A little-noticed piece of legislation benefiting the trucking, ocean shipping, and railroad industries may be heading for a House vote on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Supporters of the bill, H.R. 4040, hope to place it on the House's suspension calendar, where only non-controversial bills are considered. The bill amends a 1992 law regulating the weight of loads that trucks can carry.
Overweight loads can damage roads and pose safety hazards.
Among other changes, the bill eliminates a requirement that trucks carry a certificate on board that says what's in the load and how much it weighs. Instead, information would be reported electronically. No chance of the younger Shuster joining the committee, however. He placed a distant third in the state's Republican primary in April. They argued the bill would pre-empt state laws that were stronger.