S.Amdt. 2312

SA 2312. Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Begich) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 314. TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES BY COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to maximize the operational effectiveness, efficiency, and cost savings of the Defense Transportation System, especially surface and related intermodal transportation requirements in support of contingency and peacetime operations by allowing surface transportation supplies to be transported in longer tractor-trailer combinations.

(b) Increase in Allowable Length of Tractor Trailer Combinations.--Section 31111(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “or of less than 28 feet” and inserting “or, notwithstanding section 31112, of less than 33 feet”.