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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5730 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2010 

Received 

AUGUST 3, 2010 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

AN ACT 

To rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation 

projects. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Transpor3 tation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF ALLOCATED PROJECT FUNDS. 

6 (a) ISTEA AND STURAA.—The unobligated bal7 ances available on December 31, 2010, under sections 

8 1103(b), 1104(b), 1105(f), 1106(a), 1106(b), 1107(b), 

9 and 1108(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef10 ficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240) and sub11 sections (c) and (d) of section 149 of the Surface Trans12 portation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 

13 (Public Law 100–17) are rescinded. 

14 (b) TEA 21.—The unobligated balance available on 

15 September 30, 2011, under section 1602 of the Transpor16 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105– 

17 178) for each project for which less than 10 percent of 

18 the amount authorized for such project under such section 

19 has been obligated is rescinded. 

20 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGH21 WAY SYSTEM CORRIDOR DESIGNATION. 

22 Section 1117(d) of the Transportation Equity Act for 

23 the 21st Century (112 Stat. 161) is repealed and the des24 ignation made by that section shall no longer be effective. 


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1 SEC. 4. RESCISSION OF UNDESIGNATED HIGH PRIORITY 

2 PROJECT FUNDS. 

3 Of the amounts authorized for fiscal years 2005 

4 through 2009 in section 1101(a)(16) of the Safe, Account5 able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

6 Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59) to carry out the 

7 high priority projects program under section 117 of title 

8 23, United States Code, that are not allocated for projects 

9 described in section 1702 of such Act, $8,190,355 are re10 scinded. 

11 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

12 Not later than October 31, 2011, and not later than 

13 October 31 of each year thereafter, the Secretary shall 

14 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra15 structure of the House of Representatives and the Com16 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

17 a report identifying each project authorized under section 

18 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen19 tury (Public Law 105–178), sections 1301, 1302, 1702, 

20 and 1934 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

21 Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public 

22 Law 109–59), and section 144(f) of title 23, United States 

23 Code, that has inactive funds or that has been completed 

24 in the previous fiscal year. Such report shall include, for 

25 each such project— 


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1 (1) the amount of funds authorized under such 

2 section; 

3 (2) the unobligated balance of such funds; and 

4 (3) a reference to the public law, section num5 ber, and project number under which such project 

6 was authorized. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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