I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 801 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight 
limitations applicable to the Interstate System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2011 
Mr. CRAVAACK (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, and Mr. PETERSON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 
vehicle weight limitations applicable to the Interstate 
System, 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 ‘‘Truck Weight Uni-
formity Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASING WEIGHT LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN 
VEHICLES. 
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(i) EXCEPTION TO WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a), a State may authorize a vehicle with a gross 
weight that exceeds the maximum gross weight ap-
plicable under subsection (a) to operate on the Inter-
state System routes in that State, if— 
‘‘(A) the vehicle is equipped with at least 
6 axles; 
‘‘(B) the weight carried on any single axle 
of the vehicle does not exceed 20,000 pounds; 
‘‘(C) the weight carried on any tandem 
axle of the vehicle does not exceed 34,000 
pounds; 
‘‘(D) the weight carried on any group of 3 
axles of the vehicle does not exceed 51,000 
pounds; and 
‘‘(E) the gross weight of the vehicle does 
not exceed 99,000 pounds. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(A) INCREASE
IN
AXLE
WEIGHT
RE-
QUIREMENT.—A State may authorize a vehicle 
to exceed the maximum axle weight require-
ments under any one axle grouping in subpara-
graph (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (1) by not 
more than 2,000 pounds. 
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‘‘(B) INCREASE
IN
GROSS
WEIGHT
RE-
QUIREMENT.—A State may authorize a vehicle 
to exceed the maximum gross weight require-
ment under paragraph (1)(E) by not more than 
5 percent. 
‘‘(3) APPROVAL BY STATE LEGISLATURE.—Any 
State seeking to authorize a vehicle to operate on 
the Interstate System routes in that State under 
paragraph (1) or to increase maximum axle or gross 
weight requirements under paragraph (2) shall do so 
by law. 
‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may termi-
nate the operation of vehicles, described under para-
graph (1) and authorized to operate under this sub-
section, 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. 
‘‘(5) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Vehicle op-
erations authorized pursuant to this subsection shall 
be in addition to other vehicle operations authorized 
by this section. 
‘‘(6) WAIVER OF HIGHWAY FUNDING REDUC-
TION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the total 
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amount of funds apportioned to a State under sec-
tion 104(b)(1) for any period may not be reduced 
under subsection (a) as a result of a State author-
izing a vehicle described in paragraph (1) to operate 
on the Interstate System routes in that State in ac-
cordance with this subsection.’’. 
Æ 
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