[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3755 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3755

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that all highway 
 fuel tax revenues shall be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund and 
that for a temporary period the increased deposits will be used for the 
  transportation needs of areas affected by disasters, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 1994

  Mr. Baker of California (for himself, Mr. Dornan, and Mr. Boehner) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
    Committees on Public Works and Transportation and Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that all highway 
 fuel tax revenues shall be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund and 
that for a temporary period the increased deposits will be used for the 
  transportation needs of areas affected by disasters, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Emergency Relief Act 
of 1994''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUEL TAX REVENUES AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS 
              OF AREAS AFFECTED BY DISASTERS.

    (a) Increase in Deposits Into Highway Trust Fund.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 9503(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
Highway Trust Fund) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
and inserting the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(A) in the case of gasoline and special motor 
                fuels, 18.3 cents per gallon, and
                    ``(B) in the case of diesel fuel, 24.3 cents per 
                gallon.''
    (b) Use of Increased Deposits.--Subsection (c) of section 9503 of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(7) Transportation needs of disaster areas.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The additional amounts 
                transferred to the Highway Trust Fund by reason of the 
                amendments made by section 2 of the Transportation 
                Emergency Relief Act of 1994 for periods before October 
                1, 1995, shall be appropriated to the emergency fund 
                authorized by section 125 of title 23, United States 
                Code.
                    ``(B) Increased deposits not taken into account for 
                other purposes.--The additional amounts referred to in 
                subparagraph (A) shall not be taken into account in 
                determining the amount of any payment by the Secretary 
                under paragraph (4), (5), or (6).''
    (c) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (f) of section 9503 of such 
Code is amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating 
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

    (a) Use of Additional Amounts.--Section 125 of title 23, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Additional Amounts.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to section 
9503(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the emergency fund 
authorized by this section shall be available for expenditure by the 
Secretary in accordance with the requirements of this section; except 
that--
            ``(1) such amounts may only be obligated for projects 
        resulting from a natural disaster or catastrophic failure in a 
        State commencing after September 30, 1985, and before October 
        1, 1995;
            ``(2) such amounts may be obligated for repair or 
        reconstruction of transit facilities which the Secretary finds 
        to have suffered serious damage as the result of a natural 
        disaster or catastrophic failure in a State;
            ``(3) such amounts may be obligated for projects to 
        retrofit bridges on Federal-aid highways to reduce the 
        vulnerability of such bridges to earthquakes;
            ``(4) such amounts shall not be subject to the limitation 
        established by subsection (a) on the total amount authorized to 
        be expended from the emergency fund in a fiscal year; and
            ``(5) such amounts shall not be subject to the limitation 
        established by subsection (b) on obligations for projects under 
        this section from any single natural disaster or catastrophic 
        failure in a State.''
    (b) Total Expenditures.--Section 125(a) of such title is amended by 
inserting after ``September 30, 1980,'' the following: ``and not more 
than $1,000,000,000 is authorized to be expended in any one fiscal year 
commencing after September 30, 1995,''.
    (c) Expenditures for a Single Disaster.--
            (1) In general.--Section 125(b) of such title is amended by 
        striking ``$100,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000,000''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to any natural disaster or catastrophic failure in 
        a State commencing in a fiscal year beginning after September 
        30, 1995.

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