[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 122 (Thursday, July 31, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H7169-H7176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION FUNDING ACT OF 2014

  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 696, I call 
up the bill (H.R. 5021) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, 
highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs 
funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes, with a 
Senate amendment thereto.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the Senate 
amendment.
  The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:
  Senate amendment:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Highway 
     and Transportation Funding Act of 2014''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.

           TITLE I--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION

                    Subtitle A--Federal-aid Highways

Sec. 1001. Extension of Federal-aid highway programs.

            Subtitle B--Extension of Highway Safety Programs

Sec. 1101. Extension of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
              highway safety programs.
Sec. 1102. Extension of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
              programs.
Sec. 1103. Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.

               Subtitle C--Public Transportation Programs

Sec. 1201. Public transportation programs continuation.

                    Subtitle D--Hazardous Materials

Sec. 1301. Extension of hazardous materials programs.

                      TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS

Sec. 2001. Extension of Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority.
Sec. 2002. Funding of Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 2003. Additional information on returns relating to mortgage 
              interest.
Sec. 2004. Penalty for failure to meet due diligence requirements for 
              the child tax credit.
Sec. 2005. Clarification of 6-year statute of limitations in case of 
              overstatement of basis.

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Sec. 2006. 100 percent continuous levy on payment to medicare providers 
              and suppliers.
Sec. 2007. Modification of tax exemption requirements for mutual ditch 
              or irrigation companies.
Sec. 2008. Equalization of excise tax on liquefied natural gas and 
              liquefied petroleum gas.
Sec. 2009. Extension of customs user fees.

                    TITLE III--BUDGETARY PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Treatment for PAYGO purposes.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act and the amendments made by this Act:
       (1) MAP-21.--The term ``MAP-21'' means the Moving Ahead for 
     Progress in the 21st Century Act (Public Law 112-141; 126 
     Stat. 405).
       (2) Part-year extension period.--The term ``Part-Year 
     Extension Period'' means the period beginning on October 1, 
     2014, and ending on the Part-Year Funding Date.
       (3) Part-year funding date.--The term ``Part-Year Funding 
     Date'' means December 19, 2014.
       (4) Part-year ratio.--The term ``Part-Year Ratio'' means 
     the ratio calculated by dividing--
       (A) the number of days included in the period beginning on 
     October 1, 2014, and ending on the Part-Year Funding Date; by
       (B) 365.
       (5) SAFETEA-LU.--The term ``SAFETEA-LU'' means the Safe, 
     Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
     Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144).

           TITLE I--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION

                    Subtitle A--Federal-aid Highways

     SEC. 1001. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     subtitle, requirements, authorities, conditions, 
     eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized 
     under divisions A and E of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141), the 
     SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     244), titles I, V, and VI of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59), 
     titles I and V of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century (Public Law 105-178), the National Highway System 
     Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-59), titles I and VI 
     of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
     1991 (Public Law 102-240), and title 23, United States Code 
     (excluding chapter 4 of that title), that would otherwise 
     expire on or cease to apply after September 30, 2014, are 
     incorporated by reference and shall continue in effect 
     through the Part-Year Extension Period.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) for the Part-Year Extension Period 
     a sum equal to--
       (1) the total amount authorized to be appropriated out of 
     the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 
     for programs, projects, and activities for fiscal year 2014 
     under divisions A and E of MAP-21 and title 23, United States 
     Code (excluding chapter 4 of that title); multiplied by
       (2) the Part-Year Ratio.
       (c) Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise expressly provided in 
     this title, funds authorized to be appropriated under 
     subsection (b) for the Part-Year Extension Period shall be 
     distributed, administered, limited, and made available for 
     obligation in the same manner and in the same amounts (as 
     calculated using the Part-Year Ratio) as the funds authorized 
     to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) for fiscal year 2014 to carry out 
     programs, projects, activities, eligibilities, and 
     requirements under--
       (A) MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141);
       (B) the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 
     (Public Law 110-244);
       (C) SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59);
       (D) the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
     (Public Law 105-178);
       (E) the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 
     (Public Law 104-59);
       (F) the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
     1991 (Public Law 102-240); and
       (G) title 23, United States Code (excluding chapter 4 of 
     that title).
       (2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
     Mass Transit Account) under this section shall be--
       (A) available for obligation and shall be administered in 
     the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under 
     chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; and
       (B) for the Part-Year Extension Period, except as provided 
     in paragraph (3)(B), subject to the limitation on obligations 
     for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
     programs for fiscal year 2015 in paragraph (3)(A) or an Act 
     making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 or a portion of 
     that fiscal year.
       (3) Obligation ceiling.--
       (A) In general.--In the absence of an Act making 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2015 or a portion of that 
     fiscal year--
       (i) the annual limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 
     highway and highway safety construction programs for fiscal 
     year 2015 shall be equal to that of fiscal year 2014; and
       (ii) the limitation on obligations shall be distributed and 
     funding shall be exempt from the limitation on obligations in 
     the same manner as for fiscal year 2014
       (B) Application during part-year extension period.--
       (i) Limitation on obligations.--During the Part-Year 
     Extension Period, obligations subject to the limitation 
     described in paragraph (2)(B) shall not exceed--

       (I) the annual limitation on obligations imposed under that 
     paragraph; multiplied by
       (II) the Part-Year Ratio.

       (ii) Exempt nhpp funds.--During the Part-Year Extension 
     Period, the amount of funds under section 119 of title 23, 
     United States Code, that is exempt from the limitation on 
     obligations imposed under paragraph (2)(B) shall be--

       (I) $639,000,000; multiplied by
       (II) the Part-Year Ratio.

       (C) Calculations for distribution of obligation 
     limitation.--The Secretary of Transportation shall, as 
     necessary for purposes of making the calculations for the 
     distribution of any obligation limitation during the Part-
     Year Extension Period--
       (i) annualize the amount of contract authority provided 
     under this Act for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
     construction programs; and
       (ii) multiply the resulting distribution of obligation 
     limitation by either the Part-Year Ratio or the pro rata for 
     the period of an Act making appropriations for a portion of 
     fiscal year 2015, whichever is applicable.

            Subtitle B--Extension of Highway Safety Programs

     SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
                   ADMINISTRATION HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, requirements, authorities, conditions, and other 
     provisions authorized under subtitle A of title I of division 
     C of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141), section 2009 of SAFETEA-LU 
     (23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public Law 109-59), and chapter 4 of 
     title 23, United States Code, that would otherwise expire on 
     or cease to apply after September 30, 2014, are incorporated 
     by reference and shall continue in effect through the Part-
     Year Extension Period.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) for the Part-Year Extension Period 
     a sum equal to--
       (1) the total amount authorized to be appropriated out of 
     the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 
     for programs, projects, and activities for fiscal year 2014 
     under subtitle A of title I of division C of MAP-21 (Public 
     Law 112-141), section 2009 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; 
     Public Law 109-59), and chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
     Code; multiplied by
       (2) the Part-Year Ratio.
       (c) Use of Funds.--Funds authorized to appropriated or made 
     available for obligation under the authority of this section 
     shall be distributed, administered, and made available for 
     obligation in the same manner and at the same rate as funds 
     authorized to be appropriated or made available for fiscal 
     year 2014 to carry out programs, projects and activities 
     under--
       (1) subtitle A of title I of division C of MAP-21 (Public 
     Law 112-141);
       (2) section 2009 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public 
     Law 109-59); and
       (3) chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code.
       (d) Contract Authority.--Section 31101(c) of MAP-21 (126 
     Stat. 733) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2013 and 
     2014'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015''.
       (e) Law Enforcement Campaigns.--Section 2009(a) of SAFETEA-
     LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public Law 109-59) is amended by 
     striking ``fiscal years 2013 and 2014'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015''.

     SEC. 1102. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
                   ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS.

       (a) Extension of Programs.--Except as otherwise provided in 
     this section, requirements, authorities, conditions, 
     eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized 
     under title II of division C of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141), 
     title IV of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59), and part B of 
     subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, that would 
     otherwise expire on or cease to apply after September 30, 
     2014, are incorporated by reference and shall continue in 
     effect through the Part-Year Extension Period.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) for the period beginning October 1, 
     2014, and ending on the Part-Year Funding Date, a sum equal 
     to--
       (1) the total amount authorized to be appropriated from the 
     Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
     programs, projects, and activities for fiscal year 2014 under 
     title II of division C of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141), title 
     IV of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59), and part B of subtitle 
     VI of title 49, United States Code; multiplied by
       (2) the Part-Year Ratio.
       (c) Contract Authority.--Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated under this section shall be available for 
     obligation and shall be administered in the same manner as if 
     the funds were authorized by section 4101 of SAFETEA-LU 
     (Public Law 109-59) and amendments made by that section, as 
     amended by section 32603 of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141), or 
     authorized by section 31104 of title 49, United States Code.
       (d) Use of Funds.--Funds authorized to be appropriated or 
     made available for obligation and expended under the 
     authority of this section shall be distributed, administered, 
     limited, and made available for obligation in the same manner 
     and at the same rate as funds authorized to be appropriated 
     or made available for fiscal year 2014 to carry out programs, 
     projects, activities, eligibilities, and requirements under--
       (1) title II of division C of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141);
       (2) title IV of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59); and
       (3) part B of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code.

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     SEC. 1103. DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT.

       Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
     by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A) in the first sentence by 
     striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015''.

               Subtitle C--Public Transportation Programs

     SEC. 1201. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS CONTINUATION.

       (a) Extension for Public Transportation Programs.--Except 
     as otherwise provided in this section, requirements, 
     authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and 
     other provisions authorized under division B of MAP-21 
     (Public Law 112-141) and chapter 53 of title 49, United 
     States Code, that would otherwise expire on or cease to apply 
     after September 30, 2014, are incorporated by reference and 
     shall continue in effect through the Part-Year Extension 
     Period.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) Mass transit account.--There shall be available from 
     the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for the 
     Part-Year Extension Period, a sum equal to--
       (A) the total amount authorized to be appropriated out of 
     the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for 
     programs, projects, and activities for fiscal year 2014 
     authorized under division B of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141) 
     and under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; 
     multiplied by
       (B) the Part-Year Ratio.
       (2) General fund.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     from the general fund of the Treasury for the period 
     beginning October 1, 2014, and ending on the Part-Year 
     Funding Date, a sum equal to--
       (A) the total amount authorized to be appropriated from the 
     general fund of the Treasury for programs, projects, and 
     activities for fiscal year 2014 under division B of MAP-21 
     (Public Law 112-141) and under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
     States Code; multiplied by
       (B) the Part-Year Ratio.
       (c) Contract Authority.--Funds made available under this 
     section from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust 
     Fund shall be available for obligation in the same manner as 
     set forth in section 5338(j)(1) of title 49, United States 
     Code.
       (d) Use of Funds.--Funds authorized to appropriated or made 
     available for obligation and expended under the authority of 
     this section shall be distributed, administered, limited, and 
     made available for obligation in the same manner and at the 
     same rate as funds authorized to be appropriated or made 
     available for fiscal year 2014 to carry out programs, 
     projects, activities, eligibilities, and requirements under 
     division B of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141) and chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code.
       (e) Distribution of Funds Under Division B of MAP-21.--
     Funds authorized to be appropriated or made available for 
     programs continued under this section shall be distributed to 
     those programs in the same proportion as funds were allocated 
     for those programs for fiscal year 2014.

