To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation formula under the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.

Revises specified provisions regarding minimum allocations of Federal aid highway funds and provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) to direct the Secretary of Transportation, in FY 1998 and thereafter, to ensure that each State's percentage of the total apportionments in each such fiscal year and allocations for the prior fiscal year from funds made available out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is not less than the percentage of estimated tax payments to the HTF by highway users in the State in the latest fiscal year for which data are available.

Repeals ISTEA provisions specifying the percentage of total apportioned and allocated funds to be allocated to each State for the surface transportation program.

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3195 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3195

To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation 
 formula under the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 1996

Mr. Sanford (for himself, Mr. Brewster, and Mr. Largent) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation 
 formula under the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

    (a) Fiscal Year 1998 and Thereafter.--Section 157(a) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Thereafter.--In fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter on October 1, or as soon as possible thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts sufficient to 
        ensure that a State's percentage of the total apportionments in 
        each such fiscal year and allocations for the prior fiscal year 
        from funds made available out of the Highway Trust Fund is not 
        be less than 100 percent of the percentage of estimated tax 
        payments attributable to highway users in the State paid into 
        the Highway Trust Fund in the latest fiscal year for which data 
        are available.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 157(a)(4) of such title is 
amended by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows 
before ``on October 1'' and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Fiscal years 1992-1997.--For fiscal years 1992 
        through 1997,''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF HOLD HARMLESS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1015(a) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 105 Stat. 
1943-1944) is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of fiscal year 1998.

SEC. 3. 100 PERCENT OF PAYMENT ADJUSTMENTS.

    Section 1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 105 Stat. 1944) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading by striking ``90'';
            (2) in the paragraph heading for paragraph (1) by striking 
        ``General Rule'' and inserting ``Fiscal years 1992-1997'';
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and 
        inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Thereafter.--In fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter, the Secretary (after making the allocation under 
        section 157(a) of this title) shall allocate among the States 
        amounts sufficient to ensure that a State's percentage of the 
        total apportionments in each such fiscal year and allocations 
        for the prior fiscal year from funds made available out of the 
        Highway Trust Fund is not less than 100 percent of the 
        estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in the 
        State paid into the Highway Trust Fund in the latest fiscal 
        year for which data are available.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of 
        this section, by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
        ``this subsection''.
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