S.Amdt. 2244

SA 2244. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684,

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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 446, strike line 12 and insert the following:
any regard to any requirement under this section.
``(x) Certain Logging Vehicles.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall waive, for a covered
logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit
established under this section.
``(2) Application of weight tolerances.--The waiver under
this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State
legal weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of
this subsection.
``(3) Definition of covered logging vehicle.--In this
subsection, the term `covered logging vehicle' means a
vehicle that--
``(A) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products,
including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;
``(B) is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air
miles on the Interstate System from the point of origin to a
storage or processing facility; and
``(C) 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.''.
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