CARS Act

IB Union Calendar No. 789 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 2948 [Report No. 118–937] 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 DECEMBER 19, 2024 Additional sponsors: Mr. STEUBE and Mr. EDWARDS DECEMBER 19, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:38 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2948.RH H2948 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 2948 RH A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the operation of certain specialized hauling vehicles on the Interstate System, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:38 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2948.RH H2948 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 2948 RH 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 ‘‘(x) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAUL- 10 ING VEHICLES ON THE INTERSTATE.— 11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may not prohibit 12 the operation of a stinger-steered combination auto- 13 mobile transporter with a gross weight of 88,000 14 pounds or less on— 15 ‘‘(A) any segment of the Interstate System 16 (except a system exempted under section 17 31111(f) of title 49); or 18 ‘‘(B) the classes of qualifying Federal-aid 19 primary highways designated by the Secretary 20 under section 31111(e) of title 49. 21 ‘‘(2) REASONABLE ACCESS.—No State may 22 enact or enforce a law denying reasonable access to 23 stinger-steered combination automobile transporters, 24 to and from highways described in paragraph (1), to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:38 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2948.RH H2948 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 2948 RH loading or unloading points or facilities for food, 1 fuel, repair, and rest. 2 ‘‘(3) AXLE WEIGHT TOLERANCE.—A State shall 3 allow a stinger-steered combination automobile 4 transporter an increase of not more than 10 percent 5 on the axle weight limitations set forth in subsection 6 (a). 7 ‘‘(4) STINGER-STEERED COMBINATION AUTO- 8 MOBILE TRANSPORTER DEFINED.—In this sub- 9 section, the term ‘stinger-steered combination auto- 10 mobile transporter’ means a truck tractor semitrailer 11 wherein the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame 12 located behind and below the rear-most axle of the 13 power unit.’’. 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:38 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2948.RH H2948 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:38 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2948.RH H2948 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Union Calendar No. 789 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 2948 [Report No. 118–937] A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, with re- spect to the operation of certain specialized haul- ing vehicles on the Interstate System, and for other purposes. DECEMBER 19, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:38 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H2948.RH H2948 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB