118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1818 — Safe Routes Act of 2023

“A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.”

Transportation and public works

Introduced Jun 6, 2023

Last action Jun 6, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jun 6, 2023

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Referred

Jun 6, 2023

EPW

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

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 of not more 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.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jun 6, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jun 6, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.