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Union Calendar No. 113
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2017
[Report No. 104–217, Part I]
To authorize an increased Federal share of the costs of certain transportation
projects in the District of Columbia for fiscal years 1995 and 1996,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 12, 1995
Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. DAVIS, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MORAN,
and Mr. DIXON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
JULY 31, 1995
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an
amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
JULY 31, 1995
Referral to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight extended for
a period ending not later than July 31, 1995
JULY 31, 1995
Additional sponsor: Mr. WYNN
JULY 31, 1995
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight discharged, committed to
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 12, 1995]
A BILL
To authorize an increased Federal share of the costs of
certain transportation projects in the District of Colum-
bia for fiscal years 1995 and 1996, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘District of Columbia
Emergency Highway Relief Act’’.
SEC. 2. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EMERGENCY HIGHWAY
RELIEF.
(a) TEMPORARY WAIVER OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
Notwithstanding any other law, during fiscal years 1995
and 1996, the Federal share of the costs of an eligible project
shall be a percentage requested by the District of Columbia,
but not to exceed 100 percent of the costs of the project.
(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—In this section, the term
‘‘eligible project’’ means a highway project in the District
of Columbia—
(1) for which the United States—
(A) is obligated to pay the Federal share of
the costs of the project under title 23, United
States Code, on the date of enactment of this Act;
or
(B) becomes obligated to pay the Federal
share of the costs of the project under title 23,
United States Code, during the period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act and end-
ing September 30, 1996;
(2) which is—
(A) for a route proposed for inclusion on or
designated as part of the National Highway Sys-
tem; or
(B) of regional significance (as determined
by the Secretary of Transportation); and
(3) with respect to which the District of Colum-
bia certifies that sufficient funds are not available to
pay the non-Federal share of the costs of the project.
SEC. 3. DEDICATED HIGHWAY FUND AND REPAYMENT OF
TEMPORARY WAIVER AMOUNTS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—Not later than De-
cember 31, 1995, the District of Columbia shall establish
a dedicated highway fund to be comprised, at a minimum,
of amounts equivalent to receipts from motor fuel taxes and,
if necessary, motor vehicle taxes and fees collected by the
District of Columbia to pay in accordance with this section
the cost-sharing requirements established under title 23,
United States Code, and to repay the United States for in-
creased Federal shares of eligible projects paid pursuant to
section 2(a). The fund shall be separate from the general
fund of the District of Columbia.
(b) PAYMENT OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—For fiscal
year 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, amounts in the
fund shall be sufficient to pay, at a minimum, the cost-
sharing requirements established under title 23, United
States Code, for such fiscal year.
(c) REPAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) FISCAL YEAR 1996.—By September 30, 1996,
the District of Columbia shall pay to the United
States from amounts in the fund established under
subsection (a), with respect to each project for which
an increased Federal share is paid in fiscal year 1995
pursuant to section 2(a), an amount equal to 50 per-
cent of the difference between—
(A) the amount of the costs of the project
paid by the United States in such fiscal year
pursuant to section 2(a); and
(B) the amount of the costs of the project
that would have been paid by the United States
but for section 2(a).
(2) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—By September 30, 1997,
the District of Columbia shall pay to the United
States from amounts in the fund established under
subsection (a), with respect to each project for which
an increased Federal share is paid in fiscal year 1995
pursuant to section 2(a) and with respect to each
project for which an increased Federal share is paid
in fiscal year 1996 pursuant to section 2(a), an
amount equal to 50 percent of the difference be-
tween—
(A) the amount of the costs of the project
paid in such fiscal year by the United States
pursuant to section 2(a); and
(B) the amount of the costs of the project
that would have been paid by the United States
but for section 2(a).
(3) FISCAL YEAR 1998.—By September 30, 1998,
the District of Columbia shall pay to the United
States from amounts in the fund established under
subsection (a), with respect to each project for which
an increased Federal share is paid in fiscal year 1996
pursuant to section 2(a), an amount equal to 50 per-
cent of the difference between—
(A) the amount of the costs of the project
paid in such fiscal year by the United States
pursuant to section 2(a); and
(B) the amount of the costs of the project
that would have been paid by the United States
but for section 2(a).
(4) DEPOSIT OF REPAID FUNDS.—Repayments
made under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) with respect
to a project shall be—
(A) deposited in the Highway Trust Fund
established by section 9503 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986; and
(B) credited to the appropriate account of
the District of Columbia for the category of the
project.
(d) ENFORCEMENT.—If the District of Columbia does
not meet any requirement established by subsection (a), (b),
or (c) and applicable in a fiscal year, the Secretary of
Transportation shall not approve any highway project in
the District of Columbia under title 23, United States Code,
until the requirement is met.
(e) GAO AUDIT.—Not later than December 31, 1996,
and each December 31 thereafter, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall audit the financial condition and
the operations of the fund established under this section and
shall submit to Congress a report on the results of such
audit and on the financial condition and the results of the
operation of the fund during the preceding fiscal year and
on the expected condition and operations of the fund during
the next 5 fiscal years.
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
(a) EXPEDITIOUS PROCESSING AND EXECUTION OF
CONTRACTS.—The District of Columbia shall expeditiously
process and execute contracts to implement the Federal-aid
highway program in the District of Columbia.
(b) REVOLVING FUND ACCOUNT.—The District of Co-
lumbia shall establish an independent revolving fund ac-
count for Federal-aid highway projects. The account shall
be separate from the capital account of the Department of
Public Works of the District of Columbia and shall be re-
served for the prompt payment of contractors completing
highway projects in the District of Columbia under title
23, United States Code.
(c) 
HIGHWAY
PROJECT
EXPERTISE
AND
RE-
SOURCES.—The District of Columbia shall ensure that nec-
essary expertise and resources are available for planning,
design, and construction of Federal-aid highway projects in
the District of Columbia.
(d) PROGRAMMATIC
REFORMS.—The Secretary of
Transportation, in consultation with the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority, may require administrative and programmatic
reforms by the District of Columbia to ensure efficient man-
agement of the Federal-aid highway program in the District
of Columbia.
(e) GAO AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall review implementation of the require-
ments of this section (including requirements imposed
under subsection (d)) and report to Congress on the results
of such review not later than July 1, 1996.
Union Calendar No. 113
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2017
[Report No. 104–217, Part I]
A BILL
To authorize an increased Federal share of the
costs of certain transportation projects in the
District of Columbia for fiscal years 1995 and
1996, and for other purposes.
JULY 31, 1995
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight dis-
charged, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be
printed