119th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1063 — Safe Routes Act of 2025

“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 Mar 13, 2025

Last action Mar 13, 2025

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Mar 13, 2025

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Referred

Mar 13, 2025

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, thus allowing logging vehicles to travel on interstate highways in certain circumstances. 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 on interstate highways 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

AmendmentAI

Timeline · 2 actions

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Mar 13, 2025

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