Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part VI

Bill: 108-s-2822
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2004-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Appalachia
Authorization
Boats and boating
Boundaries
Bridges
Commuting
Construction costs
Curricula
Data banks
Department of Transportation
Directories
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-territorial relations
Fishery management
Fishing
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Government trust funds
Higher education
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Highway use tax
Housing and Community Development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Interstate highway system
Magnetic levitation vehicles
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Metropolitan areas
Minorities
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicle safety
National parks
Native Americans
Natural gas vehicles
New Jersey
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Puerto Rico
Railroad safety
Research and development
Research centers
Restoration ecology
Road construction
Scenic byways
Science, Technology, Communications
Ships
Sports and Recreation
Subways
Tax evasion
Tax rates
Taxation
Technological innovations
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic congestion
Traffic engineering
Trails
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Transportation research
Truck drivers
Trucking
Urban affairs
Urban planning
Urban transportation
Washington State
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: 
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part VI - Extends Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and transit programs for five months, and authorizes appropriations, through March 31, 2005.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) apportion funds made available for Federal-aid highway programs under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to each State according to the ratio of the State's FY 2004 obligation authority to the FY 2004 obligation authority for all States; and (2) ensure that each State is apportioned funds for the Interstate maintenance program, the National Highway System program, the bridge program, the surface transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the recreational trails program, the Appalachian development highway system program, and the minimum guarantee.
 
 Sets forth provisions: (1) for reducing future apportionments, and for recovering funds not apportioned, under a multi-year law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway program that is enacted after enactment of this Act; and (2) prohibiting after March 31, 2005, the obligation of any Federal-aid highway program funds until the date of enactment of a multi-year law reauthorizing such program that is enacted after enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes appropriations through May 31, 2005, for specified Federal-aid highway programs, highway safety programs, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration program, the Motor Carrier Safety Administration program, and Federal transit programs.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend authorization for the use of the Highway Trust Fund (including the mass transit account) and the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund for obligations under TEA-21.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9449-9453)
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9447-9449)
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate