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H.R. 1487 119th Congress House

Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the maximum gross vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment of the Interstate … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the maximum gross vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment of the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 21, 2025 Introduced by: John J. McGuire III Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works
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Feb 26, 2025
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H845)
Feb 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 21, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced in House
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H845)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act

This bill allows Virginia to increase the vehicle weight limit for covered agricultural vehicles traveling on interstate highways to 90,000 pounds. Specifically, Virginia may provide a special permit for these covered agricultural vehicles to operate on interstate highways in Virginia.

The term covered agricultural vehicle means a vehicle that is transporting (1) unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed, or fiber; or (2) raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, or wood chips.

Under current law, there is an 80,000 pound overall gross vehicle weight limit for interstate highways, with exceptions. Virginia allows certain agricultural vehicles that do not exceed 90,000 pounds to travel on Virginia highways that are not part of the interstate highway system.

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Oct 10, 2025
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Jun 11, 2025
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Feb 21, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1487: Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1487/
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