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S.1917
Title: A bill to provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level contained in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
Sponsor: Sen Jeffords, James M. [VT] (introduced 2/7/2002)      Cosponsors: 74
Related Bills: H.R.3694
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2002 Senate preparation for floor. Status: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 422.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
2/7/2002:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S489)
6/4/2002:
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
6/17/2002:
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Jeffords with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-163.
6/17/2002:
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 422.
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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(74), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Allard, A. Wayne - 3/13/2002 [CO] Sen Allen, George - 3/4/2002 [VA]
Sen Baucus, Max - 2/7/2002 [MT] Sen Bayh, Evan - 2/27/2002 [IN]
Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 3/6/2002 [UT] Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 2/26/2002 [NM]
Sen Bond, Christopher S. - 2/7/2002 [MO] Sen Boxer, Barbara - 2/7/2002 [CA]
Sen Breaux, John B. - 2/27/2002 [LA] Sen Bunning, Jim - 5/15/2002 [KY]
Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 2/14/2002 [MT] Sen Byrd, Robert C. - 3/7/2002 [WV]
Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse - 2/7/2002 [CO] Sen Cantwell, Maria - 2/28/2002 [WA]
Sen Carnahan, Jean - 2/28/2002 [MO] Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 2/7/2002 [DE]
Sen Chafee, Lincoln D. - 2/7/2002 [RI] Sen Cleland, Max - 2/28/2002 [GA]
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 2/7/2002 [NY] Sen Cochran, Thad - 2/27/2002 [MS]
Sen Collins, Susan M. - 2/28/2002 [ME] Sen Conrad, Kent - 3/6/2002 [ND]
Sen Corzine, Jon - 2/7/2002 [NJ] Sen Craig, Larry E. - 2/11/2002 [ID]
Sen Crapo, Michael D. - 2/7/2002 [ID] Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 2/27/2002 [SD]
Sen Dayton, Mark - 2/13/2002 [MN] Sen DeWine, Michael - 3/4/2002 [OH]
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 2/13/2002 [CT] Sen Domenici, Pete V. - 4/30/2002 [NM]
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 2/14/2002 [ND] Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 2/27/2002 [IL]
Sen Ensign, John E. - 4/15/2002 [NV] Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 2/12/2002 [WY]
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 2/27/2002 [CA] Sen Graham, Bob - 2/7/2002 [FL]
Sen Hagel, Chuck - 3/4/2002 [NE] Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 4/22/2002 [UT]
Sen Helms, Jesse - 3/7/2002 [NC] Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 2/12/2002 [AR]
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey - 3/7/2002 [TX] Sen Inhofe, Jim - 2/7/2002 [OK]
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 3/13/2002 [HI] Sen Johnson, Tim - 2/8/2002 [SD]
Sen Kerry, John F. - 3/4/2002 [MA] Sen Kohl, Herb - 4/8/2002 [WI]
Sen Landrieu, Mary - 2/26/2002 [LA] Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 2/26/2002 [VT]
Sen Levin, Carl - 2/26/2002 [MI] Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 2/7/2002 [CT]
Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 3/4/2002 [AR] Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 3/5/2002 [IN]
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 3/4/2002 [MD] Sen Miller, Zell - 3/19/2002 [GA]
Sen Murkowski, Frank H. - 3/4/2002 [AK] Sen Nelson, Bill - 2/26/2002 [FL]
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin - 3/4/2002 [NE] Sen Reid, Harry M. - 2/7/2002 [NV]
Sen Roberts, Pat - 3/7/2002 [KS] Sen Rockefeller, Jay - 3/4/2002 [WV]
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 2/26/2002 [MD] Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 2/26/2002 [NY]
Sen Sessions, Jeff - 3/19/2002 [AL] Sen Smith, Bob - 2/7/2002 [NH]
Sen Smith, Gordon - 4/8/2002 [OR] Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 2/27/2002 [ME]
Sen Specter, Arlen - 2/7/2002 [PA] Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 2/28/2002 [MI]
Sen Thomas, Craig - 2/11/2002 [WY] Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 2/26/2002 [NJ]
Sen Voinovich, George V. - 2/7/2002 [OH] Sen Warner, John W. - 2/7/2002 [VA]
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. - 2/27/2002 [MN] Sen Wyden, Ron - 2/7/2002 [OR]
Sen Murray, Patty - 3/7/2002(withdrawn - 6/18/2002) [WA]

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/17/2002--Reported to Senate, amended.    (There is 1 other summary)

Highway Funding Restoration Act - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA) to set the obligation limit for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for FY 2003 at $28.9 billion, to be distributed in accordance with that Act.

(Sec. 3) Deems adjustments made pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Balanced Budget Act) (to align highway spending with revenues) and TEA to the highway category to be zero. Makes this section immediately applicable to reports issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget Act for FY 2003, including the discretionary sequestration preview report.

(Sec. 4) Increases the discretionary spending limit under the Balanced Budget Act and obligations limitations under TEA for the highway category.

(Sec. 5) Expresses the sense of Congress that the revenue aligned budget authority provision of the Balanced Budget Act should be amended to more accurately align highway spending with highway revenues while maintaining predictability and stability in highway funding levels.

(Sec. 6) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the funds made available by this Act shall be distributed among the States in accordance with TEA.