Last action was on 4-9-2025
Current status is Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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This Act may be cited as the "Lowboy Auto Hauler Fairness Act of 2025".
Section 31111 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) Lowboy trailer - in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
(8) Lowboy trailer - The term lowboy trailer means a semitrailer with a depressed section between the hitch and the first rear axle that is used specifically for the transport of assembled highway vehicles.
(2) - in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) - in subparagraph (G), by striking "or";
(B) - in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and inserting "; or"; and
(C) - by adding at the end the following:
(I) - imposes a vehicle length limitation of less than 80 feet on a truck tractor-lowboy trailer combination with a front overhang of less than 4 feet between the rear of the truck-tractor and the front of the lowboy trailer and a rear overhang of less than 6 feet, regardless of whether the truck-tractor is or is not capable of carrying cargo for the lowboy trailer to use the front and rear overhang.
(3) Exception for lowboy trailers - by adding at the end the following:
(h) Exception for lowboy trailers - Lowboy trailers shall be exempt from the rear overhang flag requirements of section 393.87 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.