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Highway Funding Restoration Act (Reported in Senate)
S 1917 RS
Calendar No. 422
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1917
[Report No. 107-163]
To provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed
funding level contained in the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 7, 2002
Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire, Mr. REID, Mr. INHOFE,
Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. WARNER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BOND, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr.
CRAPO, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CAMPBELL,
Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. HUTCHINSON,
Mr. ENZI, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. DODD, Mr. BURNS, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. LEAHY,
Mr. SARBANES, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms.
LANDRIEU, Mr. BAYH, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. BREAUX, Ms. SNOWE, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr.
COCHRAN, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CLELAND, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. CARNAHAN,
Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. LINCOLN,
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. HAGEL, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr.
LUGAR, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. CONRAD, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. HELMS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr.
BYRD, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MILLER, Mr. KOHL,
Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. BUNNING)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works
June 17, 2002
Reported by Mr. JEFFORDS, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in
italic]
A BILL
To provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed
funding level contained in the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
[Struck out->] SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. [<-Struck
out]
[Struck out->] This Act may be cited as the `Highway Funding Restoration Act'.
[<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] SEC. 2. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM OBLIGATION
CEILING. [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] Section 1102 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 115, 113 Stat. 1753) is
amended by adding at the end the following: [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] `(k) RESTORATION OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2003- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the obligations
for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for fiscal
year 2003-- [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] `(1) shall be not less than $27,746,000,000; and
[<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] `(2) shall be distributed in accordance with
this section.'. [<-Struck out]
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Highway Funding Restoration Act'.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM OBLIGATION CEILING.
Section 1102 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23
U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 115, 113 Stat. 1753) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
`(k) RESTORATION OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003-
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the obligations for Federal-aid
highway and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year
2003--
`(1) shall be $28,900,000,000; and
`(2) shall be distributed in accordance with this
section.'.
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF HIGHWAY CATEGORY SPENDING GUARANTEE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all adjustments made
pursuant to section 251(b)(1)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(1)(B)) to the highway category and to
section 8103(a)(5) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (2
U.S.C. 901 note; 112 Stat. 492) for fiscal year 2003 shall be deemed to be
zero. This section shall apply immediately to all reports issued pursuant to
section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(2 U.S.C. 904) for fiscal year 2003, including the discretionary sequestration
preview report.
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT AND OBLIGATION
LIMITATIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY CATEGORY.
(a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT- Section 251(c)(7)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)(7)(A)) is
amended by striking `$27,728,000,000' and inserting `$29,234,000,000'.
(b) LEVEL OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS- Section 8103(a)(5) of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (2 U.S.C. 901 note; 112 Stat.
492) is amended by striking `$28,233,000,000' and inserting
`$29,387,000,000'.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REVENUE ALIGNED BUDGET
AUTHORITY.
It is the sense of Congress that the revenue aligned budget authority
provision in section 251(b)(1)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(1)(B)) should be amended after the date
of enactment of this Act to more accurately align highway spending with
highway revenues while maintaining predictability and stability in highway
funding levels.
SEC. 6. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
It is the sense of the Senate that the funds made available by the
amendments made by this Act shall be distributed among the States in
accordance with section 1102 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 115).
Calendar No. 422
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1917
[Report No. 107-163]
A BILL
To provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level contained in the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
June 17, 2002
Reported with an amendment
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