Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 1618 (111th)

Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

19 March 2009

Last action

20 March 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Sponsors

Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33], Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]

Subjects

Transport

Source updated

14 August 2025

Transport

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act - Prohibits a state from prescribing or enforcing any regulation that allows a restricted property-carrying unit (any trailer, semitrailer, container, or other property-carrying unit longer than 53 feet, except for a fire-fighting unit) to operate on the National Highway System (NHS) (including the Interstate System), unless the operation of such unit is authorized by the state on June 1, 2008, and in actual and lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis (including seasonal operations) on or before that date. Prohibits a state from allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle combination on the NHS (except a vehicle or load that cannot be dismantled or divided easily, and that has been issued a special permit under state law) with more than one property-carrying unit (excluding the truck tractor) whose property-carrying units are more than: (1) the maximum combination trailer, semitrailer, or other type of length limitation allowed by state law on June 1, 2008; or (2) the length of the property-carrying units of those commercial motor vehicle combinations, by specific configuration, in actual and lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis (including continual seasonal operation) in such state on or before June 1, 2008. Prohibits a state from allowing the operation of a vehicle or combination (other than a longer combination vehicle) exceeding Interstate weight limits on the Interstate System unless its operation was lawful: (1) on July 1, 1956; (2) in the case of the overall gross weight of any group of two or more consecutive axles, on the date of enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974; or (3) under a special permit pursuant to state (grandfather) law. Declares that Interstate weight limitations on vehicles and combinations (other than longer combination vehicles) that operate on the Interstate System shall also apply to such vehicles and combinations that operate on non-Interstate segments of the NHS, unless: (1) such segments are subject to lower state weight limits; or (2) a state allows the operation of any vehicle or combination on an existing non-Interstate segment of the NHS that could be so operated lawfully on June 1, 2008.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 19 March 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 19 March 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 19 March 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 20 March 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 19 March 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 19 March 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 19 March 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 132 sponsors and actors.

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.