VARIANCE Act

Bill: 119-hr-2920
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2025-04-17
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-04-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Vehicle Axle Redistribution Increases Allow New Capacities for Efficiency Act or the VARIANCE Act</strong></p><p>This bill allows commercial motor vehicles transporting dry bulk goods to operate on the Interstate Highway System with up to 110% of the maximum authorized weight on any axle or axle group.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2920 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2025 Mr. Crawford (for himself and Mr. Carbajal ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish an axle weight variance for certain commercial motor vehicles transporting dry bulk goods, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vehicle Axle Redistribution Increases Allow New Capacities for Efficiency Act or the VARIANCE Act . 2. Dry bulk axle weight variance Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (z) Dry bulk axle weight variance (1) Weight variance Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, except for the maximum gross vehicle weight limitation, a commercial motor vehicle transporting dry bulk goods may not exceed 110 percent of the maximum weight on any axle or axle group described in subsection (a), including any enforcement tolerance. (2) Dry bulk goods defined In this subsection, the term dry bulk goods means any homogeneous unmarked, unpackaged, nonliquid cargo being transported in a trailer specifically designed for that purpose. .