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Union Calendar No. 260
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3694
[Report No. 107–439]
To provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding
level contained in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 7, 2002
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PETRI, Mr. BORSKI,
Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. COBLE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DUNCAN,
Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. HORN, Mr.
COSTELLO, Mr. MICA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. QUINN, Mr. NADLER, Mr.
EHLERS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BACHUS, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr.
LATOURETTE, Mr. BARCIA, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BAKER, Ms.
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. NEY, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. TAY-
LOR of Mississippi, Mr. THUNE, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr.
LOBIONDO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. BLUMENAUER,
Mr. POMBO, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. DEMINT, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BEREU-
TER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. LAMPSON,
Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. BALDACCI, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BERRY, Mr.
KIRK, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr.
JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. KERNS, Mr. MATHE-
SON, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. HONDA, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. OTTER, Mr. KENNEDY of Min-
nesota, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. SHUSTER, and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure
MAY 7, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. GEORGE
MILLER of California, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. MCIN-
TYRE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. ISSA, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr.
SHAYS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. BARR of
Georgia, Mr. GORDON, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. LINDER, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. LEACH, Mr. BRADY of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. ROSS, Mr.
GIBBONS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr.
MURTHA, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. LUCAS of Okla-
homa, Mr. COYNE, Ms. HART, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr.
GREENWOOD, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. WU, Mr.
GEKAS, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. MEEKS of New York,
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. RUSH, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. LYNCH,
Mr. BRYANT, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FORBES, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. TERRY, Mr.
FROST, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. JEFF MILLER of
Florida, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. WAL-
DEN of Oregon, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr.
PENCE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BASS, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. DUNN,
Ms. LEE, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. WATSON, Mr. BACA,
Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. JOHN, Mr.
PAYNE, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. FRANK, Mr. NEAL of Massachu-
setts, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. SHOWS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr.
TIBERI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. HANSEN, Mr.
UPTON, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. KELLER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr.
TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. WELLER,
Mr. GRUCCI, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. AKIN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs.
JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr.
CANTOR, Mr. OWENS, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. STARK, Ms.
SANCHEZ, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CONDIT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LEVIN,
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. ANDREWS,
Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs.
MCCARTHY
of New York, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WEINER, Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ENGEL, Ms.
SLAUGHTER, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. LOWEY,
Mr. CARDIN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. UDALL of New
Mexico, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.
SAXTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. STUMP, Mr.
MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. VITTER, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. SMITH of
Texas, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. REY-
NOLDS, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. TURNER, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. MINK of Ha-
waii, Mr. FORD, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr.
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr.
BENTSEN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. JO ANN
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. CRANE, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr.
FLETCHER, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. KING, Mr.
HILL, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr.
LANGEVIN, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. CAMP, Mr. GILLMOR,
Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. RILEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr.
UNDERWOOD, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. MOORE, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr.
RAMSTAD, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. KIND, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Ms. DEGETTE, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. HILL-
IARD, Mr. CLAY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. MCCARTHY of Mis-
souri, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. REYES, Mr.
WYNN, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. SOUDER,
Mr. BOUCHER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. JEFFER-
SON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. HULSHOF, Ms. PRYCE of
Ohio, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr.
WATT of North Carolina, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. GUTIERREZ, and Mr. SUL-
LIVAN
Deleted sponsors: Mr. LAHOOD (added February 13, 2002; deleted March 6,
2002), Ms. DELAURO (added February 26, 2002; deleted March 20,
2002), Mr. HOYER (added March 7, 2002; deleted April 10, 2002), and
Mr. CALLAHAN (added March 12, 2002; deleted March 13, 2002)
MAY 7, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 7, 2002]
A BILL
To provide for highway infrastructure investment at the
guaranteed funding level contained in the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century.
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 ‘‘Highway Funding Res-
toration Act’’.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM OBLIGATION
CEILING.
Section 1102 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 115, 113 Stat.
1753) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(k) RESTORATION OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2003.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for fiscal year 2003, the obligations for Federal-aid
highway and highway safety construction programs that
are subject to the obligation limitation set forth in sub-
section (a)(6)—
‘‘(1) shall be not less than $27,746,000,000; and
‘‘(2) shall be distributed in accordance with this
section.’’.
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF OBLIGATION CEILING.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the ad-
justment made pursuant to section 1102(h) of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century for fiscal year 2003
shall be deemed to be zero.
SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENTS TO GUARANTEE FUNDING LEVELS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all ad-
justments made pursuant to section 251(b)(1)(B) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
to the highway category and to section 8103(a)(5) of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century for fiscal
year 2003 shall be deemed to be zero. This section shall
apply immediately to all reports issued pursuant to section
254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 for fiscal year 2003, including the discretionary
sequestration preview report.
SEC. 
5. 
SENSE 
OF 
CONGRESS 
REGARDING 
REVENUE
ALIGNED BUDGET AUTHORITY.
It is the sense of Congress that the revenue aligned
budget authority provision in section 251(b)(1)(B) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 should be amended in the future to more accurately
align highway spending with highway revenues while
maintaining predictability and stability in highway fund-
ing levels.
Union Calendar No. 260
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3694
[Report No. 107–439]
A BILL
To provide for highway infrastructure investment
at the guaranteed funding level contained in the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
MAY 7, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed