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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2208

To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to the minimum guarantee 

program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2003

Mr. DELAY (for himself, Mr. HILL, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. 

BALLANCE, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. 

BEAUPREZ, Mr. BELL, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Ms. 

GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURR, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Ms. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. 

LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 

EDWARDS, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. FERGUSON, 

Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORD, Mr. FROST, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GOSS, 

Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HALL, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 

Mr. HAYES, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. 

HOSTETTLER, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. JOHN, 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. KELLER, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. 

LAMPSON, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. 

LINDER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. MAJETTE, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. 

MYRICK, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. PAUL, 

Mr. PENCE, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. PUTNAM, 

Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 

SANDLIN, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

SHAW, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 

SPRATT, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. STUPAK, 

Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. TURNER of Ohio, Mr. 

UPTON, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WATT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the following bill; 
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which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to the 

minimum guarantee program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Highway Funding Eq5 uity Act of 2003’’.

6 SEC. 2. MINIMUM GUARANTEE. 

7 Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended—

9 (1) by striking subsection (a) and subsections 

10 (c) through (f); 

11 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub12 section (e); 

13 (3) by inserting after the section heading the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

16 ‘‘(1) BASIC MINIMUM GUARANTEE.—

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal 

18 years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall 

19 allocate among the States amounts sufficient to 
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1 ensure that the percentage for each State of the 

2 total apportionments for the fiscal year for the 

3 National Highway System under section 

4 103(b), the high priority projects program 

5 under section 117, the Interstate maintenance 

6 program under section 119, the surface trans7 portation program under section 133, metro8 politan planning under section 134, the high9 way bridge replacement and rehabilitation pro10 gram under section 144, the congestion mitiga11 tion and air quality improvement program 

12 under section 149, the recreational trails pro13 gram under section 206, the Appalachian devel14 opment highway system under subtitle IV of 

15 title 40, and the basic minimum guarantee 

16 under this paragraph, equals or exceeds the 

17 percentage determined for the State under sub18 paragraph (B). 

19 ‘‘(B) STATE PERCENTAGES.—

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro21 vided in clause (ii), the percentage for each 

22 State referred to in subparagraph (A) is 

23 the percentage that is equal to 95 percent 

24 of the ratio that—
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1 ‘‘(I) the estimated tax payments 

2 attributable to highway users in the 

3 State paid into the Highway Trust 

4 Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

5 Account) in the most recent fiscal 

6 year for which data are available; 

7 bears to 

8 ‘‘(II) the estimated tax payments 

9 attributable to highway users in all 

10 States paid into the Highway Trust 

11 Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

12 Account) in the most recent fiscal 

13 year for which data are available.

14 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a 

15 State having a population density of less 

16 than 50 individuals per square mile accord17 ing to the 2000 decennial census, the per18 centage referred to in subparagraph (A) 

19 shall be the greater of—

20 ‘‘(I) the percentage determined 

21 under clause (i); or 

22 ‘‘(II) the percentage specified in 

23 subsection (e). 

24 ‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY MINIMUM GUARANTEE.—

25 ‘‘(A) ALLOCATION.—
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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro2 vided in subparagraph (B), for each of fis3 cal years 2004 through 2009, on or before 

4 September 30 of the fiscal year, the Sec5 retary shall allocate among the States 

6 amounts sufficient to ensure that, when all 

7 allocations from the Highway Trust Fund 

8 (other than allocations from the Mass 

9 Transit Account, for emergency relief, for 

10 the programs specified in paragraph 

11 (1)(A), and for the discretionary minimum 

12 guarantee under this paragraph) for the 

13 fiscal year have been identified, the per14 centage for each State of all of those allo15 cations for the fiscal year equals or exceeds 

16 the percentage that is equal to 95 percent 

17 of the tax payments ratio determined 

18 under clause (ii). 

19 ‘‘(ii) TAX PAYMENTS RATIO.—The tax 

20 payments ratio referred to in clause (i) for 

21 a State is equal to the ratio that—

22 ‘‘(I) the estimated tax payments 

23 attributable to highway users in the 

24 State paid into the Highway Trust 

25 Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
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1 Account) in the most recent fiscal 

2 year for which data are available; 

3 bears to 

4 ‘‘(II) the estimated tax payments 

5 attributable to highway users in all 

6 States paid into the Highway Trust 

7 Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

8 Account) in the most recent fiscal 

9 year for which data are available. 

