[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5604-S5605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2181. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Cornyn) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 
proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to 
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and 
transit programs, and for other purposes; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle E of title I of division A, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 115__. HIGHWAY COST ALLOCATION STUDY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with 
     State departments of transportation, shall carry out a 
     highway cost allocation study to determine the direct costs 
     of highway use by various types of users.
       (b) Inclusions.--The study under subsection (a) shall 
     include an examination of--
       (1) the Federal costs occasioned in the design, 
     construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of Federal-aid 
     highways by--
       (A) the use of vehicles of different dimensions, weights, 
     number of axles, and other specifications; and
       (B) the frequency of those vehicles in the traffic stream;
       (2) the safety-, emissions-, congestion-, and noise-related 
     costs of highway use by various types of users, and other 
     costs as determined by the Secretary; and
       (3) the proportionate share of the costs described in 
     paragraph (1) that are attributable to each class of highway 
     users.
       (c) Requirements.--In carrying out the study under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall--

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       (1) ensure that the study examines only direct costs of 
     highway use;
       (2) capture the various driving conditions in different 
     geographic areas of the United States;
       (3) to the maximum extent practicable, distinguish between 
     costs directly occasioned by a highway user class and costs 
     occasioned by all highway user classes; and
       (4) compare the costs occasioned by various highway user 
     classes with the user fee revenue contributed to the Highway 
     Trust Fund by those highway user classes.
       (d) Reports.--
       (1) Interim reports.--Not less frequently than annually 
     during the period during which the Secretary is carrying out 
     the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 
     Congress an interim report on the progress of the study.
       (2) Final report.--On completion of the study under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
     final report on the results of the study, including the 
     recommendations under subsection (e).
       (e) Recommendations.--On completion of the study under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, shall develop recommendations for 
     a set of revenue options to fully cover the costs occasioned 
     by highway users, including recommendations for--
       (1) changes to existing revenue streams; and
       (2) new revenue streams based on user fees.
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