Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014

Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to allow natural gas vehicles to exceed any federal weight limitations to operate on the Interstate Highway System by an amount equal to the difference between the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2721 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2721

     To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to weight 
     limitations for natural gas vehicles, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2014

  Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. Donnelly) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to weight 
     limitations for natural gas vehicles, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Natural Gas Long Haul Truck 
Competitiveness Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. WEIGHT LIMITATIONS FOR NATURAL GAS VEHICLES.

    Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(j) Natural Gas Vehicles.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue regulations 
under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to allow a vehicle, 
if operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas, to exceed any 
vehicle weight limit under this section by an amount that is equal to 
the difference between--
            ``(1) the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural 
        gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle; and
            ``(2) the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling 
        system.''.
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