Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Routes Act of 2025”.
Safe Routes Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Vehicle weight exemption for certain logging vehicles
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(z) Certain logging vehicles
“(1) In general—The Secretary shall waive, for a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit established under this section.
“(2) Application of weight tolerances—The waiver under this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State legal weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection.
“(3) Definition of covered logging vehicle—In this subsection, the term covered logging vehicle means a vehicle that—
“(A) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;
“(B) is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air miles on the Interstate System from the point of origin to a storage or processing facility; and
“(C) meets applicable State legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the boundaries of each State in which the vehicle is operating.”