United States HR 2948: CARS Act

Bill Text

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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2948
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the operation of
certain specialized hauling vehicles on the Interstate System, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 27, 2023
Mr. GOODEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. MAST, and Mr. BEAN of Florida) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to
the operation of certain specialized hauling vehicles on
the Interstate System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Carrying Automobiles 4
Responsibly and Safely Act’’ or the ‘‘CARS Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING 6
VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE. 7
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 8
amended by adding at the end the following: 9
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‘‘(x) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAUL-1
ING VEHICLES ON THE INTERSTATE.— 2
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may not prohibit 3
the operation of a stinger-steered combination auto-4
mobile transporter with a gross weight of 88,000 5
pounds or less on— 6
‘‘(A) any segment of the Interstate System 7
(except a system exempted under section 8
31111(f) of title 49); or 9
‘‘(B) the classes of qualifying Federal-aid 10
primary highways designated by the Secretary 11
under section 31111(e) of title 49. 12
‘‘(2) REASONABLE ACCESS.—No State may 13
enact or enforce a law denying reasonable access to 14
stinger-steered combination automobile transporters, 15
to and from highways described in paragraph (1), to 16
loading or unloading points or facilities for food, 17
fuel, repair, and rest. 18
‘‘(3) AXLE WEIGHT TOLERANCE.—A State shall 19
allow a stinger-steered combination automobile 20
transporter an increase of not more than 10 percent 21
on the axle weight limitations set forth in subsection 22
(a). 23
‘‘(4) STINGER-STEERED COMBINATION AUTO-24
MOBILE TRANSPORTER DEFINED.—In this sub-25
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section, the term ‘stinger-steered combination auto-1
mobile transporter’ means a truck tractor semitrailer 2
wherein the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame 3
located behind and below the rear-most axle of the 4
power unit.’’. 5
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