Sec. 137.
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Section 31111(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking or of less than 28 feet on a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor semitrailer-trailer combination, and inserting or, notwithstanding section 31112, of less than 33 feet on a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor semitrailer-trailer combination, . Section 31111(f) of title 49, United States Code, the term chief executive officer of a State shall include chief executive officer of a State Department of Transportation .
The Secretary of Transportation is directed to conduct a study comparing crash data between 28 foot and 33 foot semitrailers or trailers operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer configuration. The Secretary shall submit its study to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than three years after the date of enactment of this Act.