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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2755 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to increase the vehicle length limita- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tion for truck tractor-lowboy trailer combinations, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ARRETTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to increase the |
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| 14 | 14 | | vehicle length limitation for truck tractor-lowboy trailer |
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| 15 | 15 | | combinations, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lowboy Auto Hauler 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Fairness Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. LENGTH LIMITATIONS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 31111 of title 49, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | following: 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | mprince on LAP1J3WLY3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2755 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(8) LOWBOY TRAILER .—The term ‘lowboy 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | trailer’ means a semitrailer with a depressed section 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | between the hitch and the first rear axle that is used 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | specifically for the transport of assembled highway 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | vehicles.’’; 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’; 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(I) imposes a vehicle length limitation of less 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | than 80 feet on a truck tractor-lowboy trailer com-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | bination with a front overhang of less than 4 feet be-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tween the rear of the truck-tractor and the front of 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the lowboy trailer and a rear overhang of less than 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 6 feet, regardless of whether the truck-tractor is or 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | is not capable of carrying cargo for the lowboy trail-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | er to use the front and rear overhang.’’; and 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(h) E |
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| 49 | 49 | | XCEPTION FORLOWBOYTRAILERS.—Lowboy 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | trailers shall be exempt from the rear overhang flag re-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | quirements of section 393.87 of title 49, Code of Federal 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Regulations.’’. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Æ |
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| 55 | 55 | | mprince on LAP1J3WLY3PROD with $$_JOB |
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