[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 198 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 198

  To require the return and redistribution among State transportation 
           departments of certain unexpended highway funding.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2011

   Mr. Casey 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 require the return and redistribution among State transportation 
           departments of certain unexpended highway funding.

    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 ``Redistribution of Unspent Earmarks 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. RETURN AND REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN UNOBLIGATED HIGHWAY 
              FUNDING.

    (a) Definition of Earmark.--In this section, the term ``earmark'' 
means--
            (1) a congressionally directed spending item, as defined in 
        clause 5(a) of rule XLIV of the rules of the Senate for the 
        112th Congress; or
            (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in clause 9(d) of 
        rule XXI of the rules of the House of Representatives for the 
        112th Congress.
    (b) Return and Redistribution.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund through an 
earmark for fiscal year 2008 or a preceding fiscal year that remain 
unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be--
            (1) returned to the State transportation department of the 
        State in which the earmarked funds were directed to be used; 
        and
            (2) redistributed by the State for expeditious use for 
        other federally approved transportation projects in the State.
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