S.Amdt. 651

SA 651. Mr. PRYOR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 605 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill H.R. 3, to
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 410, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 18__. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS--INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

Section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by designating the first through eleventh sentences as
paragraphs (1) through (11), respectively; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(12) Arkansas.--During the harvesting season of cotton in
the State of Arkansas, as determined by the Governor of the
State, the State of Arkansas may allow the operation of
vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of up to 80,000 pounds
for the hauling of cotton seed on--
``(A) United States Route 63 from Gilbert, Arkansas, at the
Lake David interchange, to Jonesboro, Arkansas; and
``(B) Interstate Route 555, if that route is open to
traffic.''.
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