[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.
[[Page H7170]]
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.
[[Page H7171]]
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.
[[Page H7172]]
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
[[Page H7173]]
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
jobs. What
[[Page H7174]]
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
[[Page H7175]]
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
Society of Civil Engineers has given our
[[Page H7176]]
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
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
Diaz-Balart
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Enyart
Esty
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
Kilmer
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
Maffei
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Posey
Price (GA)
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ruiz
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schneider
Schock
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shea-Porter
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Veasey
Vela
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NAYS--150
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
Deutch
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Grayson
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings (FL)
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kennedy
Kildee
Kind
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Matheson
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
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.''
____________________