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| 224 | 224 | | this section shall be increased by an amount equal to— 14 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by 15 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 16 |
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| 227 | 227 | | under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 17 |
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| 228 | 228 | | the taxable year begins, determined by substituting 18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘calendar year 2021’ for ‘calendar year 2016’ in sub-19 |
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| 230 | 230 | | paragraph (A)(ii). 20 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ‘‘(g) L |
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| 232 | 232 | | IMITATION.—An eligible individual shall be al-21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | lowed the credit under this section only 2 times. 22 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(h) D |
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| 235 | 235 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘on- 23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | duty time’’ and ‘‘driving time’’ shall have the meaning 24 |
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| 240 | 240 | | given such terms in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Fed-1 |
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| 241 | 241 | | eral Regulations.’’. 2 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (b) C |
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| 243 | 243 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (1) I |
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| 245 | 245 | | N GENERAL.—Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the 4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in-5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | serting ‘‘, 36C’’ after ‘‘36B’’. 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (2) R |
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| 249 | 249 | | EFUND OF INTERNAL REVENUE COLLEC -7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | TIONS.—Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United 8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 36C’’ after 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘, 36B’’. 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (3) C |
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| 254 | 254 | | LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-11 |
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| 255 | 255 | | tions for subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of 12 |
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| 256 | 256 | | chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-14 |
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| 258 | 258 | | tion 36B the following new item: ‘‘Sec. 36C. Credit 15 |
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| 259 | 259 | | for commercial truck drivers.’’. 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (c) E |
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| 261 | 261 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | this section shall apply to taxable years ending on or after 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | December 31, 2022. 19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | SEC. 5. PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (a) S |
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| 266 | 266 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | gress that it should be a national priority to address the 22 |
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| 268 | 268 | | shortage of parking for commercial motor vehicles on the 23 |
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| 269 | 269 | | Federal-aid highway system to improve highway safety. 24 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (b) INGENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 1 |
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| 274 | 274 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-2 |
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| 275 | 275 | | lowing: 3 |
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| 276 | 276 | | ‘‘§ 180. Parking for commercial motor vehicles 4 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(a) G |
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| 278 | 278 | | RANTAUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability 5 |
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| 279 | 279 | | of funds, the Secretary shall make grants under this sec-6 |
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| 280 | 280 | | tion, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for projects 7 |
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| 281 | 281 | | to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles and im-8 |
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| 282 | 282 | | prove the safety of commercial motor vehicle operators. 9 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(b) A |
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| 284 | 284 | | PPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant 10 |
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| 285 | 285 | | under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the 11 |
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| 286 | 286 | | Secretary an application at such time and in such manner 12 |
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| 287 | 287 | | as the Secretary may require. 13 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 289 | 289 | | PPLICATIONCONTENTS.—An application sub-14 |
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| 290 | 290 | | mitted under subsection (b) shall contain— 15 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(1) a description of the proposed project; and 16 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(2) any other information that the Secretary 17 |
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| 293 | 293 | | may require. 18 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(d) E |
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| 295 | 295 | | LIGIBLEENTITIES.—The following entities 19 |
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| 296 | 296 | | shall be eligible to receive amounts under this section: 20 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ‘‘(1) A State. 21 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ‘‘(2) A metropolitan planning organization. 22 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ‘‘(3) A unit of local government. 23 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(4) A political subdivision of a State or local 1 |
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| 304 | 304 | | government carrying out responsibilities relating to 2 |
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| 305 | 305 | | commercial motor vehicle parking. 3 |
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| 306 | 306 | | ‘‘(5) A Tribal government or a consortium of 4 |
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| 307 | 307 | | Tribal governments. 5 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ‘‘(6) A multistate or multijurisdictional group 6 |
