[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3778 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3778

 To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight 
   limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2015

 Mr. Duffy (for himself and Mr. Ribble) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trees on the Interstate Means a 
Better Economy and Roads Act of 2015'' or the ``TIMBER Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS-INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

    Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(m) Certain Logging Vehicles in Wisconsin.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall waive, with respect 
        to a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle 
        weight limit established under this section.
            ``(2) Covered logging vehicle defined.--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) has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 
                98,000 pounds;
                    ``(C) has not less than 6 axles; and
                    ``(D) is operating on a segment of Interstate Route 
                39 in Wisconsin from mile marker 175.8 to mile marker 
                189.''.
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