[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2103 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2103

    To modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State 
  apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2015

Mr. Donnelly (for himself and Mr. Flake) 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 modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State 
  apportionments for Federal highway programs, 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. ADJUSTMENTS TO CERTAIN STATE APPORTIONMENT AMOUNTS.

    Section 104(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) For fiscal year 2016 and fiscal years thereafter.--
                    ``(A) State share.--For fiscal year 2016 and each 
                fiscal year thereafter, the amount for each State of 
                combined apportionments for the national highway 
                performance program under section 119, the surface 
                transportation program under section 133, the highway 
                safety improvement program under section 148, the 
                congestion mitigation and air quality improvement 
                program under section 149, and to carry out section 134 
                shall be determined as follows:
                            ``(i) Initial amount.--The initial amount 
                        for each State shall be determined by 
                        multiplying the total amount available for 
                        apportionment by the share for each State, 
                        which shall be equal to the proportion that--
                                    ``(I) the amount of apportionments 
                                that the State received for fiscal year 
                                2012; bears to
                                    ``(II) the amount of those 
                                apportionments received by all States 
                                for that fiscal year.
                            ``(ii) Adjustments to amounts.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The initial 
                                amounts resulting from the calculation 
                                under clause (i) shall be adjusted to 
                                ensure that, for each State, the amount 
                                of combined apportionments for the 
                                programs shall not be less than an 
                                amount equal to--
                                            ``(aa) 95 percent of the 
                                        applicable percentage; 
                                        multiplied by
                                            ``(bb) the total amount of 
                                        funds available for 
                                        apportionment.
                                    ``(II) Applicable percentage.--For 
                                purposes of this clause, the applicable 
                                percentage shall be an amount, 
                                expressed as a percentage, equal to the 
                                quotient of--
                                            ``(aa) the estimated tax 
                                        payments attributable to 
                                        highway users in the State that 
                                        were paid into the Highway 
                                        Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
                                        Transit Account) for the most 
                                        recent fiscal year for which 
                                        data are available; divided by
                                            ``(bb) the estimated total 
                                        tax payments attributable to 
                                        users in all States that were 
                                        paid into the Highway Trust 
                                        Fund (other than the Mass 
                                        Transit Account) for that 
                                        fiscal year.
                    ``(B) State apportionment.--On October 1 of each 
                fiscal year described in subparagraph (A), the 
                Secretary shall apportion the sum authorized to be 
                appropriated for expenditure on the national highway 
                performance program under section 119, the surface 
                transportation program under section 133, the highway 
                safety improvement program under section 148, the 
                congestion mitigation and air quality improvement 
                program under section 149, and to carry out section 134 
                in accordance with subparagraph (A).''.
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