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| 309 | 309 | | of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5). 7 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(e) P |
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| 311 | 311 | | RIVATESECTORPARTICIPATION.—An eligible 8 |
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| 312 | 312 | | entity that receives a grant under this section may partner 9 |
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| 313 | 313 | | with a private entity to carry out an eligible project under 10 |
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| 314 | 314 | | this section. 11 |
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| 315 | 315 | | ‘‘(f) E |
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| 316 | 316 | | LIGIBLEPROJECTS.— 12 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 318 | 318 | | N GENERAL.—An entity may use a grant 13 |
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| 319 | 319 | | awarded under this section for a project described in 14 |
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| 320 | 320 | | paragraph (2) that is on— 15 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(A) a Federal-aid highway; or 16 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(B) a facility with reasonable access to— 17 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(i) a Federal-aid highway; or 18 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ‘‘(ii) a freight facility. 19 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 326 | 326 | | ROJECTS DESCRIBED .—A project de-20 |
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| 327 | 327 | | scribed in this paragraph is a project to— 21 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ‘‘(A) construct safety rest areas (as such 22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | term is defined in section 120(c)) that include 23 |
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| 330 | 330 | | parking for commercial motor vehicles; 24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(B) construct additional commercial 1 |
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| 335 | 335 | | motor vehicle parking capacity— 2 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(i) adjacent to private commercial 3 |
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| 337 | 337 | | truck stops and travel plazas; 4 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘(ii) within the boundaries of, or adja-5 |
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| 339 | 339 | | cent to, a publicly owned freight facility, 6 |
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| 340 | 340 | | including a port terminal operated by a 7 |
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| 341 | 341 | | public authority; and 8 |
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| 342 | 342 | | ‘‘(iii) at existing facilities, including 9 |
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| 343 | 343 | | inspection and weigh stations and park- 10 |
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| 344 | 344 | | and-ride locations; 11 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘(C) open existing weigh stations, safety 12 |
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| 346 | 346 | | rest areas, and park-and-ride facilities to com-13 |
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| 347 | 347 | | mercial motor vehicle parking; 14 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ‘‘(D) construct or make capital improve-15 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ments to existing public commercial motor vehi-16 |
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| 350 | 350 | | cle parking facilities to expand parking utiliza-17 |
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| 351 | 351 | | tion and availability, including at seasonal fa-18 |
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| 352 | 352 | | cilities; 19 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(E) identify, promote, and manage the 20 |
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| 354 | 354 | | availability of publicly and privately provided 21 |
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| 355 | 355 | | commercial motor vehicle parking, such as 22 |
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| 356 | 356 | | through the use of intelligent transportation 23 |
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| 357 | 357 | | systems; 24 |
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| 361 | 361 | | ‘‘(F) improve the safety of commercial 1 |
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| 362 | 362 | | motor vehicle operators at parking facilities as 2 |
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| 363 | 363 | | part of a project described in subparagraphs 3 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (A) through (D); or 4 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ‘‘(G) improve a parking facility, including 5 |
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| 366 | 366 | | through advanced truck stop electrification sys-6 |
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| 367 | 367 | | tems and other improvements determined ap-7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | propriate by the Secretary, as part of a project 8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | described in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 9 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ‘‘(3) P |
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| 371 | 371 | | UBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING .—Com-10 |
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| 372 | 372 | | mercial motor vehicle parking constructed or opened 11 |
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| 373 | 373 | | with a grant under this section shall be open and ac-12 |
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| 374 | 374 | | cessible to all commercial motor vehicle operators. 13 |
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| 375 | 375 | | ‘‘(g) U |
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| 376 | 376 | | SE OFFUNDS.— 14 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 378 | 378 | | N GENERAL.—An eligible entity may use 15 |
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| 379 | 379 | | a grant under this section for— 16 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ‘‘(A) development phase activities, includ-17 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ing planning, feasibility analysis, benefit-cost 18 |
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| 382 | 382 | | analysis, environmental review, preliminary en-19 |
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| 383 | 383 | | gineering and design work, and other 20 |
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| 384 | 384 | | preconstruction activities necessary to advance 21 |
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| 385 | 385 | | a project under this section; and 22 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(B) construction and operational improve-23 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ments. 24 |