                    Subtitle D--Hazardous Materials

     SEC. 1301. EXTENSION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAMS.

       (a) Extension of Programs.--Except as otherwise provided in 
     this section, requirements, authorities, conditions, 
     eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized 
     under title III of division C of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141) 
     and chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code, that would 
     otherwise expire on or cease to apply after September 30, 
     2014, are incorporated by reference and shall continue in 
     effect through the Part-Year Extension Period.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury and 
     the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund 
     established under section 5116(i) of title 49, United States 
     Code, for the period beginning October 1, 2014, and ending on 
     the Part-Year Funding Date, an amount equal to--
       (1) the total amount authorized to be appropriated from the 
     general fund of the Treasury and the Hazardous Materials 
     Emergency Preparedness Fund for programs, projects, and 
     activities for fiscal year 2014 under title III of division C 
     of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141) and chapter 51 of title 49, 
     United States Code; multiplied by
       (2) the Part-Year Ratio.
       (c) Use of Funds.--Funds authorized to be appropriated or 
     made available for obligation and expended under the 
     authority of this section shall be distributed, administered, 
     limited, and made available for obligation in the same manner 
     and at the same rate as funds authorized to be appropriated 
     or made available for fiscal year 2014 to carry out programs, 
     projects, activities, eligibilities, and requirements under 
     title III of division C of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141) and 
     chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code.

                      TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS

     SEC. 2001. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE 
                   AUTHORITY.

       (a) Highway Trust Fund.--Section 9503 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``October 1, 2014'' in subsections 
     (b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting ``December 20, 
     2014'', and
       (2) by striking ``MAP-21'' in subsections (c)(1) and (e)(3) 
     and inserting ``Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 
     2014''.
       (b) Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund.--Section 
     9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``MAP-21'' each place it appears in 
     subsection (b)(2) and inserting ``Highway and Transportation 
     Funding Act of 2014'', and
       (2) by striking ``October 1, 2014'' in subsection (d)(2) 
     and inserting ``December 20, 2014''.
       (c) Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.--Paragraph 
     (2) of section 9508(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     is amended by striking ``October 1, 2014'' and inserting 
     ``December 20, 2014''.

     SEC. 2002. FUNDING OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating 
     paragraph (5) as paragraph (7) and by inserting after 
     paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs:
       ``(A) $5,633,000,000 to the Highway Account (as defined in 
     subsection (e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund; and
       ``(B) $1,500,000,000 to the Mass Transit Account in the 
     Highway Trust Fund.
       ``(6) Additional increase in fund balance.--There is hereby 
     transferred to the Highway Account (as defined in subsection 
     (e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund amounts appropriated 
     from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund under 
     section 9508(c)(3).''.
       (b) Appropriation From Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
     Trust Fund.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 9508 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Additional transfer to highway trust fund.--Out of 
     amounts in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
     there is hereby appropriated $1,000,000,000 to be transferred 
     under section 9503(f)(6) to the Highway Account (as defined 
     in section 9503(e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 9508(c)(1) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
     ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''.

     SEC. 2003. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON RETURNS RELATING TO 
                   MORTGAGE INTEREST.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 6050H(b) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' 
     at the end of subparagraph (C), by redesignating subparagraph 
     (D) as subparagraph (I), and by inserting after subparagraph 
     (C) the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(D) the unpaid balance with respect to such mortgage at 
     the close of the calendar year,
       ``(E) the address of the property securing such mortgage,
       ``(F) information with respect to whether the mortgage is a 
     refinancing that occurred in such calendar year,
       ``(G) the amount of real estate taxes paid from an escrow 
     account with respect to the property securing such mortgage,
       ``(H) the date of the origination of such mortgage, and''.
       (b) Payee Statements.--Subsection (d) of section 6050H of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
     ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by striking the period 
     at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ``, and'', and by 
     inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) the information required to be included on the return 
     under subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) of subsection 
     (b)(2).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to returns and statements the due date for which 
     (determined without regard to extensions) is after December 
     31, 2015.

     SEC. 2004. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO MEET DUE DILIGENCE 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

       (a) In General.--Section 6695 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(h) Failure To Be Diligent in Determining Eligibility for 
     Child Tax Credit.--Any person who is a tax return preparer 
     with respect to any return or claim for refund who fails to 
     comply with due diligence requirements imposed by the 
     Secretary by regulations with respect to determining 
     eligibility for, or the amount of, the credit allowable by 
     section 24 shall pay a penalty of $500 for each such 
     failure.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2014.

     SEC. 2005. CLARIFICATION OF 6-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN 
                   CASE OF OVERSTATEMENT OF BASIS.

       (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 6501(e)(1) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i), by 
     redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii), and by inserting 
     after clause (i) the following new clause:
       ``(ii) An understatement of gross income by reason of an 
     overstatement of unrecovered cost or other basis is an 
     omission from gross income; and'',
       (2) by inserting ``(other than in the case of an 
     overstatement of unrecovered cost or other basis)'' in clause 
     (iii) (as so redesignated) after ``In determining the amount 
     omitted from gross income'', and
       (3) by inserting ``amount omitted from'' after 
     ``Determination of'' in the heading thereof.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to--
       (1) returns filed after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, and
       (2) returns filed on or before such date if the period 
     specified in section 6501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 (determined without regard to such amendments) for 
     assessment of the taxes with respect to which such return 
     relates has not expired as of such date.

