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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3372 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a safety data collection 
program for certain 6-axle vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2023 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. COSTA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a safety 
data collection program for certain 6-axle vehicles, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SAFETY DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM FOR 
CERTAIN 6-AXLE VEHICLES. 
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(x) PILOT PROGRAM FOR SAFETY DATA COLLEC-
TION ON CERTAIN 6-AXLE VEHICLES.— 
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‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘pilot program’) 
under which States admitted by the Secretary under 
paragraph (2) may allow covered 6-axle vehicles to 
be operated on the Interstate System in the State. 
‘‘(2) ADMISSION TO PILOT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL APPLICATION.—Beginning on 
the date that is 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, a State seeking to par-
ticipate in the pilot program shall submit an 
application to the Secretary in electronic form, 
containing such administrative information as 
the Secretary may require, including a certifi-
cation that the State has or will have the au-
thority pursuant to State law to implement the 
pilot program. 
‘‘(B) ADMISSION.—The Secretary shall 
admit to the pilot program, on a rolling basis, 
States that submit a completed application 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ELECTION TO NO LONGER PARTICI-
PATE.—If a State elects to no longer partici-
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pate in the pilot program, the State shall notify 
the Secretary of such election. 
‘‘(3) MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to par-
ticipate in the pilot program, a State shall 
agree to implement the pilot program through 
the issuance of permits per vehicle or group of 
vehicles with respect to covered 6-axle vehicles. 
‘‘(B) PERMIT.—A permit described in sub-
paragraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) describe the Interstate System 
routes that may be used while operating at 
greater than 80,000 pounds gross vehicle 
weight in a covered 6-axle vehicle; and 
‘‘(ii) require the permit holder to re-
port to the State, with respect to each cov-
ered 6-axle vehicle for which such permit 
was issued— 
‘‘(I) each accident (as such term 
is defined in section 390.5 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this 
subsection) that occurred in the State 
involving the covered 6-axle vehicle on 
the Interstate System in the State; 
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‘‘(II) the estimated gross vehicle 
weight of each covered 6-axle vehicle 
at the time of an accident described in 
subclause (I); and 
‘‘(III) the estimated miles trav-
eled by the covered 6-axle vehicle on 
the Interstate System in the State an-
nually. 
‘‘(C) SAFETY EQUIPMENT INCENTIVE.— 
‘‘(i) FEE REDUCTION.—With respect 
to any fee associated with a permit under 
this paragraph, the State may reduce the 
fee otherwise applicable to a vehicle by 67 
percent if the vehicle is equipped with an 
automatic emergency braking system, in-
cluding such systems in use on the date of 
enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(ii) GROUP
OF
VEHICLES.—As ap-
plied to a permit for a group of vehicles, 
the reduction under clause (i) shall only 
apply with respect to individual vehicles in 
the group that are equipped with an auto-
matic emergency breaking system, includ-
ing such systems in use on the date of en-
actment of this subsection. 
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‘‘(4) 
OTHER
AUTHORIZATIONS
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—This subsection shall not restrict— 
‘‘(A) a vehicle that may operate under any 
other provision of this section or another Fed-
eral law; or 
‘‘(B) a State’s authority with respect to a 
vehicle that may operate under any other provi-
sion of this section or another Federal law. 
‘‘(5) NO HIGHWAY FUNDING REDUCTION.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), funds apportioned to a 
State under section 104 for any period may not be 
reduced because the State authorizes the operation 
of covered 6-axle vehicles within such State in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(6) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than the 
first March 1 after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, and annually thereafter, a State partici-
pating in the pilot program shall submit to the Sec-
retary with respect to the previous calendar year, a 
report on— 
‘‘(A) the number of accidents (as such 
term is defined in section 390.5 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
date of enactment of this subsection)) that oc-
curred on the Interstate System in the State in-
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volving a covered 6-axle vehicle for which a per-
mit was issued under the pilot program; 
‘‘(B) the estimated gross vehicle weight of 
each such vehicle at the time of the accident in 
the State described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) the estimated miles traveled by such 
vehicle on the Interstate System in the State. 
‘‘(7) TERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the pilot program shall ter-
minate on the date that is 10 years after the 
date of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL APPLICATION; CONTINU-
ATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—For a period of 10 
years beginning on the date described in sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary may continue the 
pilot program with respect to each State in the 
program, upon the application of a State and 
after consideration of— 
‘‘(i) the actual experience of the State 
under the pilot program; and 
‘‘(ii) any documents or other material 
submitted by the State in support of such 
an application. 
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‘‘(8) COVERED 6-AXLE VEHICLE DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘covered 6-axle vehicle’ 
means a vehicle— 
‘‘(A) equipped with 6 or more axles; 
‘‘(B) for which the weight— 
‘‘(i) on any single axle of the vehicle 
does not exceed 20,000 pounds, including 
enforcement tolerances; 
‘‘(ii) on any tandem axle of the vehicle 
does not exceed 34,000 pounds, including 
enforcement tolerances; and 
‘‘(iii) on any group of three or more 
axles of the vehicle does not exceed 45,000 
pounds, including enforcement tolerances; 
‘‘(C) for which the gross weight does not 
exceed the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) 91,000 pounds, including enforce-
ment tolerances; and 
‘‘(ii) the maximum permitted by the 
bridge formula under subsection (a); and 
‘‘(D) that is not a longer combination vehi-
cle, as such term is defined in subsection 
(d)(4).’’. 
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