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| 388 | 388 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 389 | 389 | | IMITATION.— 25 |
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| 393 | 393 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 1 |
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| 394 | 394 | | use not more than 25 percent of the amount of 2 |
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| 395 | 395 | | a grant under this section for activities de-3 |
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| 396 | 396 | | scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 4 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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| 398 | 398 | | XISTING FACILITIES.—Not more 5 |
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| 399 | 399 | | than 10 percent of the amounts available for 6 |
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| 400 | 400 | | each fiscal year for grants under the program 7 |
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| 401 | 401 | | may be used for projects described under sub-8 |
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| 402 | 402 | | section (f)(2)(E) that solely identify, promote, 9 |
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| 403 | 403 | | and manage the availability of existing commer-10 |
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| 404 | 404 | | cial motor vehicle parking. 11 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ‘‘(h) S |
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| 406 | 406 | | ELECTIONCRITERIA.—In making grants 12 |
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| 407 | 407 | | under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to 13 |
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| 408 | 408 | | applications that demonstrate— 14 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ‘‘(1) a shortage of commercial motor vehicle 15 |
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| 410 | 410 | | parking capacity in the corridor in which the project 16 |
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| 411 | 411 | | is located; 17 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ‘‘(2) consultation with motor carriers, commer-18 |
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| 413 | 413 | | cial motor vehicle operators, public safety officials, 19 |
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| 414 | 414 | | and private providers of commercial motor vehicle 20 |
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| 415 | 415 | | parking; 21 |
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| 416 | 416 | | ‘‘(3) that the project will likely— 22 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ‘‘(A) increase the availability or utilization 23 |
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| 418 | 418 | | of commercial motor vehicle parking; 24 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ‘‘(B) facilitate the efficient movement of 1 |
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| 423 | 423 | | freight; and 2 |
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| 424 | 424 | | ‘‘(C) improve highway safety, traffic con-3 |
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| 425 | 425 | | gestion, and air quality; and 4 |
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| 426 | 426 | | ‘‘(4) the ability to provide for the maintenance 5 |
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| 427 | 427 | | and operation of the facility. 6 |
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| 428 | 428 | | ‘‘(i) F |
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| 429 | 429 | | EDERALSHARE.—Notwithstanding section 7 |
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| 430 | 430 | | 120, the Federal share for a project carried out under this 8 |
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| 431 | 431 | | subsection shall be up to 100 percent. 9 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ‘‘(j) T |
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| 433 | 433 | | REATMENT OFPROJECTS.— 10 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 435 | 435 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 11 |
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| 436 | 436 | | provision of law, projects funded under this section 12 |
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| 437 | 437 | | shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid highway 13 |
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| 438 | 438 | | under this chapter. 14 |
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| 439 | 439 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 440 | 440 | | ERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appro-15 |
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| 441 | 441 | | priated for projects under this section shall remain 16 |
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| 442 | 442 | | available for a period of 3 years after the last day 17 |
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| 443 | 443 | | of the fiscal year in which the funds are made avail-18 |
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| 444 | 444 | | able. 19 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ‘‘(k) P |
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| 446 | 446 | | ROHIBITION ONCHARGINGFEES.—To be eli-20 |
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| 447 | 447 | | gible for a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall 21 |
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| 448 | 448 | | agree that no fees will be charged to a commercial motor 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | vehicle to access parking constructed, opened, or improved 23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | with a grant under this section. 24 |
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| 454 | 454 | | ‘‘(l) NOTIFICATION OFCONGRESS.—Not less than 3 1 |
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| 455 | 455 | | business days before making a grant for a project under 2 |
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| 456 | 456 | | this section, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the 3 |
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| 457 | 457 | | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 4 |
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| 458 | 458 | | House of Representatives and the Committee on the Envi-5 |
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| 459 | 459 | | ronment and Public Works of the Senate of the intention 6 |
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| 460 | 460 | | to award such a grant. 7 |
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| 461 | 461 | | ‘‘(m) S |
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| 462 | 462 | | URVEY ANDCOMPARATIVEASSESSMENT.— 8 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 464 | 464 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 9 |
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| 465 | 465 | | after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 10 |
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| 466 | 466 | | every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consulta-11 |
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| 467 | 467 | | tion with appropriate State motor carrier safety per-12 |
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| 468 | 468 | | sonnel, motor carriers, State departments of trans-13 |
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| 469 | 469 | | portation, and private providers of commercial motor 14 |
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| 470 | 470 | | vehicle parking shall submit to the Committee on 15 |
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| 471 | 471 | | Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 16 |
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| 472 | 472 | | Representatives and the Committee on the Environ-17 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ment and Public Works of the Senate a report 18 |
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| 474 | 474 | | that— 19 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(A) evaluates the availability of adequate 20 |
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| 476 | 476 | | parking and rest facilities, taking into account 21 |
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| 477 | 477 | | both private and public facilities, for commer-22 |
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| 478 | 478 | | cial motor vehicles engaged in interstate trans-23 |
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| 479 | 479 | | portation; 24 |
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| 483 | 483 | | ‘‘(B) evaluates the effectiveness of the 1 |
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| 484 | 484 | | projects funded under this section in improving 2 |
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| 485 | 485 | | access to commercial motor vehicle parking; 3 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ‘‘(C) evaluates the ability of entities receiv-4 |
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| 487 | 487 | | ing a grant under this section to sustain the op-5 |
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| 488 | 488 | | eration of parking facilities constructed with 6 |
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| 489 | 489 | | funds provided under this section; and 7 |
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| 490 | 490 | | ‘‘(D) reports on the progress being made 8 |
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| 491 | 491 | | to provide adequate commercial motor vehicle 9 |
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| 492 | 492 | | parking facilities in the State. 10 |
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| 493 | 493 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 494 | 494 | | ESULTS.—The Secretary shall make the 11 |
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| 495 | 495 | | report and subsequent updated reports under para-12 |
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| 496 | 496 | | graph (1) available to the public on the website of 13 |
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| 497 | 497 | | the Department of Transportation. 14 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 499 | 499 | | LIGNMENT OF REPORTS .—In carrying 15 |
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| 500 | 500 | | out this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the 16 |
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| 501 | 501 | | results of the commercial motor vehicle parking fa-17 |
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| 502 | 502 | | cilities assessments of the States under section 18 |
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| 503 | 503 | | 70202 of title 49 and seek to align the contents of 19 |
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| 504 | 504 | | the report and reporting deadlines under paragraph 20 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (1) with the requirements of such section. 21 |
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| 506 | 506 | | ‘‘(n) C |
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| 507 | 507 | | OMMERCIALMOTORVEHICLEDEFINED.—In 22 |
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| 508 | 508 | | this section, the term ‘commercial motor vehicle’ has the 23 |
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| 509 | 509 | | meaning given such term in section 31132 of title 49.’’. 24 |
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| 513 | 513 | | (c) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-1 |
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| 514 | 514 | | ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add-2 |
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| 515 | 515 | | ing after the item relating to section 177 the following: 3 |
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| 516 | 516 | | ‘‘180. Parking for commercial motor vehicles.’’. |
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| 517 | 517 | | (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4 |
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| 518 | 518 | | are authorized to be appropriated out of the general fund 5 |
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| 519 | 519 | | of the Treasury for projects for commercial vehicle park-6 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ing under section 177 of title 23, United States Code (as 7 |
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| 521 | 521 | | added by this Act)— 8 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (1) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 9 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (2) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 10 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (3) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 11 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 12 |
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| 526 | 526 | | SEC. 6. LICENSING INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL EXAM-TAK-13 |
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| 527 | 527 | | ERS NOW SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY ACT. 14 |
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| 528 | 528 | | Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 15 |
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| 529 | 529 | | of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting 16 |
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| 530 | 530 | | through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier 17 |
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| 531 | 531 | | Safety Administration, shall— 18 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (1) revise section 384.228 of title 49, Code of 19 |
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| 533 | 533 | | Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to 20 |
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| 534 | 534 | | allow a State or third-party examiner to administer 21 |
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| 535 | 535 | | a commercial driver’s license knowledge test so long 22 |
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| 536 | 536 | | as the examiner— 23 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (A) maintains a valid commercial driver’s 24 |
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| 538 | 538 | | license test examiner certification; 25 |
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| 542 | 542 | | (B) completes a commercial driver’s license 1 |
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| 543 | 543 | | skills test examiner training course that meets 2 |
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| 544 | 544 | | the requirements of subsection (d) of such sec-3 |
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| 545 | 545 | | tion; and 4 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (C) completes 1 unit of instruction de-5 |
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| 547 | 547 | | scribed in subsection (c)(3) of such section; 6 |
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| 548 | 548 | | (2) revise section 383.25(a)(1) of title 49, Code 7 |
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| 549 | 549 | | of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), 8 |
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| 550 | 550 | | to allow a commercial driver’s license holder accom-9 |
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| 551 | 551 | | panying a commercial learner’s permit holder to be 10 |
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| 552 | 552 | | present anywhere in the cab of the vehicle being op-11 |
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| 553 | 553 | | erated by the commercial learner’s permit holder; 12 |
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| 554 | 554 | | and 13 |
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| 555 | 555 | | (3) revise section 383.79 of title 49, Code of 14 |
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| 556 | 556 | | Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to 15 |
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| 557 | 557 | | allow a State to administer a driving skills test to 16 |
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| 558 | 558 | | any commercial driver’s license applicant, regardless 17 |
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| 559 | 559 | | of the State of domicile of the applicant or where the 18 |
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| 560 | 560 | | applicant received driver training. 19 |
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| 561 | 561 | | SEC. 7. EXEMPTION FOR ZERO EMISSION CLASS 7 VEHI-20 |
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| 562 | 562 | | CLES. 21 |
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| 563 | 563 | | Section 31301(4) of title 49, United States Code, is 22 |
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| 564 | 564 | | amended by inserting ‘‘, except that, for vehicles powered 23 |
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| 565 | 565 | | primarily by means of electric battery power, the weight 24 |
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| 566 | 566 | | of the electric battery or batteries shall not count towards 25 |
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| 570 | 570 | | the gross vehicle weight rating and gross vehicle weight 1 |
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| 571 | 571 | | stated in this subparagraph, or towards any lesser gross 2 |
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| 572 | 572 | | vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight that may be 3 |
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| 573 | 573 | | prescribed by the Secretary by regulation’’ after ‘‘10,001 4 |
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| 574 | 574 | | pounds’’. 5 |
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| 575 | 575 | | SEC. 8. SAFETY DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM FOR CER-6 |
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| 576 | 576 | | TAIN 6-AXLE VEHICLES. 7 |
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| 577 | 577 | | Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 8 |
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| 578 | 578 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 579 | 579 | | ‘‘(x) P |
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| 580 | 580 | | ILOTPROGRAM FORSAFETYDATACOLLEC-10 |
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| 581 | 581 | | TION ONCERTAIN6-AXLEVEHICLES.— 11 |
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| 582 | 582 | | ‘‘(1) G |
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| 583 | 583 | | ENERAL AUTHORITY .—Not later than 30 12 |
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| 584 | 584 | | days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 13 |
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| 585 | 585 | | the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (re-14 |
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| 586 | 586 | | ferred to in this subsection as the ‘pilot program’) 15 |
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| 587 | 587 | | under which States selected by the Secretary under 16 |
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| 588 | 588 | | paragraph (2) may allow covered 6-axle vehicles to 17 |
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| 589 | 589 | | be operated on the Interstate System in the State. 18 |
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| 590 | 590 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 591 | 591 | | ELECTION OF STATES FOR THE PRO -19 |
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| 592 | 592 | | GRAM.— 20 |
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| 593 | 593 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 594 | 594 | | NITIAL APPLICATION.—Beginning on 21 |
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| 595 | 595 | | the date that is 30 days after the date of enact-22 |
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| 596 | 596 | | ment of this subsection, a State seeking to par-23 |
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| 597 | 597 | | ticipate in the pilot program shall submit an 24 |
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| 598 | 598 | | application to the Secretary in electronic form, 25 |
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| 602 | 602 | | containing such administrative information as 1 |
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| 603 | 603 | | the Secretary may require, including a certifi-2 |
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| 604 | 604 | | cation that the State will have the authority 3 |
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| 605 | 605 | | pursuant to State law to implement the pilot 4 |
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| 606 | 606 | | program. 5 |
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| 607 | 607 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 608 | 608 | | ELECTION.—The Secretary shall se-6 |
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| 609 | 609 | | lect for the pilot program, on a rolling basis, 7 |
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| 610 | 610 | | States that submit a completed application 8 |
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| 611 | 611 | | under subparagraph (A). 9 |