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     SEC. 2006. 100 PERCENT CONTINUOUS LEVY ON PAYMENT TO MEDICARE 
                   PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERS.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 6331(h) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the 
     period at the end and inserting ``, or to a Medicare provider 
     or supplier under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to payments made on or after the date which is 6 
     months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 2007. MODIFICATION OF TAX EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   MUTUAL DITCH OR IRRIGATION COMPANIES.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (12) of section 501(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subparagraph:
       ``(I) Treatment of mutual ditch irrigation companies.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of a mutual ditch or 
     irrigation company or of a like organization to a mutual 
     ditch or irrigation company, subparagraph (A) shall be 
     applied without taking into account any income received or 
     accrued--

       ``(I) from the sale, lease, or exchange of fee or other 
     interests in real property, including interests in water,
       ``(II) from the sale or exchange of stock in a mutual ditch 
     or irrigation company (or in a like organization to a mutual 
     ditch or irrigation company) or contract rights for the 
     delivery or use of water, or
       ``(III) from the investment of proceeds from sales, leases, 
     or exchanges under subclauses (I) and (II),

     except that any income received under subclause (I), (II), or 
     (III) which is distributed or expended for expenses (other 
     than for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements) 
     of the mutual ditch or irrigation company or of the like 
     organization to a mutual ditch or irrigation company (as the 
     case may be) shall be treated as nonmember income in the year 
     in which it is distributed or expended. For purposes of the 
     preceding sentence, expenses (other than for operations, 
     maintenance, and capital improvements) include expenses for 
     the construction of conveyances designed to deliver water 
     outside of the system of the mutual ditch or irrigation 
     company or of the like organization.
       ``(ii) Treatment of organizational governance.--In the case 
     of a mutual ditch or irrigation company or of a like 
     organization to a mutual ditch or irrigation company, where 
     State law provides that such a company or organization may be 
     organized in a manner that permits voting on a basis which is 
     pro rata to share ownership on corporate governance matters, 
     subparagraph (A) shall be applied without taking into account 
     whether its member shareholders have one vote on corporate 
     governance matters per share held in the corporation. Nothing 
     in this clause shall be construed to create any inference 
     about the requirements of this subsection for companies or 
     organizations not included in this clause.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 2008. EQUALIZATION OF EXCISE TAX ON LIQUEFIED NATURAL 
                   GAS AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS.

       (a) Liquefied Petroleum Gas.--
       (1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4041(a)(2) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
     ``and'' at the end of clause (i), by redesignating clause 
     (ii) as clause (iii), and by inserting after clause (i) the 
     following new clause:
       ``(ii) in the case of liquefied petroleum gas, 18.3 cents 
     per energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline, and''.
       (2) Energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline.--Paragraph 
     (2) of section 4041(a) of such Code is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(C) Energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline.--For 
     purposes of this paragraph, the term `energy equivalent of a 
     gallon of gasoline' means, with respect to a liquefied 
     petroleum gas fuel, the amount of such fuel having a Btu 
     content of 115,400 (lower heating value).''.
       (b) Liquefied Natural Gas.--
       (1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4041(a)(2) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection 
     (a)(1), is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause 
     (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and 
     inserting ``, and' '' and by inserting after clause (iii) the 
     following new clause:
       ``(iv) in the case of liquefied natural gas, 24.3 cents per 
     energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel.''.
       (2) Energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel.--Paragraph (2) 
     of section 4041(a) of such Code, as amended by subsection 
     (a)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) Energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel.--For 
     purposes of this paragraph, the term `energy equivalent of a 
     gallon of diesel' means, with respect to a liquefied natural 
     gas fuel, the amount of such fuel having a Btu content of 
     128,700 (lower heating value).''.
       (3) Conforming amendments.--Section 4041(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated by 
     subsection (a)(1) and paragraph (1), is amended--
       (A) by striking ``liquefied natural gas,'', and
       (B) by striking ``peat), and'' and inserting ``peat) and''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to any sale or use of fuel after September 30, 
     2014.

     SEC. 2009. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.

       Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2023'' 
     and inserting ``January 7, 2024'', and
       (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``September 30, 
     2023'' and inserting ``January 7, 2024''.

                    TITLE III--BUDGETARY PROVISIONS

     SEC. 301. TREATMENT FOR PAYGO PURPOSES.

       (a) Paygo Scorecard.--The budgetary effects of this Act and 
     the amendments made by this Act shall not be entered on 
     either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 
     the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)).
       (b) Senate Paygo Scorecard.--The budgetary effects of this 
     Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be entered 
     on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 201 
     of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress).


                     Motion Offered by Mr. Shuster

  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion.
  The text of the motion is as follows:

       Mr. Shuster moves that the House disagree to the Senate 
     amendment to H.R. 5021.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 696, the motion 
shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure.
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster) and the gentleman from 
West Virginia (Mr. Rahall) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.


