[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1487

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2025

  Mr. McGuire (for himself and Mr. Wittman) 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, 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.

    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 ``Agricultural and Forestry Hauling 
Efficiency Act''.

SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

    Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(z) Exception for Agricultural Vehicles in Commonwealth of 
Virginia.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Commonwealth of Virginia may allow, 
        by special permit, the operation of a covered agricultural 
        vehicle on the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of 
        Virginia if such vehicle does not exceed 90,000 pounds.
            ``(2) Covered agricultural vehicle defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term `covered agricultural vehicle' means a 
        vehicle that is transporting unprocessed agricultural crops 
        used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or unfinished forest 
        products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, 
        biomass, or wood chips.''.
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