HOUSE 2948118th CongressPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 789.

CARS Act

Last Action: 12/19/2024

Actions

2024-12-19Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 789.
2024-12-19Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-937.
2024-12-19Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-937.
2023-05-23Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 29.
2023-05-23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2023-05-23Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged
2023-04-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2023-04-27Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2023-04-27Introduced in House
2023-04-27Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-04-27 (00)

Carrying Automobiles Responsibly and Safely Act or the CARS Act

This bill allows for the operation on the Interstate System of certain automobile transporters with a gross vehicle weight that is 10% above the current weight limit.

Specifically, the bill prohibits a state from barring the operation of a stinger-steered combination automobile transporter with a gross weight of 88,000 pounds or less on the Interstate System or specific federal-aid highways. The current weight limit is 80,000 pounds. A stinger-steered combination automobile transporter is a truck tractor semitrailer wherein the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rear-most axle of the power unit.

Further, a state is prohibited from enacting or enforcing a law that denies these automobile transporters reasonable access from highways to loading or unloading points or facilities for food, fuel, repair, and rest.

Cosponsors (4)

Brian Mast (R-FL)
Aaron Bean (R-FL)
W. Steube (R-FL)
Chuck Edwards (R-NC)

Subjects

Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways

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