H.R. 1487

Summary

H.R. 1487, the Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 21, 2025 by Rep. John McGuire (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Feb 26, 2025: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H845).

Record

Text

H.R. 1487 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1487 IH: Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-21
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1487  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 21, 2025   Mr. McGuire  (for himself and  Mr. Wittman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the maximum gross vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment of the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act  .
2.
Vehicle weight limitations
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(z)
Exception for agricultural vehicles in Commonwealth of Virginia
(1)
In general
The Commonwealth of Virginia may allow, by special permit, the operation of a covered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia if such vehicle does not exceed 90,000 pounds.
(2)
Covered agricultural vehicle defined
In this subsection, the term  covered agricultural vehicle  means a vehicle that is transporting unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, or wood chips.
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Sponsors

Rep. John McGuire (R) sponsors H.R. 1487, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

John McGuire

Rep. · R–VA-5 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 21, 2025

Robert Wittman

Rep. · R–VA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 21, 2025 · Original

Eugene Vindman

Rep. · D–VA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 11, 2025

Morgan Griffith

Rep. · R–VA-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1487 went before 2 committees: Highways and Transit Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Referred to · Feb 21, 2025 · 174 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Feb 21, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1487 has taken 4 actions since Feb 21, 2025, the latest on Feb 26, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1487 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1487 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act — Display Title
• Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the maximum gross vehicle weight for certain agricultural vehicles operating on a segment of the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1487 in 15 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Environment/Superfund, Government Issues, Railroads, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Roads/Highway, Transportation.

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1487 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1487’s is Transportation and Public Works.

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