[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1067 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1067

 To rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2011

  Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects, 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 ``Surface Transportation Earmark 
Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF ALLOCATED PROJECT FUNDS.

    (a) Projects Designated Prior to 1998.--The unobligated balances 
available on June 30, 2011, under the following provisions are 
rescinded:
            (1) Section 147 of the Federal Highway Act of 1978 (Public 
        Law 95-599).
            (2) Section 9(c) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 
        (Public Law 97-134).
            (3) Section 131 of the Highway Improvement Act of 1982 
        (Public Law 97-424).
            (4) Section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform 
        Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-17).
            (5) Sections 1006(h), 1069, 1103(b), 1104(b), 1105(f), 
        1106(a), 1106(b), 1107(b), 1108(b), and 6015 of the Intermodal 
        Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-
        240).
            (6) Section 307(e) of title 23, United States Code, as in 
        effect on December 18, 1991 (105 Stat. 2170).
            (7) Section 11(b)(10) of the Federal Transit Act, as in 
        effect on December 18, 1991 (105 Stat. 2187).
            (8) Section 320 of title 23, United States Code.
    (b) TEA 21.--The unobligated balance available on September 30, 
2011, under section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 for each project for 
which less than 10 percent of the amount authorized for such project 
under such section has been obligated is rescinded.

SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF UNDESIGNATED HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FUNDS.

    Of the amounts authorized for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 in 
section 1101(a)(16) of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59) to carry out the 
high priority projects program under section 117 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are not allocated for projects described in section 
1702 of such Act, $8,190,335 is rescinded.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than October 31, 2011, and not later than October 31 of 
each year thereafter, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate a report identifying each project authorized under section 
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 
105-178), sections 1301, 1302, 1702, and 1934 of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 
109-59), and section 144(f) of title 23, United States Code, that has 
inactive funds or that has been completed in the previous fiscal year. 
Such report shall include, for each such project--
            (1) the amount of funds authorized under such section;
            (2) the unobligated balance of such funds; and
            (3) a reference to the public law, section number, and 
        project number under which such project was authorized.
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