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Calendar No. 161
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2017
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 31 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
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’’.
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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 begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act
and ending September 30, 1996;
(2) which is—
(A) for a route proposed for inclusion on
or designated as part of the National Highway
System; or
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(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 increased 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.—
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(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 percent 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—
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(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 percent 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 re-
spect to a project shall be—
(A) deposited in the Highway Trust Fund
established by section 9503 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986; and
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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
reserved for the prompt payment of contractors complet-
ing 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
necessary expertise and resources are available for plan-
ning, 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 Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, may require administrative and pro-
grammatic reforms by the District of Columbia to ensure
efficient management 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 re-
sults of such review not later than July 1, 1996.
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.