HR 2493
118th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Safe Routes Act of 2023
Introduced: April 6, 2023
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 7, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Apr 6, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safe Routes Act of 2023
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles.
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) is traveling a distance not greater than 150 air miles from origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) meets state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the state boundaries in which the vehicle is operating.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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