3.0.0 190 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z Senate S S 2011-01-26 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-26T16:04:22Z 2011-01-26 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY N Transportation and Public Works Roads and highways Transportation costs Transportation programs funding User charges and fees Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-10T15:39:23Z Freedom from Tolls Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of highway funds to impose a toll on any segment of a federal-aid system highway that as of enactment of this Act: (1) has had its construction completed, (2) is not tolled, (3) was constructed with federal assistance, and (4) is in actual operation. Excepts from this prohibition, thus allowing tolls on, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes as well as any highway segment that, as of the date on which a toll is imposed on it, will have the same number of non-toll lanes as were in existence before that date.

Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to decrease from three to two the number of facilities a state may establish on a highway, bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System to collect tolls for reconstructing and rehabilitating Interstate highway corridors under the Interstate System reconstruction and rehabilitation pilot program.

]]> Freedom from Tolls Act of 2011 Display Title Freedom from Tolls Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the imposition of new tolls on the Federal-aid system, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Freedom from Tolls Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s190is/xml/BILLS-112s190is.xml 2011-01-26 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.