H.R. 1487 · 119th Congress
Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act
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This bill allows Virginia to increase the vehicle weight limit for covered agricultural vehicles traveling on interstate highways to 90,000 pounds. Specifically, Virginia may provide a special permit for these covered agricultural vehicles to operate on interstate highways in Virginia.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 21, 2025
Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act
This bill allows Virginia to increase the vehicle weight limit for covered agricultural vehicles traveling on interstate highways to 90,000 pounds. Specifically, Virginia may provide a special permit for these covered agricultural vehicles to operate on interstate highways in Virginia.
The term covered agricultural vehicle means a vehicle that is transporting (1) unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed, or fiber; or (2) raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, or wood chips.
Under current law, there is an 80,000 pound overall gross vehicle weight limit for interstate highways, with exceptions. Virginia allows certain agricultural vehicles that do not exceed 90,000 pounds to travel on Virginia highways that are not part of the interstate highway system.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act
Latest action (Feb 26, 2025): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H845)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 21, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
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