3.0.0 2185 2020-02-14T19:14:13Z 2020-02-14T19:14:13Z House H HR 2005-05-05 109 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-06T16:50:04Z Referred to 2005-05-05T14:00:00Z 2005-05-06 hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. Committee 2005-05-05 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2005-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 N Transportation and Public Works Bicycles Bikeways Car pools Commuting Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Employee training Environmental Protection Federal aid to air pollution control Federal aid to transportation Geographic information systems Government Operations and Politics Highway finance Highway planning Information services Labor and Employment Leases Mass rapid transit Metropolitan areas Motor buses Motor vehicle pollution control Ozone Parking facilities Pedestrians Police communication systems Science, Technology, Communications Smog Storage Telecommuting Telephone Traffic accidents and safety Traffic congestion Traffic engineering Transportation planning Transportation workers Urban affairs Urban planning Urban transportation Transportation and Public Works 00 2005-05-05 Introduced in House 2005-05-23T18:20:52Z Congestion Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to provide that 80 percent of specified funds apportioned to a State (currently, 62.5 percent of the remaining 80 percent) shall be obligated in urbanized areas of the State with populations of over 200,000 and in other areas of the State, in proportion to their relative share of the State's population.

Modifies: (1) the allocation formula under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program; and (2) the Minimum Guarantee regarding programmatic distribution of funds.

Directs that the funds apportioned to a State for a fiscal year for the National Highway System (NHS) be allocated between urbanized areas with a population of over 200,000 in the State and other areas in the State as follows: (1) 75 percent in the ratio that the total lane miles on the NHS in such urbanized areas in the State bears to the total lane miles on the NHS in all areas in the State; and (2) 25 percent in the ratio that the total vehicle miles traveled on the NHS in such urbanized areas in the State bears to the total vehicle miles traveled on the NHS in all areas in the State.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a metropolitan congestion relief program; and (2) establish and implement an operational improvement program.

Increases the percentage set aside for metropolitan planning.

]]> Congestion Relief Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Congestion Relief Act of 2005 Display Title Congestion Relief Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 23, United States Code, to allocate transportation funds to metropolitan areas and increase planning funds to relieve metropolitan congestion, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2185ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2185ih.xml 2005-05-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.