‘‘(C) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Sec-
retary shall make all information required 
under subparagraph (A) and (B) available to 
the public. 
‘‘(5) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may termi-
nate the operation of vehicles authorized under this 
subsection on a specific route if the Secretary deter-
mines that such operation poses an unreasonable 
safety risk based on an engineering analysis or an 
analysis of safety data or any other applicable data 
the Secretary may use. 
‘‘(6) WAIVER OF HIGHWAY FUNDING REDUC-
TION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the total 
amount of funds apportioned to each State under 
section 104(b)(1) for any period may not be reduced 
under subsection (a) if the State authorizes a vehicle 
described in paragraph (1) to operate on the Inter-
state System in the State in accordance with this 
subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. SAFE AND EFFICIENT VEHICLE BRIDGE INFRA-
STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘§ 167. Safe and efficient vehicle bridge infrastruc-
ture improvement program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a safe and efficient vehicle bridge infrastructure im-
provement program in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) APPORTIONMENT
OF FUNDS
TO ELIGIBLE 
STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall apportion, in accordance 
with paragraph (2), the sums made available out of 
the Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund for that 
fiscal year to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) RATIO TO ELIGIBLE STATES.—The sums 
made available out of the Safe and Efficient Vehicle 
Trust Fund shall be apportioned among eligible 
States in a ratio that— 
‘‘(A) the total vehicle miles traveled on 
Interstate System highways by vehicles author-
ized to travel on such highways pursuant to sec-
tion 127(i) in each eligible State, as determined 
by the Secretary; bears to 
‘‘(B) the total vehicle miles traveled on 
Interstate System highways by vehicles author-
ized to travel on such highways pursuant to sec-
tion 127(i) in all eligible States, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—An eligible State that re-
ceives an apportionment in a fiscal year under subsection 
(b) shall use the amounts of the apportionment for 
projects eligible for assistance under section 144 for 
bridges determined to be eligible for replacement or reha-
bilitation under subsection (b) or (c) of such section. 
‘‘(d) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
out of the Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund to carry 
out this section shall be available for obligation in the 
same manner as if the funds were made available from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account). 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE STATE DEFINED.—In this section the 
term ‘eligible State’ means a State that authorizes a vehi-
cle described in section 127(i) to operate on the Interstate 
System within its borders.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§167. Safe and efficient vehicle bridge infrastructure improvement program.’’. 
SEC. 4. OVERWEIGHT VEHICLE TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4481 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN OVERWEIGHT VE-
HICLES.—There is hereby imposed a tax (in lieu of the 
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tax imposed by subsection (a)) on the use of any highway 
motor vehicle described in section 127(i) of title 23, 
United States Code. The rate of tax shall be equal to the 
lesser of— 
‘‘(1) $100 per year, plus $22 for each 1,000 
pounds (or fraction thereof) in excess of 55,000 
pounds, or 
‘‘(2) $800 per year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this subsection shall apply to taxable periods beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. SAFE AND EFFICIENT VEHICLE TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the trust fund 
code) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 9511. SAFE AND EFFICIENT VEHICLE TRUST FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF FUND.—There is hereby estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 
known as the ‘Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund’, 
consisting of such amounts as may be— 
‘‘(1) appropriated to the Safe and Efficient Ve-
hicle Trust Fund as provided in this section, or 
‘‘(2) credited to the Safe and Efficient Vehicle 
Trust Fund as provided in section 9602(b). 
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‘‘(b) TRANSFER TO SAFE AND EFFICIENT VEHICLE 
TRUST FUND OF AMOUNTS EQUIVALENT TO CERTAIN 
TAXES.—There are hereby appropriated to the Safe and 
Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the 
taxes received in the Treasury under section 4481(g). 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES FROM SAFE AND EFFICIENT 
VEHICLE TRUST FUND.—Amounts in the Safe and Effi-
cient Vehicle Trust Fund shall be available, as provided 
by appropriations Acts, for fiscal years beginning 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act for projects 
eligible for assistance under section 144 of title 23, United 
States Code.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) of section 9503(b) by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, and 
taxes received under section 4481 shall be deter-
mined without regard to subsection (g) thereof.’’; 
and 
(2) in the table of sections for subchapter A of 
chapter 98 by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 9511. Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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