Winter Roads Safety Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4115
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2014-02-27
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of Transportation

Forests, forestry, trees

Minnesota

Motor carriers

Roads and highways

Transportation safety and security

Wisconsin
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Winter Roads Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), for the period beginning upon enactment of this Act and ending on April 15, 2014, to waive certain federal vehicle weight limitations for covered logging vehicles to operate on the Interstate Highway System.</p> <p>Defines the term &quot;covered logging vehicle&quot; to mean a vehicle that: (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) has a gross vehicle weight of no more than 99,000 pounds; (3) has at least six axles; and (4) is operating on specified segments of Interstate Route 25 and Interstate Route 535 in Minnesota and Interstate Route 39 and Interstate Route 535 in Wisconsin.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4115 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2014 Mr. Nolan (for himself, Mr. Duffy , Mr. Ribble , and Mr. Peterson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to temporarily waive certain vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Winter Roads Safety Act of 2014 . 2. Temporary waiver (a) In general During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on April 15, 2014, the Secretary of Transportation shall waive, for a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit established under section 127 of title 23, United States Code. (b) Covered logging vehicle defined In this section, the term covered logging vehicle means a vehicle that— (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 99,000 pounds; (3) has not less than 6 axles; and (4) is operating on a segment of— (A) Interstate Route 35 in Minnesota from mile marker 235.4 to mile marker 259.552; (B) Interstate Route 535 in Minnesota from mile marker 0 to mile marker 1.571; (C) Interstate Route 39 in Wisconsin from mile marker 175.8 to mile marker 189; or (D) Interstate Route 535 in Wisconsin from mile marker 0 to mile marker 1.19.