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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10462 

To modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State apportionments 

for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2024 

Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. BABIN, and Mr. 

JACKSON of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain 

State apportionments for Federal highway programs, and 

for other purposes. 

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 Formula 

5 Fairness Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO CERTAIN STATE APPORTION2 MENT AMOUNTS. 

3 Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(c) CALCULATION OF AMOUNTS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) STATE SHARE.—For fiscal year 2024 and 

8 each fiscal year thereafter, the amount for each 

9 State of combined apportionments for sections 119, 

10 133, 148, 149, 167, 175, 176(c), and to carry out 

11 section 134 shall be determined as follows: 

12 ‘‘(A) INITIAL AMOUNT.—The initial 

13 amount for each State shall be determined by 

14 multiplying the total amount available for ap15 portionment by the share for each State, which 

16 shall be equal to the proportion that— 

17 ‘‘(i) the amount of apportionments 

18 that the State received for fiscal year 

19 2012; bears to 

20 ‘‘(ii) the amount of those apportion21 ments received by all States for that fiscal 

22 year. 

23 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS TO AMOUNTS.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The initial 

25 amounts resulting from the calculation 

26 under subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted 


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1 to ensure that, for each State, the amount 

2 of combined apportionments for the pro3 grams shall not be less than an amount 

4 equal to— 

5 ‘‘(I) 95 percent of the applicable 

6 percentage; multiplied by 

7 ‘‘(II) the total amount of funds 

8 available for apportionment. 

9 ‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For 

10 purposes of this subparagraph, the applica11 ble percentage shall be an amount, ex12 pressed as a percentage, equal to the 

13 quotient of— 

14 ‘‘(I) the estimated tax payments 

15 attributable to highway users in the 

16 State that were paid into the Highway 

17 Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

18 Transit Account) for the most recent 

19 fiscal year for which data are avail20 able; divided by 

21 ‘‘(II) the estimated total tax pay22 ments attributable to users in all 

23 States that were paid into the High24 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

25 Transit Account) for that fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(2) STATE APPORTIONMENT.—On October 1 

2 of each fiscal year described in paragraph (1), the 

3 Secretary shall apportion the sum authorized to be 

4 appropriated for expenditure on the programs under 

5 sections 119, 133, 148, 149, 167, 175, 176(c), and 

6 to carry out section 134 in accordance with para7 graph (1).’’. 

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