Download or read book Surface Transportation Program Reauthorization Issues for Congress written by Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112-141), a two-year authorization of federal spending on highway and public transportation programs, surface transportation safety and research, and some rail programs, was set to expire September 30, 2014. The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-159), enacted on August 8, 2014, extended the authorization of the programs and expenditure authority of the highway trust fund through May 31, 2015. The legislation also transfers $10.765 billion to the highway trust fund (HTF), with $9.765 billion from the general fund and $1 billion from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) fund. Nearly all the funding for highways and most of the funding for public transportation is drawn from the HTF. However, the motor fuel taxes that are the main source of HTF revenue no longer raise enough money to support the programs Congress has authorized. Congressional Budget Office projections indicate that the shortfall between revenues and outlays will average roughly $15 billion annually from FY2015 through FY2020. MAP-21 made up most of the difference between motor fuel tax revenue and spending authorization by transferring money from the Treasury general fund to the HTF. As Congress considers surface transportation reauthorization, the funding shortfall is the major issue framing the debate. The alternatives will involve choices among raising motor fuels taxes, cutting spending, finding other revenue sources for the HTF, approving further transfers from the general fund, and seeking to increase private investment in surface transportation infrastructure. MAP-21 made major changes in the program structure for both highways and public transportation. Some of the changes were designed to increase program efficiency by requiring performance measurement and streamlining project development. As these changes are recent, their effectiveness may be difficult to evaluate.
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Download or read book Surface Transportation Program Reauthorization Issues for the 112th Congress written by William Mallett and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Transportation Program Reauthorization Issues for the 112th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by Kenneth M. Mead and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Transportation Program Reauthorization Issues for the 111th Congress written by John Werner Fischer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure Issues for Congressional Consideration During Reauthorization of Surface Transportation Programs Statement of Kenneth M Mead Director Transportation Issues Resources Community and Economic Development Division Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate written by K. M. Mead and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of Surface Transportation Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 2548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Post interstate Surface Transportation Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO discussed highway and highway safety reauthorization issues, focusing on the proposed Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. GAO noted that: (1) the proposed funding would increase overall surface transportation purchasing power; (2) it was unclear whether the funding increases would actually be realized, given the anticipated competition between transportation and other federal discretionary spending; (3) the bill would allow several states to more easily absorb significant reductions in the federal share for most highway projects; (4) the bill set a higher federal share for preservation than for capacity enhancement activities, and required development of interstate preservation standards; (5) states could use tolls on federal-aid highways to increase available funds for highway construction and maintenance; (6) the bill proposed that the Department of Transportation (DOT) adopt a level-of-services (LOS) methodology to identify bridges eligible for federal aid, but the methodology did not allow for varying magnitudes of deficiency; (7) a proposed intermodal investment strategy would address congestion and clean air goals; (8) metropolitan planning organizations' experience in programming highway funds varied significantly, as did their organizational structures and public support; and (9) the bill emphasized use and enforcement of motorcycle helmet and automobile safety belt laws.
Download or read book Stakeholder Proposals for the Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Transportation Program Reauthorization written by Kenneth DeJarnette and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Issues for Surface Transportation Authorization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
