Interstate Highway System Toll-Free Holiday Act

Interstate Highway System Toll-Free Holiday Act - Prohibits tolls from being collected, and vehicles from being required to stop at a toll booth, for any toll highway, bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System during any peak holiday travel period.

Directs: (1) the State transportation department or the public authority having jurisdiction over the toll highway, bridge, or tunnel to determine the number and duration of peak holiday travel periods, which shall include, at a minimum, the 24-hour period of each legal public holiday; (2) the Secretary of Transportation to reimburse the State or public authority for the amount of toll revenue not collected by reason of this Act, upon request; and (3) each State or public authority that desires a refund to submit to the Secretary a request for reimbursement, based on actual traffic data, for the amount of toll revenue not collected by reason of this Act during a fiscal year. Specifies that a request for reimbursement shall include a certification by the State or public authority that the amount of the reimbursement will be used only for debt service or for operation and maintenance of the toll facility.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1150 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1150

  To waive tolls on the Interstate System during peak holiday travel 
                                periods.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2001

  Mr. Smith of New Hampshire introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To waive tolls on the Interstate System during peak holiday travel 
                                periods.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Interstate Highway System Toll-Free 
Holiday Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF TOLLS ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM DURING PEAK HOLIDAY 
              TRAVEL PERIODS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``Interstate System'', 
``public authority'', ``Secretary'', ``State'', and ``State 
transportation department'' have the meanings given the terms in 
section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
    (b) Waiver.--
            (1) In general.--No tolls shall be collected, and no 
        vehicle shall be required to stop at a toll booth, for any toll 
        highway, bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System during any 
        peak holiday travel period determined under paragraph (2).
            (2) Peak holiday travel periods.--For the purposes of 
        paragraph (1), the State transportation department or the 
        public authority having jurisdiction over the toll highway, 
        bridge, or tunnel shall determine the number and duration of 
        peak holiday travel periods, which shall include, at a minimum, 
        the 24-hour period of each legal public holiday specified in 
        section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Federal Reimbursement.--
            (1) In general.--For each fiscal year, upon request by a 
        State or public authority and approval by the Secretary, the 
        Secretary shall reimburse the State or public authority for the 
        amount of toll revenue not collected by reason of subsection 
        (b).
            (2) Requests for reimbursement.--On or before September 30 
        of a fiscal year, each State or public authority that desires a 
        refund described in paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary 
        a request for reimbursement, based on actual traffic data, for 
        the amount of toll revenue not collected by reason of 
        subsection (b) during the fiscal year.
            (3) Use of reimbursed funds.--A request for reimbursement 
        under paragraph (2) shall include a certification by the State 
        or public authority that the amount of the reimbursement will 
        be used only for debt service or for operation and maintenance 
        of the toll facility, including reconstruction, resurfacing, 
        restoration, and rehabilitation.
            (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
        Mass Transit Account) such sums as are necessary to carry out 
        this subsection.
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