3.0.0 2823 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z Senate S S 2008-04-07 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-07T18:39:41Z 2008-04-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. N Transportation and Public Works American Samoa Animals Bridges Budget deficits Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Diesel motor Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Energy Excise tax Federal aid to transportation Finance and Financial Sector Forest roads Gasoline Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Government trust funds Guam Highway finance Highway maintenance Highway planning Highway use tax Indian lands Infrastructure Interstate compacts Interstate highway system Limited access highways Mass rapid transit Minorities National forests National parks Northern Mariana Islands Public Lands and Natural Resources Public-private partnerships Road construction Science, Technology, Communications Tax rates Taxation Toll roads Traffic accidents and safety Transportation research Virgin Islands Wildlife refuges Transportation and Public Works 00 2008-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-13T21:50:06Z Transportation Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the interstate maintenance program, emergency relief, the interstate bridge program, the federal lands highways program, highway safety programs, surface transportation research, and certain administrative expenses. Authorizes a state, upon determining that excess funds have been made available, to transfer the excess funds to, and use them for, any surface transportation purpose (including mass transit and rail) in the state. Revises requirements regarding state apportionments under the interstate maintenance component for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System.

Prohibits any restriction on the ability of a state, as part of any highway improvement project, to impose and collect a toll on any highway that is part of the Interstate System. Allows a state to use revenue collected from such toll only for a new highway infrastructure project in the state.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to: (1) extend, for five years, the availability of HTF funds for certain authorized expenditures; (2) set a core programs financing rate for gasoline, special motor fuels, kerosene, and diesel fuel; (3) establish in the HTF an Infrastructure Special Assistance Fund; and (4) provide for the return of excess tax receipts to states for transportation purposes.

Grants consent to states to enter into interstate compacts to establish infrastructure banks to invest in the construction of surface transportation projects.

Amends the IRC to reduce taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, and special fuels funding the HTF.


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Transportation Empowerment Act Short Titles as Introduced Transportation Empowerment Act Display Title Transportation Empowerment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2823is/xml/BILLS-110s2823is.xml 2008-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.