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| 612 | 612 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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| 613 | 613 | | LECTION TO NO LONGER PARTICI -10 |
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| 614 | 614 | | PATE.—If a State elects to no longer partici-11 |
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| 615 | 615 | | pate in the pilot program, the State shall notify 12 |
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| 616 | 616 | | the Secretary of such election. 13 |
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| 617 | 617 | | ‘‘(3) M |
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| 618 | 618 | | EANS OF IMPLEMENTATION .— 14 |
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| 619 | 619 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 620 | 620 | | N GENERAL.—To be eligible to par-15 |
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| 621 | 621 | | ticipate in the pilot program, a State shall 16 |
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| 622 | 622 | | agree to implement the pilot program through 17 |
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| 623 | 623 | | the issuance of permits per vehicle or group of 18 |
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| 624 | 624 | | vehicles with respect to covered 6-axle vehicles. 19 |
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| 625 | 625 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 626 | 626 | | ERMIT.—A permit described in sub-20 |
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| 627 | 627 | | paragraph (A) shall— 21 |
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| 628 | 628 | | ‘‘(i) describe the Interstate System 22 |
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| 629 | 629 | | routes that may be used while operating at 23 |
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| 630 | 630 | | greater than 80,000 pounds gross vehicle 24 |
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| 631 | 631 | | weight in a covered 6-axle vehicle; and 25 |
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| 635 | 635 | | ‘‘(ii) require the permit holder to re-1 |
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| 636 | 636 | | port to the State, with respect to such per-2 |
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| 637 | 637 | | mit holder— 3 |
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| 638 | 638 | | ‘‘(I) each accident (as such term 4 |
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| 639 | 639 | | is defined in section 390.5 of title 49, 5 |
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| 640 | 640 | | Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef-6 |
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| 641 | 641 | | fect on the date of enactment of this 7 |
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| 642 | 642 | | subsection) that occurred in the State 8 |
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| 643 | 643 | | involving a covered 6-axle vehicle on 9 |
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| 644 | 644 | | the Interstate System in the State; 10 |
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| 645 | 645 | | ‘‘(II) the estimated gross vehicle 11 |
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| 646 | 646 | | weight of each covered 6-axle vehicle 12 |
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| 647 | 647 | | at the time of an accident described in 13 |
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| 648 | 648 | | subclause (I); and 14 |
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| 649 | 649 | | ‘‘(III) the estimated miles trav-15 |
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| 650 | 650 | | eled by covered 6-axle vehicles on the 16 |
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| 651 | 651 | | Interstate System annually. 17 |
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| 652 | 652 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 653 | 653 | | AFETY EQUIPMENT INCENTIVE .— 18 |
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| 654 | 654 | | ‘‘(i) F |
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| 655 | 655 | | EE REDUCTION.—With respect 19 |
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| 656 | 656 | | to any fee associated with a permit under 20 |
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| 657 | 657 | | this paragraph, the State shall reduce the 21 |
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| 658 | 658 | | fee otherwise applicable to a vehicle by 67 22 |
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| 659 | 659 | | percent if the vehicle is equipped with an 23 |
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| 660 | 660 | | automatic emergency braking system, in-24 |
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| 664 | 664 | | cluding such systems in use on the date of 1 |
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| 665 | 665 | | enactment of this subsection. 2 |
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| 666 | 666 | | ‘‘(ii) G |
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| 667 | 667 | | ROUP OF VEHICLES .—As ap-3 |
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| 668 | 668 | | plied to a permit for a group of vehicles, 4 |
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| 669 | 669 | | the reduction under clause (i) shall only 5 |
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| 670 | 670 | | apply with respect to individual vehicles in 6 |
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| 671 | 671 | | the group that are equipped with an auto-7 |
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| 672 | 672 | | matic emergency breaking system, includ-8 |
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| 673 | 673 | | ing such systems in use on the date of en-9 |
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| 674 | 674 | | actment of this subsection. 10 |
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| 675 | 675 | | ‘‘(4) O |
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| 676 | 676 | | THER AUTHORIZATIONS NOT AF -11 |
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| 677 | 677 | | FECTED.—This subsection shall not restrict— 12 |
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| 678 | 678 | | ‘‘(A) a vehicle that may operate under any 13 |
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| 679 | 679 | | other provision of this section or another Fed-14 |
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| 680 | 680 | | eral law; or 15 |
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| 681 | 681 | | ‘‘(B) a State’s authority with respect to a 16 |
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| 682 | 682 | | vehicle that may operate under any other provi-17 |
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| 683 | 683 | | sion of this section or another Federal law. 18 |
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| 684 | 684 | | ‘‘(5) N |
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| 685 | 685 | | O HIGHWAY FUNDING REDUCTION .—Not-19 |
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| 686 | 686 | | withstanding subsection (a), funds apportioned to a 20 |
