Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-732
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Appalachia
Appropriations
Arizona
Authorization
Bikeways
Boats and boating
Border patrols
Boundaries
Bridges
Building materials
California
Canada
Car pools
Child safety
Citizen participation
Coal
Commemorations
Commerce
Commuting
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Construction industries
Cost effectiveness
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric vehicles
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Engineering
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Excise tax
Families
Federal aid to transportation
Finance and Financial Sector
Fishery management
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forest roads
Freight
Gambling
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Habitat conservation
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Highway planning
Historic sites
History
Hours of labor
Idaho
Immigration
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Intermodal transportation
International Affairs
Internet
Interstate highway system
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Latin America
Magnetic levitation vehicles
Maine
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine safety
Mass rapid transit
Metropolitan areas
Mexico
Michigan
Mines and mineral resources
Minnesota
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Montana
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motorcycles
Names
National forests
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York State
Non-native species
North Dakota
Parking facilities
Parks
Pedestrians
Pest control
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Puerto Rico
Railroad safety
Recycling of waste products
Regional planning
Research and development
Research centers
Right-of-way
Road construction
Scenic byways
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Smog
Sports and Recreation
State government-Indian relations
Storm drains
Student transportation
Tax treaties
Taxation
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Terminals (Transportation)
Territories (U.S.)
Texas
Toll roads
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic engineering
Trails
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation planning
Transportation research
Truck drivers
Trucking
Vermont
Washington State
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA) of 2005 - Reauthorizes the Federal-aid surface transportation program through FY 2009. Reauthorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) through FY 2009 for: (1) specified Federal-aid highway programs; (2) administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration; and (3) surface transportation research.
 
Amends Federal highway law to establish the Equity bonus program to ensure that States receive a minimum 92 percent rate of return on the portion of excise fuel taxes it sends to the HTF with respect to the allocation of Federal funds to such States for specified highway projects.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish: (1) an infrastructure performance and maintenance program; (2) a freight transportation gateways program; (3) a uniform system to service Federal credit instruments; (4) a National Commission on Future Revenue Sources to Support the HTF and Finance the Needs of the Surface Transportation System; (5) a highway safety improvement program; (6) a safe routes to school program; (7) a surface transportation project delivery pilot program; (8) a planning capacity building initiative; (9) a highway stormwater discharge mitigation program; (10) a transportation systems management and operations program; (11) a real-time system management information program; (12) a multistate corridor program; (13) a border planning, operations, technology, and capacity improvement program; (14) a Puerto Rico highway program; (15) a transportation and community and system preservation program; (16) a commercial truck parking pilot program (including an interstate oasis program); (17) a Delta Region transportation development program; (18) a multistate international corridor development program; (19) centers for surface transportation excellence; and (20) an intelligent transportation system research and technical assistance program.
 
Provides set-asides for FY 2005 through 2009 for interstate discretionary projects.
 
Establishes a Surface Transportation Research Technology Advisory Committee. Requires the National Research Council to establish a new strategic highway research program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish university transportation centers.
 
Directs the Secretary to continue the deployment of the Transportation Analysis Simulation System (TRANSIMS).
 
Sport Fishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act - Amends the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act to provide for distribution of FY 2004 through 2009 appropriations, including those for the multistate conservation grant program.
 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and each agency head to implement fully all procurement requirements and incentives, including Federal procurement guidelines, that provide for the use of cement and concrete incorporating recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Inhofe. With written report No. 109-53.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Inhofe. With written report No. 109-53.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works ordered to be reported an original measure.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3314-3315)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate