Safe Routes Act of 2023
Latest action · Apr 7, 2023 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.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Routes Act of 2023
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 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2023 to Sep 14, 2023; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Apr 6, 2023 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | May 2, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | May 10, 2023 | |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Sep 14, 2023 |
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 Apr 6, 2023 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Apr 7, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Apr 6, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 6, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 60, April 6, 2023, page H1710.
Printed hearings 2
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. 118-68 | EXAMINING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA108 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 24, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-729 | EXAMINING THE ROADWAY SAFETY CRISIS AND HIGHLIGHTING COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS139 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 21, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1818 | Safe Routes Act of 2023 | Related bill | Jun 6, 2023 |
| HR 2213 | Safe Routes Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Mar 29, 2021 |
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 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2023Introduced 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.
