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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 907

To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation

formula under the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1997

Mr. SANFORD (for himself, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. BALLENGER,

Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr.

COBURN, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HERGER, Mr.

HILLEARY, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. JONES,

Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLUG, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma,

Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MICA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEY, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr.

NORWOOD, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. SPRATT,

Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi,

Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, and Mr.

WHITFIELD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation formula under the Federal-aid highway

program, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

2 (a) FISCAL YEAR 1998 AND THEREAFTER.—Section

3 157(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add4 ing at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(5) THEREAFTER.—In fiscal year 1998 and

6 each fiscal year thereafter on October 1, or as soon

7 as possible thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate

8 among the States amounts sufficient to ensure that

9 a State’s percentage of the total apportionments in

10 each such fiscal year and allocations for the prior

11 fiscal year from funds made available out of the

12 Highway Trust Fund is not less than 100 percent

13 of the percentage of estimated tax payments attrib14 utable to highway users in the State paid into the

15 Highway Trust Fund in the latest fiscal year for

16 which data are available.’’.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 157(a)(4)

18 of such title is amended by striking the paragraph des19 ignation and all that follows before ‘‘on October 1’’ and

20 inserting the following:

21 ‘‘(4) FISCAL YEARS 1992–1997.—For fiscal years

22 1992 through 1997,’’.

23 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF HOLD HARMLESS.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1015(a) of the Intermodal

25 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C.

26 104 note; 105 Stat. 1943–1944) is repealed.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

2 subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of fiscal

3 year 1998.

4 SEC. 3. 100 PERCENT OF PAYMENT ADJUSTMENTS.

5 Section 1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor6 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 105

7 Stat. 1944) is amended—

8 (1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘90’’;

9 (2) in the paragraph heading for paragraph (1)

10 by striking ‘‘GENERAL RULE’’ and inserting ‘‘FIS11 CAL YEARS 1992–1997’’;

12 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para13 graph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1) the fol14 lowing:

15 ‘‘(2) THEREAFTER.—In fiscal year 1998 and

16 each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary (after mak17 ing the allocation under section 157(a) of this title)

18 shall allocate among the States amounts sufficient to

19 ensure that a State’s percentage of the total appor20 tionments in each such fiscal year and allocations

21 for the prior fiscal year from funds made available

22 out of the Highway Trust Fund is not less than 100

23 percent of the estimated tax payments attributable

24 to highway users in the State paid into the Highway
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1 Trust Fund in the latest fiscal year for which data

2 are available.’’; and

3 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by para4 graph (3) of this section, by striking ‘‘paragraph

5 (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’.

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