                             General Leave

  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous materials on this motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  We have an immediate, critical need to address the solvency of the 
trust fund and extend the current surface transportation law. If 
Congress fails to act, thousands of transportation projects and 
hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country will be at risk.
  Two weeks ago, the House acted and passed H.R. 5021, the Highway and 
Transportation Funding Act of 2014. This important legislation extends 
Federal surface transportation programs and ensures the solvency of the 
highway trust fund through May of 2015. It provides certainty.
  The House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 5021 with a bipartisan vote of 
367-55. Then we waited for the Senate to act. We continue to wait and 
wait. Then on Tuesday, the Senate finally acted. The Senate amended our 
bill to reduce funding for the highway trust fund and only extend 
surface transportation programs through December 19, 2014.
  The Senate approach is deeply flawed. First, the Senate proposal is 
not fully offset. It underfunds the highway trust fund by more than $2 
billion. Second, the Senate's shorter extension would guarantee a 
manufactured crisis in a lameduck session, when some might be inclined 
to play politics with these issues or use them as vehicles for 
unrelated policies that should be subject to the full and open debate 
they deserve.
  Today, the House is considering a motion to disagree with the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 5021 and send our original bill back to the Senate. I 
strongly support this motion. This course of action in no way precludes 
Congress from continuing to work on addressing a long-term funding 
solution and a long-term reauthorization bill, which remains a top 
priority for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind all persons in the 
gallery that they are here as guests of the House and that any 
manifestation of approval or disapproval of proceedings or other 
audible conversation is in violation of the rules of the House.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I look forward to working with my 
colleagues in the Senate on our shared goal of enacting a long-term 
surface transportation reauthorization bill. However, this approach is 
the responsible solution at this time. It ensures that we don't play 
politics with these programs and enables us to continue

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making improvements to our surface transportation system.
  I strongly urge all Members to support this motion. A vote against 
this motion is a vote to shut down these projects and programs and 
would put more than 6,000 projects and more than 700,000 jobs at risk.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, 2 weeks ago, I stood in this exact spot and urged 
passage of a highway trust fund patch as soon as possible to keep our 
surface transportation programs up and running.
  Now we stand at the edge of an enormous cliff with days--not weeks--
to go before the trust fund goes belly up and the Transportation 
Department starts rationing payments to States. We do not have the 
luxury of time to deliberate or trade further ideas. Congress needs to 
act now to enact a bill and avert an unnecessary crisis. That is why I 
support the motion before us today, but not because I think the House 
bill is a better approach.
  The Senate extended programs through December to keep the pressure on 
Congress to enact a long-term highway bill as soon as possible. I fully 
support this approach. Unfortunately, the Senate amendment contains a 
technical error. It does not fully offset the transfer to the highway 
trust fund, and the House Republican leadership has made clear that the 
House will not consider a highway bill that is not fully offset.
  With a single legislative day left to address this looming crisis, we 
need to ensure continued funding of roads, bridges, transit systems, 
and the safety of our travelers and passengers.
  Two weeks ago, House Democrats supported a shorter extension as an 
alternative to H.R. 5021.

                              {time}  1330

  This approach was rejected by House Republicans. Today, the House 
Republican leadership will not even allow us to vote on a fix to the 
technical error in the Senate amendment.
  The House bill and the Senate amendment both help States get through 
the remainder of this construction season, and they both provide the 
opportunity for Congress to come together on a bipartisan basis, which 
the chairman and I have done so well under his tenure and for which I 
commend him, and pass a long-term surface transportation law in a 
lameduck session.
  There is absolutely no reason that Congress cannot come together and 
complete a long-term highway bill this fall. I repeat the point I just 
made, that this legislation that we are acting on today does not 
preclude us from coming together in a lameduck session of Congress and 
doing what is necessary for the American people, and that is passing a 
long-term, robustly funded transportation bill that puts our people to 
work and repairs our decaying infrastructure.
  While I will vote for this motion today, it is not because the House 
approach is a better solution, but because it does provide the only 
path forward available to us to avert an immediate crisis and still 
allow the opportunity for Congress to do the right thing.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I am now pleased to yield 3 minutes to 
the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon).
  Mr. BUCSHON. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of this important 
motion.
  Last year, I was honored to be a conferee on MAP-21, and I am proud 
of the bill our conference committee produced. Our Nation's 
transportation projects are being completed faster, and States like my 
home State of Indiana received more Federal funding than they had in 
the past.
  With construction season under way, we need to ensure that every 
State can continue with their important summer construction projects. 
This legislation--this motion--is vital to keep thousands of Americans 
working to rebuild our aging infrastructure.
  Funding our Nation's infrastructure should not be a political issue. 
We all agree that we need a long-term solution to fund our Nation's 
crumbling infrastructure, but today we need to approve this motion.
  The proposal from our Senate colleagues contained an error in 
financing for their bill that only paid for funding through October, 
not December. The error came in over $2 billion short. Nobody plans 
even the smallest transportation project on a month-to-month basis, and 
we should not be providing funding on a month-to-month basis. The 
Senate bill is not a viable solution for our States.
  I met with Indiana Governor Mike Pence this morning, who reiterated 
to me how important it is to continue to provide long-term funding for 
every State. The House bill is the only proposal that gives every State 
the opportunity to adequately plan through this construction season and 
into the spring. The House bill is the only solution that is going to 
keep people working to rebuild our Nation's infrastructure.
  I thank Chairman Shuster for his strong leadership on this issue, and 
I urge all of my colleagues to support this motion.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 
distinguished ranking member on our Highways and Transit Subcommittee.
  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I thank my good friend, the ranking member 
of the full committee, for his work to try to get us a fully funded 
bill, that I am sure the chairman desired as well.
  But I must say, Madam Speaker, we have shored up the highway trust 
fund four times since 2008--four patches, this would be the fifth--
until May. Everyone knows what we are doing. We are setting ourselves 
up for another series of short-term extensions. We don't dare leave the 
trust fund insolvent--not us. But we don't have the guts to help our 
own States get on with urgently needed projects.
  Short-term funding is like no funding. Where is the dissent on this 
traditionally bipartisan bill, the highway bill. It is certainly not in 
the States. It is in the Republican Conference, where they have a 
crisis among some of their members who believe that spending money on 
anything is an original sin, even at the demand of their own 
constituents.
  Madam Speaker, I don't have the figures from my own district, so I 
give you some figures from the State of Arkansas, which I chose at 
random, to indicate what this bill means for the States. Arkansas 
relies for about 70 percent of its transportation funding on this bill. 
However, it has put off 15 projects, even with this bill coming. I am 
quoting from its Highway and Transportation Department:

