Safe Routes Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 29, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Routes Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles.
The term covered logging vehicle means a vehicle that (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) is traveling a distance not greater than 150 air miles from origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) meets state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the state boundaries in which the vehicle is operating.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2021 to Dec 15, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Bob Good | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 18, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Lisa C. McClain | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Dec 15, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2021 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 57, March 26, 2021, page H1693.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-13 | THE U.S. WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY: FACILITATING THE POST COVID-19 RECOVERY69 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jul 21, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2453 | Safe Routes Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | May 2, 2019 |
| HR 2493 | Safe Routes Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 7, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safe Routes Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
