Highway Funding Transferability Improvement Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill allows states to transfer a larger share of their federal highway funding between different highway programs. Currently, states can transfer up to 50% of funds; this bill increases that limit to 75%, giving states more flexibility in how they allocate federal transportation dollars.
Who Benefits and How
State transportation departments benefit by gaining greater flexibility to redirect federal highway funds to projects they consider higher priority. This could help states that have changing transportation needs or project delays in one category but ready-to-go projects in another.
Who Bears the Burden and How
There are no direct new costs or restrictions imposed by this bill. However, some federal highway programs could see reduced funding in certain states if transfers shift money away from them. Federal oversight of highway spending becomes somewhat more complex with increased transfer allowances.
Key Provisions
- Increases Federal-aid highway fund transferability from 50% to 75%
- Applies to Section 126(a) of Title 23, United States Code
- Gives states more discretion in allocating federal transportation funding
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Increases the percentage of Federal-aid highway funds that states can transfer between highway programs from 50% to 75%.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Infrastructure
Primary Purpose
Increases the percentage of Federal-aid highway funds that states can transfer between highway programs from 50% to 75%.
Policy Domains
Highway Funding Transferability Improvement Act
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- State transportation departments
- State governments
- Highway construction industry
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal Highway Administration (reduced oversight authority)
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Ms. Hageman (for herself and Ms. Titus) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
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