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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1487
To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the maximum gross
vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment
of the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY21, 2025
Mr. M
CGUIRE(for himself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the
maximum gross vehicle weight for certain agricultural
vehicles operating on a segment of the Interstate System
in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural and For-4
estry Hauling Efficiency Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS. 1
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 2
amended by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(z) E
XCEPTION FORAGRICULTURALVEHICLES IN 4
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OMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.— 5
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Vir-6
ginia may allow, by special permit, the operation of 7
a covered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate Sys-8
tem in the Commonwealth of Virginia if such vehicle 9
does not exceed 90,000 pounds. 10
‘‘(2) C
OVERED AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE DE -11
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered agri-12
cultural vehicle’ means a vehicle that is transporting 13
unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed or 14
fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including 15
logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, 16
or wood chips.’’. 17
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