       We don't feel comfortable going forward with these projects 
     because we are not sure if the highway trust fund will be 
     resolved in time to fully see these projects to completion.

  That is the position you are leaving the States in.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional minute to the 
gentlewoman.
  Ms. NORTON. An official from the American Road and Transportation 
Builders Association spoke about what this funding does. He said:

       If you have your money coming in on an almost annual or 
     every other year basis, subject to being shut down by 
     Congress, you cannot make long-term investments and hire 
     people.

  The tragedy of these patches is they have a human face: millions of 
construction workers now working on a piecework basis. The differences 
between the House and the Senate are easily reconcilable. The Senate 
passed their bill 79-18. What is wrong with this House? In the past, we 
would have gotten these differences resolved. There has been plenty of 
time since MAP-21. If 2 years has not been enough, what in the world do 
we think the next 8 or 9 months will mean? Time is not the problem; 
will is. Let's spend this time in the recess getting a long-term bill, 
as our States are demanding.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, it is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes 
to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin).
  Mr. MULLIN. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I stand in 
front of you today in support of H.R. 5021, the Highway Transportation 
and Funding Act.
  We, as a body, stand here all the time and we talk about creating 
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we need to do is create an atmosphere where jobs can thrive.
  If this bill for some reason doesn't pass, we are talking about 
putting over 700,000 jobs at risk. In Oklahoma alone, that is 200 
construction jobs at risk.
  We need time. Yes, this Congress, this body, every now and then we 
push things down the road, but we are truly trying to find a real 
solution. The Senate bill just didn't give us enough time. This will 
push it through May and allow us to look at a long-term funding 
solution.
  Now, either we are going to stand up as a whole and say, yes, this is 
our responsibility, yes, we are going to provide the industry 
confidence that this body is going to stay with them, or what we say 
when we are talking about creating jobs really doesn't mean anything.
  Look, we have an opportunity here to build confidence in construction 
workers and contractors that we depend on every day. We rely on them to 
get to and from work. When we go to our local stores, we depend on them 
to make sure the goods are delivered there. And are we going to 
continue bickering about it a little bit or are we going to stand up 
and say, let's make sure you are funded? Let's stand up and say, we 
support you, we are going to make sure that industry and the 700,000 
jobs that are there, we are going to make sure that you go to work 
tomorrow.
  Let's make sure that we stand together as a body and invest in our 
infrastructure.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, it is my honor to yield 4 minutes to the 
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), a former member of our powerful 
House Transportation Committee, who decided to go to the esteemed Ways 
and Means Committee.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy 
and his leadership.
  I listened to my friend from Oklahoma. I wish his leadership would 
listen to him to create an atmosphere of certainty and move forward.
  There is a reason why the stakeholders uniformly supported the Senate 
approach. The Senate approach said: Wait a minute, on a bipartisan 
basis--79 votes, 25 Republicans--we said we are not going to kick this 
into the next Congress, because that is where the crisis is going to 
be. You will be in the middle of a new Congress, who knows what the 
lineup is going to be in the House and the Senate, and Presidential 
elections, and you won't be giving the certainty to the industry that 
they are asking for.
  That is why construction trades, contractors, the AFL-CIO, Chamber of 
Commerce, the people who pave the roads, were uniformly supporting the 
Senate approach. They don't want to slide it into the next year.
  I serve on the Ways and Means Committee. I have been trying for now 
3\1/2\ years to get the Republicans who control the Ways and Means 
Committee to have a hearing on transportation finance. We have not had 
one in 3\1/2\ years. Now, that is the responsibility of the Ways and 
Means Committee. I left the T&I Committee hoping that I could help you 
in the pursuit of resources--3\1/2\ years, not a single hearing. My 
goodness. That is why we have had ever shorter reauthorizations. I 
don't count a 27-month bill as a reauthorization. And we had 21 short-
term extensions.
  Now, the House here, the Democrats uniformly said, let's get enough 
money to get us through the year and let's work together on the long-
term issues, maybe we can even have a hearing on finance. When our 
notion didn't pass--although it was supported by all but three of our 
colleagues on the Democratic side--when it didn't pass, we didn't pick 
up our marbles and go home. We provided enough votes, because the 
Republicans didn't have enough votes to pass it, we provided enough 
votes hoping that we could get something better coming back from the 
Senate, and we did get something better coming back from the Senate.
  There was a drafting error that we could pass a fix for in 14\1/2\ 
seconds on the floor of the House if we had the spirit of accommodation 
and followthrough, which my friend, the ranking member, has seen in his 
long years and has participated in. To try and advance it.
  But, no, what we have seen is people are going to turn their back, 
they are going to slide into the next Congress, and we are going to 
duck all the tough issues. We haven't heard anything that deals with 
how we are going to move forward. The T&I Committee doesn't have a 
bill.
  I would respectfully suggest that we ought to reject this motion, 
that, in fact, we ought not to reject what the Senate did. Let's work 
together. We can solve this in a matter of minutes if people are 
committed to doing so. We would be keeping faith with the people who 
build, who operate, and who rely upon the transportation systems in 
this country.
  We have a unique moment in history to be on the side of that vast 
nonpartisan coalition that wants us to do our job. I would respectfully 
request that we do it, and that we commit as a body that we are not 
going on vacation in August, we are not going to recess to campaign, 
and we won't recess for the year until we do our job for the American 
public.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, we have no further speakers, and I 
continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I am happy to yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), a valued member of our 
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the ranking member of 
the House Natural Resources Committee.
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Many years ago, I worked as a bicycle mechanic, so I know how to 
patch a tube. But if you get to the point where you can't see the tube 
anymore for the patches, then it is time for a new tube.
  Well, that is where we are at here today. We have had study after 
study that we are not even investing enough money in our infrastructure 
to bring it up to a state of good repair, let alone build a modern 21st 
century infrastructure.

                              {time}  1345

  We were the envy of the world with the Eisenhower program. We were 
the number one in infrastructure in the world. Where are we now? We are 
number 26. We are down there slugging it out with Third World 
countries, in terms of our infrastructure.
  140,000 bridges on the national highway system need repair or 
replacement. Forty percent of the national highway system is so 
deteriorated that it has to be totally replaced. You can't just patch 
it anymore. You just can't resurface anymore.
  Our transit agencies have a $70 billion backlog to bring their 
existing systems up to a state of good repair--not to build new transit 
options for Americans, no--just to bring what we have up to a state of 
good repair.
  Why are we here today? Because there are people on that side of the 
aisle who actually don't believe it is either the duty, obligation, or 
right of the Federal Government to invest in a national highway system, 
a national transportation system. They believe in devolution. Make the 
States do it.
  We tried that. In the 1950s, Kansas built a brand-new turnpike. It 
ended at the Oklahoma border because Oklahoma ran out of money, and 
they didn't build it until the Eisenhower bill went through.
  They want to go back to those good old days of the 1950s, when you 
couldn't even have roads that connected between States. That is nuts. 
It was bad in the middle of the last century, and it is nuts for the 
21st century.
  Are we just going to kick the can down the road again? If we pass 
this Republican proposal to continue the current anemic levels of 
funding until next May, that is not going to bring the States the 
certainty they need. It is not going to bring the industry the robust 
investment they need. It is not going to get us the jobs we need.
  Yes, we will limp along until next May, and then there will be 
incredible uncertainty about the next construction season. There won't 
be major new projects planned. Nothing will happen. We need to resolve 
that this year.
  We should stay here, as the gentleman from Oregon said, and resolve 
it this August. Five weeks, guys, and we can't get to this issue? Then 
you are going to kick it into next year? Better, at least, that we are 
confronted with it before the end of this year; then maybe we can get a 
robust funding source.
  Maybe we can make the investments we need. Maybe we could give the

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States the tools they need next construction season and the certainty 
they need next construction season to go forward.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman an additional 1 
minute.
  Mr. DeFAZIO. We just had a Standard & Poor's study. 29,000 jobs are 
created, and these are not just construction jobs. They are engineering 
jobs, technical jobs, and manufacturing jobs for the equipment that 
goes into this or the steel that goes into this. These are small 
business jobs with a small business set-aside.
  We are foregoing an incredible stimulus to our economy, putting 
hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work or at work, building us 
yet again toward a world-class infrastructure.
  It is just shameful this has been bipartisan forever. Washington, 
canals and highways; Lincoln, the transcontinental railroad; 
Eisenhower, the national highway system; and Ronald Reagan put transit 
into the national highway program--now, we are here limping along with 
yet another patch that isn't adequate, won't give us the recovery we 
need, and won't give us the transportation infrastructure we need to be 
competitive in the 21st century.
  It is a very sad day. We should reject this proposal and get to work.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, it is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes 
to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp), chairman of the Ways and 
Means Committee.
  Mr. CAMP. I thank the distinguished chairman for yielding.
  Madam Speaker, the House passed their version of highway funding more 
than 2 weeks ago. The Senate acted last night. Because of their rush, 
there was actually a drafting error in the Senate version of the 
highway bill that either creates a $2 billion hole in the deficit or 
only funds the program through early October.
  The House is not scheduled to be in session in October, so I would 
suggest to my friends that I think the best thing to do at this stage 
of the game is to accept this proposal and send the House bill back to 
the Senate, which does a couple of things: it certainly does not 
increase the deficit, as the Senate bill does, because of their 
mistake; but also, it gets us through May 31.
  I have committed to the distinguished gentleman on the other side 
that the Ways and Means Committee will have a hearing on transportation 
funding in September when we return, but this gives us the time to look 
at the competing proposals to finance our infrastructure.
  Those disagreements don't necessarily follow along partisan lines, as 
the previous speaker might have suggested. Not everybody agrees with 
the gas tax. Not everybody agrees with miles driven. Not everybody 
agrees with tolls. We are going to have to work through those 
alternatives and see what other proposals might be there to see where 
we can move forward.
  I believe we can move forward in a bipartisan way on this issue 
because our infrastructure needs--I would agree with the previous 
speaker--are dire. They are important. We do need to move forward on a 
long-term funding bill, but if we don't get past October and if we 
don't do this today, August 1 is the day the contracts start ending. I 
think that would be completely irresponsible to allow that to begin to 
occur.
  So let's have continuity in transportation projects and funding. 
Support the House bill. Send it back to the Senate. I am certain, given 
the mistake in their legislation, that will be accepted when it gets to 
the other side.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, I deeply appreciate the comments of my 
good friend, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, with whom I 
have enjoyed working for 8 years now on the committee. I appreciate his 
commitment that we will have a hearing on transportation finance in 
September. I welcome that.
  I absolutely agree that people are all over the map. Some people want 
to get us out of the transportation system on a Federal level--
devolution--some want more resources, some want just to limp along. I 
look forward to having that conversation, but I would just make three 
brief observations.
  One is that it is true we are not scheduled to be in business in 
October. I think that, frankly, is wrong. I don't think we should 
recess to campaign when there are all these questions about 
transportation, and we could roll up our sleeves and actually be doing 
something. I, for one, would be happy to be here in October, working to 
avoid a cliff next May.
  Second, there is a $2 billion drafting mistake on the part of the 
Senate. These things are not unforeseen or unexpected. We have had 
experience with them in the past. I am quite confident, in a matter of 
minutes, we could work with the Senate and put the right language in, 
and we would be able to avoid that problem.
  Finally, we were committed to solving the problem for stakeholders in 
business, labor, local governments, State, transits, environmentalists, 
equipment manufacturers, a whole range of people would be happy if we 
would sit down and be able to fix the modest little technical problem 
and embrace what all but three Democrats voted for 2 weeks ago and what 
79 Republicans and Democrats voted for in the Senate.
  I appreciate what I have heard, and I look forward to working with 
the gentleman to see what progress we can make. I volunteer to be here 
in October with him.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I 
continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I will conclude and yield myself the 
balance of my time.
  In closing, I would like to reiterate my strong support of this 
motion. It strips the Senate amendments to H.R. 5021 and sends our 
original bill back to the Senate, which we passed 367-55.
  Our bill is the responsible solution that ensures that we don't play 
politics with these programs and enables us to continue making 
improvement to our surface transportation system.
  This course of action in no way precludes Congress from continuing to 
work on addressing a long-term funding solution and a long-term 
reauthorization bill, which remains a top priority for the 
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
  I strongly urge all Members to support this motion. Let me be 
perfectly clear: a vote against this motion is a vote to shut down 
surface transportation projects and programs. The American people 
deserve better than that, and we can do better than that.
  I urge all my colleagues to join me in support of this motion, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Madam Speaker, Surface Transportation Programs 
are too critical to our economy to become a political issue. The short-
term Highway Trust Fund extension that the House is voting on today 
will keep workers on the job this summer and fall fixing our bridges, 
operating our transit systems and making our highways safer.
  Unfortunately, we're already behind the 8 Ball in preparing for 
surface reauthorization and have some serious work to do in deciding 
how we are going to fund the future of transportation in this country.
  Developing a bill based on strong policy is always the best way to 
write legislation, but the most critical part of developing this next 
reauthorization bill is clearly finding a way to pay for it. Without 
that everything else is just talk.
  As we prepare for reauthorization of MAP-21 we need to get serious 
about funding our nation's transportation system. We can't continue to 
provide grossly inadequate funding for our nation's infrastructure. 
We're failing to keep pace with our international competitors who are 
investing heavily in infrastructure, particularly rail infrastructure 
to move people, goods, and services in their countries. I agree we need 
to squeeze out every bit of efficiency we can through improved 
technology and innovation, but we are kidding ourselves if we don't 
think it will take a significant investment in our nation's 
infrastructure to truly solve the congestion problems we are facing.
  The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee needs to take the 
bull by the horns and decide how we are going to fund all forms of 
transportation for the future. Our committee needs to have all possible 
options on the table to address our current shortfalls. The American 
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nation infrastructure a D grade. That is unacceptable for the greatest 
country in the world.
  Transportation and Infrastructure funding is absolutely critical to 
the nation, and, if properly funded, serves as a tremendous economic 
and job creator. In fact, Department of Transportation (DOT) statistics 
show that for every $1 billion invested in transportation 
infrastructure, 44,000 jobs are created, as is $6.2 billion in economic 
activity.
  So, as the Transportation & Infrastructure committee prepares the 
next transportation reauthorization bill, I hope we can develop a long 
term bill with dedicated funding source for all modes of transportation 
so we can improve our nation's infrastructure, create jobs and improve 
the economy, and provide new and innovative transportation options for 
the traveling public.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 696, the previous question is ordered.
  The question is on the motion by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Shuster).
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on adoption of the motion to disagree to the Senate 
amendment will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the question on 
agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the Journal, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 272, 
nays 150, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 473]

                               YEAS--272

     Aderholt
     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barber
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barrow (GA)
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bentivolio
     Bera (CA)
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bridenstine
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                               NAYS--150

     Bass
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     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Grayson
     Green, Al
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     Gutierrez
     Hahn
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     Himes
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     Hoyer
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     Israel
     Jackson Lee
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     Johnson, E. B.
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     Meeks
     Meng
     Miller, George
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     Negrete McLeod
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     Pocan
     Polis
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     Sanchez, Linda T.
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     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Cantor
     DesJarlais
     Dingell
     Ellison
     Hanabusa
     Jeffries
     Kelly (IL)
     Nunnelee
     Pompeo
     Scott (VA)

                              {time}  1424

  Messrs. ISRAEL, SERRANO, and OWENS changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  Messrs. HURT, SCHNEIDER, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, and Mr. POSEY changed their 
vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 473, had I been 
present, I would have voted ``no.''

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