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Title
TIMBER Act of 2015
Official Title
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.
Summary
Trees on the Interstate Means a Better Economy and Roads Act of 2015 or the TIMBER Act of 2015
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive certain Interstate Highway System vehicle weight limitations for covered logging vehicles.
The bill defines "covered logging vehicle" to mean a vehicle that:
is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 98,000 pounds; has at least 6 axles; and is operating on a segment of Interstate Route 39 in Wisconsin from mile marker 175.8 to mile marker 189.
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- house Committees
Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureHighways and TransitIntroducedOctober 21st, 2015
Transportation & Public Works