3.0.0 1404 2023-01-11T13:31:05Z 2023-01-11T13:31:05Z Senate S 2015-05-20 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-20T21:14:13Z 2015-05-20 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2015-05-20 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2015-05-20 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-05-20 True Transportation and Public Works Government trust funds Intergovernmental relations Public transit Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Transportation and Public Works 00 2015-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-04T21:26:53Z State Transportation Flexibility Act

Allows a state to elect not to participate in the federal-aid highway program, including any federal highway program under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation , beginning in FY2015, to carry out a direct federal-aid highway program to permit a state legislature, at least 90 days before the beginning of a fiscal year, to elect to:

  • waive the state's right to receive apportioned or allocated funds under the federal-aid highway program, and
  • receive a prorated amount of taxes appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund (other than for 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 and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Requires the state making an election to:

  • agree to maintain the Interstate System in accordance with the current Interstate System program;
  • submit 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; and
  • agree to obligate program amounts exclusively for projects that would be eligible for surface transportation program funding.

Directs the Secretary to carry out a similar alternative funding program for public transportation programs.

]]> State Transportation Flexibility Act Display Title State Transportation Flexibility Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to free States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced State Transportation Flexibility Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1404is/xml/BILLS-114s1404is.xml 2015-05-20 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.