HR 8673
To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
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Bill overview
This bill aims to change a regulation regarding warning flags on large trucks transporting vehicles. Specifically, it exempts ‘stinger-steered combinations’ – a type of truck used to transport assembled highway vehicles – from the requirement to display warning flags. The bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to update the relevant regulations and implement this exemption quickly, bypassing standard rulemaking procedures.
Key provisions
- Exempts stinger-steered combinations from warning flag requirements.
- Defines ‘stinger-steered combinations’ based on existing regulations.
- Requires the Secretary of Transportation to revise the relevant regulation.
- Authorizes the Secretary to implement the change without a formal rulemaking process.
Who is affected
- Trucking industry
- Manufacturers of highway vehicles
- Transportation companies
- Department of Transportation
Notable changes
- Bypasses standard regulatory rulemaking for implementation.
- Alters the requirements for warning flags on certain types of vehicle transporters.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 8673
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall revise section 393.87 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to exempt from the requirements of that regulation stinger-steered combinations (as defined in section 658.5 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), that are transporting assembled highway vehicles.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall carry out paragraph (1) without engaging in notice and comment or any other formal rulemaking process.