AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTER.

SEC. 5520. AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTER. (a) Automobile Transporter Defined.—Section 31111(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “specifically”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “An automobile transporter shall not be prohibited from the transport of cargo or general freight on a backhaul, so long as it complies with weight limitations for a truck tractor and semitrailer combination.”. (b) Truck Tractor Defined.—Section 31111(a)(3)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “only”; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “or any other commodity, including cargo or general freight on a backhaul”. (c) Backhaul Defined.—Section 31111(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(5) Backhaul.—The term ‘backhaul’ means the return trip of a vehicle transporting cargo or general freight, especially when carrying goods back over all or part of the same route.” . (d) Stinger-Steered Automobile Transporters.—Section 31111(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E) by striking “or” at the end; (2) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(G) imposes a vehicle length limitation of less than 80 feet on a stinger-steered automobile transporter with a front overhang of less than 4 feet and a rear overhang of less than 6 feet; or” .