3.0.0 903 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z Senate S S 2009-04-28 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-28T14:48:41Z Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2009 111 2144 HR 2009-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House 2009-04-28 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2009-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY N M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2009-04-28 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2009-04-28 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2009-04-28 True Transportation and Public Works Government trust funds Motor carriers Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2009-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-13T16:21:21Z Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, beginning with FY2011, to carry out a direct federal-aid highway program to permit a state governor or chief executive officer, at least 90 days before the beginning of a fiscal year, to elect to: (1) waive the state's right to receive apportioned or allocated funds under the federal-aid highway program; and (2) receive instead a prorated amount of the taxes appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund (other than from the Mass Transit Account) which are attributable to highway users in the state. Requires a pro rata reduction of such tax-equivalent amount in order to fund contract authority for programs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

Requires the Secretary to accept a state's election if: (1) the state has an interstate maintenance program; (2) it submits a plan describing the purposes, projects, and uses to which such amounts will be put and the federal-aid highway programmatic requirements the state elects to continue; (3) the state agrees to obligate program amounts exclusively for projects that would be eligible for surface transportation program funding; and (4) it continues to suballocate surface transportation program funds to urbanized and other areas using certain formulae and rules.

]]> Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2009 Display Title Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit a State to elect to receive the State's contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of its Federal-aid Highway program apportionment for the next fiscal year, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-28T04:00:00Z 2009-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.