To prohibit the use of funds for the enforcement of certain requirements with respect to certain roads.

SA 3645. Mr. McCONNELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147,
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 487, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 1__.  (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the
Department of Transportation by this or any other Act may be
obligated or expended to enforce or require the enforcement
of section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, with
respect to a segment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of
subsection (b) if the segment is designated as a route of the
Interstate System.
(b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are the
following:
(1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be designated as a
spur of Interstate Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in
Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United States Route 60 in
Owensboro, Kentucky.
(2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway (to be
designated as Interstate Route 69) in the State of Kentucky
from the Tennessee State line to the interchange with
Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City, Kentucky.
(c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a segment
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) before
the date of designation of the segment as a route of the
Interstate System may continue to operate on that segment,
subject to the condition that, except as provided in
subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such a vehicle
shall not exceed 120,000 pounds.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from issuing
a permit for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a gross
vehicle weight that exceeds 120,000 pounds.
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