Fair Allocation of Highway Funds Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2608
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-05-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds

Roads and highways

Sales and excise taxes

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fair Allocation of Highway Funds Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill revises the methodology for apportioning federal highway funds among states for each of FY2018-FY2020. Specifically, the bill adjusts each state's apportionment based&nbsp;not only on certain tax payments attributable to highway users in&nbsp;the state, but also on other federal taxes collected&nbsp;in&nbsp;the state relative to such taxes collected in all states. The bill also caps the apportionment that each state may receive.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2608 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2017 Mr. Foster (for himself, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee , Mr. Arrington , and Mr. Gottheimer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to apportionments to States for certain highway programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Allocation of Highway Funds Act of 2017 . 2. Calculation of amounts Section 104(c)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking The initial amounts and inserting the following: (i) General rule Except as provided in clause (ii), the initial amounts ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Special rule for fiscal years 2018 through 2020 (I) In general Notwithstanding clause (i), for each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020, the initial amounts resulting from the calculation under subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted to ensure that each State receives an aggregate apportionment equal to at least 95 percent, but not more than 105 percent, of the sum of— (aa) the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; plus (bb) an amount which bears the same ratio to the General Fund transfer amount for the applicable fiscal year as— (AA) the aggregate of amounts collected in such State under the Federal internal revenue laws (other than the taxes and penalties described in section 9503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; bears to (BB) the aggregate of amounts collected in all States under such Federal internal revenue laws in such fiscal year. (II) Total apportionment After the adjustment described in subclause (I), the amount for each State determined under this subsection for each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020 shall be adjusted by a single multiplicative factor to ensure that the total amount apportioned will not be affected by this clause. (III) General Fund transfer amount defined In this clause, the term General Fund transfer amount means, for a fiscal year, the product obtained by multiplying the amount identified in section 9503(f)(8)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by the proportion that— (aa) the amount authorized for appropriation under section 1101(a)(1) of the FAST Act for that fiscal year; bears to (bb) the aggregate amount authorized for appropriation under section 1101(a)(1) of the FAST Act for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020. .