I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7321 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a length limitation 
on certain vehicles being transported by heavy-duty tow and recovery 
vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2026 
Mr. TAYLOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a length 
limitation on certain vehicles being transported by heavy- 
duty tow and recovery 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Towing Safety Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COVERED HEAVY-DUTY TOW AND RECOVERY VEHI-
CLES. 
Section 127(m)(2) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended— 
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(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) is responding to, returning from, or 
transporting a wrecked or disabled vehicle from 
the place where the vehicle became wrecked or 
disabled to the nearest appropriate repair facil-
ity or other location, as directed by any agency 
having jurisdiction;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘gross vehicle weight’’ and 
inserting ‘‘combined gross vehicle weight rat-
ing’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) is traveling within a single State; and 
‘‘(D) has axle weights and a configuration 
that can safely operate on highway bridges 
along the route of travel as determined by the 
transportation agency of jurisdiction.’’. 
SEC. 3. LENGTH LIMITATIONS. 
Section 31111 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(8) COVERED HEAVY-DUTY TOW AND RECOV-
ERY VEHICLE.—The term ‘covered heavy-duty tow 
and recovery vehicle’ means any vehicle transporting 
a wrecked or disabled vehicle from the place where 
the vehicle became wrecked or disabled to the near-
est appropriate repair facility or other location, as 
directed by any agency having jurisdiction.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) imposes an overall length limit on any com-
bination of vehicles, or the length of any individual 
vehicle in the combination configuration, being 
transported by a covered heavy-duty tow and recov-
ery vehicle if the wrecked or disabled vehicle com-
bination being transported was in compliance with 
applicable length limits at the time and place of the 
initial wreck or disablement; or 
‘‘(J) imposes a limit to the number of vehicles 
that may be transported in combination with a cov-
ered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle if the 
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wrecked or disabled vehicle combination being trans-
ported was in compliance with applicable limits at 
the time and place of the initial wreck or disable-
ment.’’. 
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