S3786-119

In Committee

Balance the Highway Trust Fund Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 5, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Balance the Highway Trust Fund Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Finance, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idF06E3B5DA8D7415A91819688108FB353: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Balance the Highway Trust Fund Act.
  • Section idA8204B87246149CDA499B7B706B64C85: 2. Obligation limitation Subject to subsection (d) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each fiscal year, the obligations for Federal-aid...
  • Section idF1C3083FBC6A467690D7CE77FB3A1428: 3. Obligation limitation Section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f)Obligation limitationNotwithstanding...
  • Section id0AB5D98441114210BD16A923F5A5E0DD: 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect October 1, 2027.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Balance the Highway Trust Fund Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Finance, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Balance the Highway Trust Fund Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Finance Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 5, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …

Feb 5, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 5, 2026

Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Finance Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation

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