10 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal 

12 year, no additional amounts shall be allo13 cated to a State under subparagraph (A) if 

14 the ratio determined under clause (ii) for 

15 the State exceeds 95 percent of the tax 

16 payments ratio determined under subpara17 graph (A)(ii). 

18 ‘‘(ii) RATIO.—The ratio referred to in 

19 clause (i) for a State is equal to the ratio 

20 that—

21 ‘‘(I) the sum of—

22 ‘‘(aa) the apportionments to 

23 the State for the fiscal year for 

24 the National Highway System 

25 under section 103(b), the high 
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1 priority projects program under 

2 section 117, the Interstate main3 tenance program under section 

4 119, the surface transportation 

5 program under section 133, met6 ropolitan planning under section 

7 134, the highway bridge replace8 ment and rehabilitation program 

9 under section 144, the congestion 

10 mitigation and air quality im11 provement program under section 

12 149, the recreational trails pro13 gram under section 206, the Ap14 palachian development highway 

15 system under subtitle IV of title 

16 40, and the basic minimum guar17 antee under paragraph (1); and 

18 ‘‘(bb) the allocations to the 

19 State for the fiscal year from the 

20 Highway Trust Fund (other than 

21 allocations from the Mass Tran22 sit Account and allocations for 

23 emergency relief); bears to 

24 ‘‘(II) the sum of the apportion25 ments and allocations specified in sub-
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1 clause (I) to all States for the fiscal 

2 year. 

3 ‘‘(C) OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS.—Obliga4 tion limitations for Federal-aid highways and 

5 highway safety construction programs estab6 lished by the Act enacting this subparagraph or 

7 any subsequent Act shall not apply to appor8 tionments for the discretionary minimum guar9 antee under this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—

11 ‘‘(1) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec12 retary shall apportion the amounts made available 

13 under this section that exceed $2,800,000,000 so

14 that the amount apportioned to each State under 

15 this paragraph for each program referred to in sub16 section (a)(1)(A) (other than the high priority 

17 projects program, metropolitan planning, the rec18 reational trails program, the Appalachian develop19 ment highway system, and the minimum guarantee 

20 under subsection (a)) is equal to the product ob21 tained by multiplying—

22 ‘‘(A) the amount to be apportioned under 

23 this paragraph; and 

24 ‘‘(B) the ratio that—
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1 ‘‘(i) the amount of funds apportioned 

2 to the State for each program referred to 

3 in subsection (a)(1)(A) (other than the 

4 high priority projects program, metropoli5 tan planning, the recreational trails pro6 gram, the Appalachian development high7 way system, and the minimum guarantee 

8 under subsection (a)) for a fiscal year; 

9 bears to 

10 ‘‘(ii) the total amount of funds appor11 tioned to the State for that program for 

12 the fiscal year. 

13 ‘‘(2) REMAINING DISTRIBUTION.—

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara15 graph (B), the Secretary shall apportion the re16 mainder of funds made available under this sec17 tion to the States, and administer those funds, 

18 in accordance with section 104(b)(3). 

19 ‘‘(B) INAPPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.—

20 Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 133(d) 

21 shall not apply to amounts apportioned in ac22 cordance with this paragraph. 

23 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway 

25 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) such 
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1 sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each 

2 of fiscal years 2004 through 2009. 

3 ‘‘(d) GUARANTEE OF 95 PERCENT RETURN.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 

5 2004 through 2009, before making any apportion6 ment under this title, the Secretary shall—

7 ‘‘(A) determine whether the sum of the 

8 percentages determined under subsection 

9 (a)(1)(B) for the fiscal year exceeds 100 per10 cent; and 

11 ‘‘(B) if the sum of the percentages exceeds 

12 100 percent, proportionately adjust the percent13 ages specified in the table contained in sub14 section (e) to ensure that the sum of the per15 centages determined under subsection (a)(1)(B) 

16 for the fiscal year equals 100 percent. 

17 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD FOR ADJUST18 MENT.—The Secretary may make an adjustment 

19 under paragraph (1) for a State for a fiscal year 

20 only if the percentage for the State in the table con21 tained in subsection (e) is equal to or exceeds 95 

22 percent of the ratio determined for the State under 

23 subsection (a)(1)(B)(i) for the fiscal year. 

24 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS.—Adjust25 ments of the percentages in the table contained in 
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1 subsection (e) in accordance with this subsection 

2 shall not result in a total of the percentages deter3 mined under subsection (a)(1)(B) that exceeds 100 

4 percent.’’; and 

5 ‘‘(4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by para6 graph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘subsections (a)(1)(B)(ii)(II) and (d)’’.

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