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| 687 | 687 | | State under section 104 for any period may not be 21 |
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| 688 | 688 | | reduced because the State authorizes the operation 22 |
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| 689 | 689 | | of covered 6-axle vehicles within such State in ac-23 |
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| 690 | 690 | | cordance with this subsection. 24 |
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| 694 | 694 | | ‘‘(6) ANNUAL REPORT .—Not later than the 1 |
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| 695 | 695 | | first March 1 after the date of enactment of this 2 |
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| 696 | 696 | | subsection, and annually thereafter, a State partici-3 |
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| 697 | 697 | | pating in the pilot program shall submit to the Sec-4 |
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| 698 | 698 | | retary with respect to the previous calendar year, a 5 |
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| 699 | 699 | | report on— 6 |
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| 700 | 700 | | ‘‘(A) the number of accidents (as such 7 |
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| 701 | 701 | | term is defined in section 390.5 of title 49, 8 |
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| 702 | 702 | | Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 9 |
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| 703 | 703 | | date of enactment of this subsection)) that oc-10 |
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| 704 | 704 | | curred in the State involving covered 6-axle ve-11 |
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| 705 | 705 | | hicles on the Interstate System in the State; 12 |
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| 706 | 706 | | ‘‘(B) the estimated gross vehicle weight of 13 |
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| 707 | 707 | | each such vehicle at the time of the accident in 14 |
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| 708 | 708 | | the State described in subparagraph (A); and 15 |
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| 709 | 709 | | ‘‘(C) the estimated miles traveled by such 16 |
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| 710 | 710 | | vehicle on the Interstate System in the State. 17 |
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| 711 | 711 | | ‘‘(7) T |
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| 712 | 712 | | ERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM .— 18 |
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| 713 | 713 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 714 | 714 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 19 |
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| 715 | 715 | | subparagraph (B), the pilot program shall ter-20 |
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| 716 | 716 | | minate on the date that is 10 years after the 21 |
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| 717 | 717 | | date of enactment of this subsection. 22 |
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| 718 | 718 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 719 | 719 | | DDITIONAL APPLICATION; CONTINU-23 |
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| 720 | 720 | | ATION OF AUTHORITY .—For a period of 10 24 |
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| 721 | 721 | | years beginning on the date described in sub-25 |
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| 725 | 725 | | paragraph (A), the Secretary may continue the 1 |
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| 726 | 726 | | pilot program with respect to each State in the 2 |
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| 727 | 727 | | program, upon the application of a State and 3 |
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| 728 | 728 | | after consideration of— 4 |
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| 729 | 729 | | ‘‘(i) the actual experience of the State 5 |
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| 730 | 730 | | under the pilot program; and 6 |
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| 731 | 731 | | ‘‘(ii) any documents or other material 7 |
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| 732 | 732 | | submitted by the State in support of such 8 |
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| 733 | 733 | | an application. 9 |
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| 734 | 734 | | ‘‘(8) C |
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| 735 | 735 | | OVERED 6-AXLE VEHICLE DEFINED .—In 10 |
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| 736 | 736 | | this subsection, the term ‘covered 6-axle vehicle’ 11 |
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| 737 | 737 | | means a vehicle— 12 |
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| 738 | 738 | | ‘‘(A) equipped with 6 or more axles; 13 |
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| 739 | 739 | | ‘‘(B) for which the weight— 14 |
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| 740 | 740 | | ‘‘(i) on any single axle of the vehicle 15 |
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| 741 | 741 | | does not exceed 20,000 pounds, including 16 |
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| 742 | 742 | | enforcement tolerances; 17 |
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| 743 | 743 | | ‘‘(ii) on any tandem axle of the vehicle 18 |
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| 744 | 744 | | does not exceed 34,000 pounds, including 19 |
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| 745 | 745 | | enforcement tolerances; and 20 |
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| 746 | 746 | | ‘‘(iii) on any group of three or more 21 |
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| 747 | 747 | | axles of the vehicle does not exceed 45,000 22 |
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| 748 | 748 | | pounds, including enforcement tolerances; 23 |
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| 749 | 749 | | ‘‘(C) for which the gross weight does not 24 |
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| 750 | 750 | | exceed the lesser of— 25 |
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| 754 | 754 | | ‘‘(i) 91,000 pounds, including enforce-1 |
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| 755 | 755 | | ment tolerances; and 2 |
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| 756 | 756 | | ‘‘(ii) the maximum permitted by the 3 |
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| 757 | 757 | | bridge formula under subsection (a); and 4 |
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| 758 | 758 | | ‘‘(D) that is not a longer combination vehi-5 |
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| 759 | 759 | | cle, as such term is defined in subsection 6 |
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| 760 | 760 | | (d)(4).’’. 7 |
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| 761 | 761 | | SEC. 9. HAULERS OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK SAFE-8 |
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| 762 | 762 | | TY ACT. 9 |
