H.R. 2453 · 116th Congress
Safe Routes Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Mike Gallagher
- Introduced
- 2019-05-01
- Latest action
- 2019-05-02 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Summary
Safe Routes Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles.
The term "covered logging vehicle' means a vehicle that (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) is traveling a distance not greater than 150 air miles from origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) meets state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the state boundaries in which the vehicle is operating.