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Safe Routes Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1063| Senate 
| Updated: 3/13/2025
Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson

Republican Senator

Wisconsin

Environment and Public Works Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This legislative proposal mandates the Secretary of Transportation to waive federal vehicle weight limitations for specific logging vehicles by amending title 23, United States Code. The primary goal is to facilitate the transport of raw or unfinished forest products under certain conditions. The waiver specifically applies to a "covered logging vehicle," defined as one transporting items such as logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips . To qualify, the vehicle must travel no more than 150 air miles on the Interstate System from its origin to a processing or storage facility. Furthermore, the vehicle must meet all applicable State legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations in effect on the date of the subsection's enactment.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1509
Safe Routes Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1818
Safe Routes Act of 2023
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 14, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2166
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1509
    Safe Routes Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1818
    Safe Routes Act of 2023


  • March 13, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 13, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


  • March 14, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2166
    Introduced in House

Transportation and Public Works

Safe Routes Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1063| Senate 
| Updated: 3/13/2025
This legislative proposal mandates the Secretary of Transportation to waive federal vehicle weight limitations for specific logging vehicles by amending title 23, United States Code. The primary goal is to facilitate the transport of raw or unfinished forest products under certain conditions. The waiver specifically applies to a "covered logging vehicle," defined as one transporting items such as logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips . To qualify, the vehicle must travel no more than 150 air miles on the Interstate System from its origin to a processing or storage facility. Furthermore, the vehicle must meet all applicable State legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations in effect on the date of the subsection's enactment.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1509
Safe Routes Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1818
Safe Routes Act of 2023
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 14, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2166
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1509
    Safe Routes Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1818
    Safe Routes Act of 2023


  • March 13, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 13, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


  • March 14, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2166
    Introduced in House
Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson

Republican Senator

Wisconsin

Environment and Public Works Committee

Transportation and Public Works

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted