# 119-hr-2920: VARIANCE Act

119-hr-2920, VARIANCE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2920
- Congress: 119
- Title: VARIANCE Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Allows heavier axle weights for dry bulk cargo.** The bill creates a Dry Bulk Axle Weight Variance that authorizes commercial motor vehicles carrying narrowly defined dry bulk goods to exceed standard axle or axle-group limits by up to 110 percent while preserving the vehicle's maximum gross vehicle weight (GVW) cap and enforcement tolerance. - Carriers and freight operators: Can load individual axles or axle groups up to 110 percent of the standard limits, as long as the vehicle does not exceed its GVW cap. - Shippers of dry bulk goods: The variance applies only to homogeneous, unmarked, unpackaged, nonliquid cargo transported in trailers built for that purpose, so packaged or liquid loads are excluded. - State agencies and enforcers: The change adds this specific variance to title 23 but does not authorize new funding, phase-ins, sunsets, or new enforcement programs.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher axle limits for dry bulk trucks: benefit, medium. If enacted, trucks hauling dry bulk goods could use axle weights up to 110% of today’s limits. This would not raise the legal gross vehicle weight cap. The 110% would include any normal enforcement tolerance. It would only apply to homogeneous, unmarked, unpackaged, nonliquid cargo in trailers buil…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2920 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2920)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2920 (as of 2026-09-21).