[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1917 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1917

  To provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed 
 funding level contained in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
                                Century.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2002

 Mr. Jeffords (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
 Inhofe, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Warner, Mr. Graham, Mr. Bond, Mr. Voinovich, 
  Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
    Wyden, Mr. Carper, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Corzine) 
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 provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed 
 funding level contained in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
                                Century.

    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 ``Highway Funding Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM OBLIGATION CEILING.

    Section 1102 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(23 U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 115, 113 Stat. 1753) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Restoration of Obligation Limitation for Fiscal Year 2003.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the obligations for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for fiscal 
year 2003--
            ``(1) shall be not less than $27,746,000,000; and
            ``(2) shall be distributed in accordance with this 
        section.''.
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