[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 199 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 199

 To require the obligation of certain highway funding within a 3-year 
                                period.


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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 obligation of certain highway funding within a 3-year 
                                period.

    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 ``Use It or Lose It Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. OBLIGATION OF CERTAIN 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) Obligation of Funding.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund through 
        an earmark to carry out a highway project under title 23, 
        United States Code, shall be obligated for the earmarked 
        project by not later than 3 years after the date on which the 
        earmarked funds are first made available.
            (2) Return and redistribution.--Funds described in 
        paragraph (1) that are not obligated by the deadline specified 
        in that paragraph shall be--
                    (A) released to the State transportation department 
                of the State with jurisdiction over the original 
                recipient of the earmark; and
                    (B) redistributed by the State for expeditious use 
                for other federally approved transportation projects in 
                the State.
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