[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 752 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 752

To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation 
 formula under the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 1997

  Mr. Thurmond (for himself, Mr. Coats, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
Faircloth, and Mr. Hutchinson) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation 
 formula under the Federal-aid highway program, 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. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

    (a) Fiscal Year 1998 and Thereafter.--Section 157(a) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Fiscal year 1998 and thereafter.--In fiscal year 1998 
        and each fiscal year thereafter, on October 1, or as soon as 
        possible thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate among the 
        States amounts sufficient to ensure that a State's percentage 
        of the total apportionments in each fiscal year and allocations 
        for the prior fiscal year from funds made available out of the 
        Highway Trust Fund is not less than 100 percent of the 
        percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway 
        users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund in the 
        latest fiscal year for which data are available.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 157(a)(4) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the paragraph designation and all 
that follows before ``on October 1'' and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Fiscal years 1992-1997.--In each of fiscal years 1992 
        through 1997,''.
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