US SB1509 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Directs the Department of Transportation to waive any vehicle weight limit 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 of not more than 150 air miles from the point of origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) 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.
Title
Safe Routes Act of 2019
Sponsors
| Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI] | Sen. David Perdue [R-GA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-16 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2453 (Related) 2019-05-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1509/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1509/BILLS-116s1509is.pdf |
