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 CER-
TAIN 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 COLLECTION 
ON CERTAIN 6-AXLE VEHICLES.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall establish a pilot program (referred 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 ap-
plication 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 author-
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ity 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 participate 
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 vehi-
cles 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-
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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; 
‘‘(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 traveled 
by the covered 6-axle vehicle on the 
Interstate System in the State annu-
ally. 
‘‘(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 per-
cent if the vehicle is equipped with an auto-
matic emergency braking system, including 
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such systems in use on the date of enact-
ment 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 automatic 
emergency breaking system, including such 
systems in use on the date of enactment of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(4) OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS NOT AFFECTED.— 
This subsection shall not restrict— 
‘‘(A) a vehicle that may operate under any 
other provision of this section or another Federal 
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 accord-
ance with this subsection. 
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‘‘(6) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the first 
March 1 after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
and annually thereafter, a State participating in the 
pilot program shall submit to the Secretary with re-
spect 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 occurred on 
the Interstate System in the State involving a 
covered 6-axle vehicle for which a permit 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 termi-
nate on the date that is 5 years after the date 
of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
APPLICATION; CONTINU-
ATION OF AUTHORITY.—For a period of 5 years 
beginning on the date described in subparagraph 
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(A), the Secretary may continue the pilot pro-
gram with respect to each State in the program, 
upon the application of a State and after consid-
eration 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. 
‘‘(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 ex-
ceed the lesser of— 
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