I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6534 
To rescind certain earmark projects under SAFETEA–LU for the purpose 
of eliminating the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2008 
Mr. FLAKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To rescind certain earmark projects under SAFETEA–LU 
for the purpose of eliminating the shortfall in the High-
way Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Resist Offsetting with 
Additional Debt Act’’ or the ‘‘ROAD Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS. 
(a) SAFETEA–LU RESCISSIONS.—Subject to sub-
section (b), the unobligated balances of funds made avail-
able for the following provisions of SAFETEA–LU (Public 
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Law 109–59), or made available by amendments made by 
the following provisions of SAFETEA–LU, are hereby re-
scinded: 
(1) Section 1114 (highway bridge program). 
(2) Section 1301 (projects of national and re-
gional significance). 
(3) Section 1302 (national corridor infrastruc-
ture improvement program). 
(4) Section 1306 (freight intermodal distribu-
tion pilot grant program). 
(5) Section 1702 (high priority projects). 
(6) Section 1801 (construction of ferry boats 
and ferry terminal facilities). 
(7) Section 1807 (nonmotorized transportation 
pilot program). 
(8) Section 1934 (transportation improve-
ments). 
(9) Section 1937 (roads in closed basins). 
(10) Section 1940 (Going-to-the-Sun Road, 
Glacier National Park, Montana). 
(11) Section 1943 (Great Lakes ITS implemen-
tation). 
(12) Section 1944 (transportation construction 
and remediation, Ottawa County, Oklahoma). 
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(13) Section 1945 (infrastructure awareness 
program). 
(14) Section 1957 (traffic circle construction, 
Clarendon, Vermont). 
(15) Section 1960 (Denali access system pro-
gram). 
(16) Section 1961 (I–95/Contee Road inter-
change study). 
(17) Section 1962 (multimodal facility improve-
ments). 
(18) Section 3011 (capital investment grants). 
(19) Section 3044 (bus and bus facilities). 
(20) Section 5203 (technology deployment). 
(21) Section 5309 (centers for surface trans-
portation excellence). 
(22) Section 5505 (transportation scholarship 
opportunities program). 
(23) Section 5513 (research grants). 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies to the 
unobligated balances that are— 
(1) available on the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) the result of a congressional earmark. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON RECALCULATION
OF EQUITY 
BONUS PROGRAM.— 
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(1) NO RECALCULATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the amounts determined, and 
the amounts allocated, under section 105 of title 23, 
United States Code, for a fiscal year shall not be re-
calculated to take into account a rescission made by 
this section. 
(2) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—Any unobligated 
balances of obligation limitation made available for 
the projects rescinded by section 2 of this Act in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, the Trans-
portation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, the District of Columbia, and other Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007, the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, and any 
other appropriations acts, are hereby rescinded. 
(d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘congressional ear-
mark’’ has the meaning given such term in clause 9(d) 
of Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. NO TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 
Except as provided by section 9503(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, amounts in the General Fund of 
the Treasury shall not be made available for the purpose 
of alleviating a deficit in the Highway Trust Fund. 
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SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that State departments 
of transportation should consider implementing those 
projects described in section 144(g)(1)(A) of title 23, 
United States Code, and in the tables contained in sec-
tions 1301, 1302, 1702, 1934, and 3044 of the 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59) if such projects in-
volve improving transportation safety. 
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