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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3122 

To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and transit 

programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 28, 2021 

Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway 

safety, and transit 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 ‘‘Further Surface 

5 Transportation Extension Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE EXTENSION END DATE. 

7 Section 2(2) of the Surface Transportation Extension 

8 Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–44) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘October 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 3, 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. AMENDMENT FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSA2 TION FOLLOWING HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EX3 PIRATION. 

4 Section 108(b) of the Surface Transportation Exten5 sion Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–44) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘that begins’’ and all that follows through the pe7 riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘that begins 

8 on— 

9 ‘‘(1) October 1, 2021, and ends on or before 

10 the date of enactment of this Act; or 

11 ‘‘(2) November 1, 2021, and ends on or before 

12 the date of enactment of the Further Surface Trans13 portation Extension Act of 2021.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FOR THE 

15 HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, SPORT FISH RES16 TORATION AND BOATING TRUST FUND, AND 

17 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK 

18 TRUST FUND. 

19 (a) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—Section 9503 of the 

20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

21 (1) in subsections (b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) 

22 by striking ‘‘November 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘De23 cember 4, 2021’’; and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation Exten25 sion Act of 2021’’ each place it appears and insertVerDate Sep 11 2014 16:04 Nov 02, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3122.IS S3122

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1 ing ‘‘Further Surface Transportation Extension Act 

2 of 2021’’. 

3 (b) SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST

4 FUND.—Section 9504 of such Code is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘Surface 

6 Transportation Extension Act of 2021’’ each place it 

7 appears and inserting ‘‘Further Surface Transpor8 tation Extension Act of 2021’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘November 

10 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 4, 2021’’. 

11 (c) LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST

12 FUND.—Section 9508(e)(2) of such Code is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘November 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 4, 

14 2021’’. 

15 (d) SPECIAL RULE FOR AMENDMENTS.—On the date 

16 of enactment of H.R. 3684 (117th Congress)— 

17 (1) subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, 

18 the amendments made by such subsections, section 

19 201 of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 

20 2021 (Public Law 117–44), and the amendments 

21 made by such section shall cease to be effective; 

22 (2) the text of the laws amended by subsections 

23 (a), (b), and (c) of this section and section 201 of 

24 the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021 


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1 (Public Law 117–44) shall revert back so as to read 

2 as the text read on September 30, 2021; and 

3 (3) the amendments made by H.R. 3684 (117th 

4 Congress) shall be executed as if this section and 

5 section 201 of the Surface Transportation Extension 

6 Act had not been enacted. 

7 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 201 of the 

8 Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021 (Public 

9 Law 117–44) is amended by striking subsection (d). 

10 SEC. 5. PRIOR ENACTED AUTHORIZATION. 

11 If H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is enacted before the 

12 date of enactment of this Act, this Act shall not take effect 

13 and the provisions of this Act shall not be executed. 

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