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119-hr-8673119th CongressWALLET

To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.

Sponsored By: Representative Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]

Introduced

Summary

Creates an exemption from the warning-flag requirement in 49 C.F.R. 393.87 for stinger-steered combinations carrying assembled highway vehicles. The bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to revise section 393.87 to exempt those stinger-steered combinations as defined in 23 C.F.R. 658.5. The exemption would apply only to the warning-flag rule for projecting loads. The bill would also require the Secretary to make that regulatory change without using notice-and-comment or other formal rulemaking.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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No warning flags for certain car haulers

This bill would exempt stinger-steered combinations hauling assembled highway vehicles from the warning-flag requirement. Operators would not have to place warning flags on projecting loads under 49 C.F.R. §393.87. The Secretary of Transportation would be required to revise §393.87 as soon as practicable. The Secretary would have to do this without notice-and-comment or other formal rulemaking. The exemption would begin on the date of enactment. It would apply only to stinger-steered combinations defined in 23 C.F.R. §658.5 that are transporting assembled highway vehicles.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]

MI • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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