[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3926 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3926

   To authorize funds for emergency road repairs in response to the 
        severity of the 1993-94 winter, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 1994

 Mr. Franks of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, and Mr. Boehner) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize funds for emergency road repairs in response to the 
        severity of the 1993-94 winter, 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. ROAD REPAIRS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make 
available to the States and the District of Columbia $98,000,000 for 
road repairs and emergency road resurfacing as follows:

  State:                              Amount:
    Connecticut....................
                                        $4,430,000
    Delaware.......................
                                        $1,880,000
    District of Columbia...........
                                        $200,000
    Illinois.......................
                                        $8,030,000
    Indiana........................
                                        $4,610,000
    Iowa...........................
                                        $3,410,000
    Maine..........................
                                        $3,700,000
    Massachusetts..................
                                        $4,550,000
    Maryland.......................
                                        $3,450,000
    Michigan.......................
                                        $7,460,000
    Minnesota......................
                                        $5,940,000
    New Hampshire..................
                                        $2,220,000
    New Jersey.....................
                                        $6,030,000
    New York.......................
                                        $9,920,000
    Ohio...........................
                                        $8,480,000
    Pennsylvania...................
                                        $9,280,000
    Rhode Island...................
                                        $2,910,000
    Vermont........................
                                        $2,160,000
    Virginia.......................
                                        $2,670,000
    West Virginia..................
                                        $2,010,000
    Wisconsin......................
                                        $4,660,000
    (b) Period of Availability.--Funds made available to a State or the 
District of Columbia under this section shall remain available until 
expended, or until September 30, 1994, whichever occurs first.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) Winter of 1993-94 Road Repairs.--All funds made available to a 
State or the District of Columbia under this Act shall only be used for 
road repairs due to the severity of the winter of 1993-94. Such repairs 
include filling potholes and emergency road resurfacing.
    (b) Local Funding.--Fifty percent of the funds made available to a 
State under this Act shall either be distributed to counties or other 
local governmental body by the State for activities described in 
subsection (a) or used by the State to repair county or local roads.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $98,000,000 to carry out 
this Act for fiscal year 1994.

SEC. 4. OFFSETTING CUT.

    Fifteen percent of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994 
for travel expenses for officers or employees of any department, 
agency, or other entity of the executive branch, excluding the Postal 
Service, Department of Defense, Department of the Treasury, Department 
of Justice, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, is rescinded.

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