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Mar 13, 2025
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Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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<p><strong>Safe Routes Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles, thus allowing logging vehicles to travel on interstate highways in certain circumstances.</p><p>The term <em>covered logging vehicle</em> means a vehicle that (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air miles on interstate highways 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.</p>
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Mar 13, 2025
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Last Updated: Nov 13, 2025 6:29 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1063 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1063
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of
Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging
vehicles, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of
Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging
vehicles, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1063 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1063
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of
Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging
vehicles, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of
Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging
vehicles, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Routes Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``
(z) Certain Logging Vehicles.
at the end the following:
``
(z) Certain Logging Vehicles.--
``
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall waive, for a covered
logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit
established under this section.
``
(2) Application of weight tolerances.--The waiver under
this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State legal
weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of this
subsection.
``
(3) Definition of covered logging vehicle.--In this
subsection, the term `covered logging vehicle' means a vehicle
that--
``
(A) is transporting raw or unfinished forest
products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood
chips;
``
(B) is traveling a distance of not more than 150
air miles on the Interstate System from the point of
origin to a storage or processing facility; and
``
(C) meets applicable State legal weight
tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting
raw or unfinished forest products within the boundaries
of each State in which the vehicle is operating.''.
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``
(z) Certain Logging Vehicles.--
``
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall waive, for a covered
logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit
established under this section.
``
(2) Application of weight tolerances.--The waiver under
this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State legal
weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of this
subsection.
``
(3) Definition of covered logging vehicle.--In this
subsection, the term `covered logging vehicle' means a vehicle
that--
``
(A) is transporting raw or unfinished forest
products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood
chips;
``
(B) is traveling a distance of not more than 150
air miles on the Interstate System from the point of
origin to a storage or processing facility; and
``
(C) meets applicable State legal weight
tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting
raw or unfinished forest products within the boundaries
of each State in which the vehicle is operating.''.
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