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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1487 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the maximum gross |
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| 6 | 6 | | vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment |
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| 7 | 7 | | of the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for |
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| 8 | 8 | | other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | CGUIRE(for himself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the |
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| 16 | 16 | | maximum gross vehicle weight for certain agricultural |
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| 17 | 17 | | vehicles operating on a segment of the Interstate System |
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| 18 | 18 | | in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other pur- |
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| 19 | 19 | | poses. |
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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 ‘‘Agricultural and For-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | estry Hauling Efficiency Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1487 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(z) E |
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| 32 | 32 | | XCEPTION FORAGRICULTURALVEHICLES IN 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | C |
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| 34 | 34 | | OMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.— 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 36 | 36 | | N GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Vir-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ginia may allow, by special permit, the operation of 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | a covered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate Sys-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tem in the Commonwealth of Virginia if such vehicle 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | does not exceed 90,000 pounds. 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 42 | 42 | | OVERED AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE DE -11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered agri-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cultural vehicle’ means a vehicle that is transporting 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed or 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | or wood chips.’’. 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Æ |
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