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| 763 | 763 | | (a) T |
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| 764 | 764 | | RANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURALCOMMOD-10 |
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| 765 | 765 | | ITIES ANDFARMSUPPLIES.—Section 229 of the Motor 11 |
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| 766 | 766 | | Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 12 |
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| 767 | 767 | | 31136 note; Public Law 106–159) is amended— 13 |
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| 768 | 768 | | (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 14 |
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| 769 | 769 | | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 15 |
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| 770 | 770 | | (A) by striking ‘‘during planting and harvest 16 |
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| 771 | 771 | | periods, as determined by each State,’’; and 17 |
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| 772 | 772 | | (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-18 |
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| 773 | 773 | | serting the following: 19 |
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| 774 | 774 | | ‘‘(A) drivers transporting agricultural com-20 |
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| 775 | 775 | | modities within a 150 air-mile radius from— 21 |
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| 776 | 776 | | ‘‘(i) the source of the agricultural 22 |
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| 777 | 777 | | commodities; or 23 |
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| 778 | 778 | | ‘‘(ii) the destination of the agricul-24 |
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| 779 | 779 | | tural commodities;’’; and 25 |
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| 784 | 784 | | planting and harvesting seasons within each State, 2 |
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| 785 | 785 | | as determined by the State, and livestock feed at 3 |
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| 786 | 786 | | any time of the year’’ and inserting ‘‘and livestock 4 |
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| 787 | 787 | | feed’’. 5 |
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| 788 | 788 | | (b) D |
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| 789 | 789 | | EFINITION OFAGRICULTURALCOMMODITY.— 6 |
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| 790 | 790 | | (1) I |
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| 791 | 791 | | N GENERAL.—Section 229(e) of the Motor 7 |
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| 792 | 792 | | Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 793 | 793 | | 31136 note; Public Law 106–159) is amended by 9 |
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| 794 | 794 | | striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: 10 |
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| 795 | 795 | | ‘‘(7) A |
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| 796 | 796 | | GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The term 11 |
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| 797 | 797 | | ‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given the 12 |
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| 798 | 798 | | term in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal 13 |
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| 799 | 799 | | Regulations (or a successor regulation).’’. 14 |
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| 800 | 800 | | (2) R |
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| 801 | 801 | | ULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days 15 |
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| 802 | 802 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-16 |
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| 803 | 803 | | retary of Transportation shall revise the definition of 17 |
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| 804 | 804 | | the term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ in section 395.2 18 |
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| 805 | 805 | | of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to in-19 |
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| 806 | 806 | | clude— 20 |
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| 807 | 807 | | (A) any nonprocessed product planted or 21 |
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| 808 | 808 | | harvested for food, feed, fuel, or fiber; 22 |
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| 809 | 809 | | (B)(i) any nonhuman living animal, includ-23 |
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| 810 | 810 | | ing— 24 |
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| 811 | 811 | | (I) fish; 25 |
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| 816 | 816 | | (III) livestock (as such term is defined 2 |
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| 817 | 817 | | in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock 3 |
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| 818 | 818 | | Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 819 | 819 | | 1471); and 5 |
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| 820 | 820 | | (ii) the nonprocessed products of any 6 |
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| 821 | 821 | | nonhuman living animal, including— 7 |
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| 822 | 822 | | (I) milk; 8 |
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| 823 | 823 | | (II) eggs; and 9 |
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| 824 | 824 | | (III) honey; 10 |
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| 825 | 825 | | (C) nonprocessed forestry, aquacultural, 11 |
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| 826 | 826 | | horticultural, and floricultural commodities; 12 |
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| 827 | 827 | | (D) fresh or minimally processed fruits 13 |
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| 828 | 828 | | and vegetables, including fruits and vegetables 14 |
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| 829 | 829 | | that are rinsed, cooled, cut, ripened, or other-15 |
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| 830 | 830 | | wise minimally processed, as determined by the 16 |
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| 831 | 831 | | Secretary; 17 |
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| 832 | 832 | | (E) animal feed, including the ingredients 18 |
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| 833 | 833 | | of animal feed; and 19 |
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| 834 | 834 | | (F) any additional agricultural or forest 20 |
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| 835 | 835 | | product, whether unprocessed or processed, in-21 |
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| 836 | 836 | | cluding paper and packaging products and food 22 |
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| 837 | 837 | | and beverage products. 23 |
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