Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act - Rescinds certain unobligated amounts allocated under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) for: (1) high cost bridge projects; (2) congestion relief projects; (3) high priority corridor segments on the National Highway System; (4) rural and urban access projects and urban mobility projects; (5) innovative projects; and (6) priority intermodal transportation projects.

Rescinds certain unobligated amounts allocated under the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (STURAA) for federal-aid system demonstration projects.

Rescinds unobligated amounts under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) for certain high priority projects in which less than 10% of the amount authorized for such projects has been obligated.

Repeals the designation of a specified segment of U.S. Route 322 as an addition to Corridor O in Pennsylvania on the Appalachian development highway system.

Rescinds a specified amount of unallocated funds authorized for FY2005-FY2009 under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) for the high priority projects program.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to report to Congress on each authorized project in the following categories that has inactive funds or that has been completed in the previous fiscal year: (1) each high priority project authorization under TEA-21; (2) each project of national and regional significance, highway construction project in a corridor of national significance, high priority project authorization, and transportation improvement project under SAFETEA-LU; and (3) specified bridge program set-aside projects. Requires such report also to specify for each project the amount of funds authorized, any unobligated balance of funds, and a reference to its public law and section and project number.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5730 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5730

    To rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2010

    Ms. Markey of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects.

    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 ``Surface Transportation Earmark 
Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF ALLOCATED PROJECT FUNDS.

    (a) ISTEA and STURAA.--The unobligated balances available on 
December 31, 2010, under sections 1103(b), 1104(b), 1105(f), 1106(a), 
1106(b), 1107(b), and 1108(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) and subsections (c) and (d) 
of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
Assistance Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-17) are rescinded.
    (b) TEA 21.--The unobligated balance available on September 30, 
2011, under section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (Public Law 105-178) for each project for which less than 10 
percent of the amount authorized for such project under such section 
has been obligated is rescinded.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM CORRIDOR 
              DESIGNATION.

    Section 1117(d) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (112 Stat. 161) is repealed and the designation made by that 
section shall no longer be effective.

SEC. 4. RESCISSION OF UNDESIGNATED HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FUNDS.

    Of the amounts authorized for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 in 
section 1101(a)(16) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59) to 
carry out the high priority projects program under section 117 of title 
23, United States Code, that are not allocated for projects described 
in section 1702 of such Act, $8,190,355 are rescinded.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    Not later than October 31, 2011, and not later than October 31 of 
each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report 
identifying each project authorized under section 1602 of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178), 
sections 1301, 1302, 1702, and 1934 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 
109-59), and section 144(f) of title 23, United States Code, that has 
inactive funds or that has been completed in the previous fiscal year. 
Such report shall include, for each such project--
            (1) the amount of funds authorized under such section;
            (2) the unobligated balance of such funds; and
            (3) a reference to the public law, section number, and 
        project number under which such project was authorized.
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