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Federal Surface Transportation Funding

Federal Surface Transportation Funding. SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization Meeting August 8, 2007. Legislative Process. Authorization Acts Appropriation Acts Contract Authority Obligation Authority. Authorization.

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Federal Surface Transportation Funding

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  1. Federal Surface Transportation Funding SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization Meeting August 8, 2007

  2. Legislative Process • Authorization Acts • Appropriation Acts • Contract Authority • Obligation Authority

  3. Authorization • Statutory provision that establishes or continues a federal agency, program, or activity for a fixed or indefinite period of time. • The first authorization act was the Federal-Aid Road Act of 1916. • Shape and define policy and programs • Set upper funding limits for each program • Not a spending bill – shapes policy and programs

  4. Appropriation • Need to have an authorization before you can appropriate • Appropriates the funds that can actually be used by the program • Appropriation can be less than authorization amount • Appropriation cannot be more than what was authorized.

  5. Contract Authority • Authorized amounts become available for obligation without an appropriation • Gives states advance notice of size of the program at the time of the authorization act • Appropriations act is necessary to pay the obligations under contract authority

  6. Obligation Limitation • Enables coverage of the highway program under the annual federal budgeting process • Congress can limit funding and subsequent payments to states • Distributed among states based on multi-step process in law • Usually expires at the end of each year

  7. Highway Trust Fund • Created by the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 • Established to ensure a dependable source of funding for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways • Originally user fees where set to expire in 1972. • Other Authorization Acts have extended expiration of user fees • SAFETEA-LU extended through September 30, 2009

  8. Highway Trust FundTaxes and Collection • It was created as a user supported fund. • Were originally intended for financing highways • HTF now has two accounts • Highways • Mass Transit

  9. User Fee Structure • Motor Fuel Taxes • Gas/ Gasohol (18.4 cents/ gallon) • Diesel (24.4 cents/ gallon) • Special Fuels • General (18.4 cents/ gallon) • Liquefied Petroleum gas (13.6 cents/ gallon) • Liquefied Natural gas (11.9 cents/ gallon) • M85 (9.24 cents/ gallon) • Compressed Natural Gas (48.54 cents/thousand cubic ft)

  10. Federal Gas Tax Breakdown 18.4 cents gas tax • 0.1 cent: Leaking Underground Storage Tank Fund • 15.44 cents: Highway Account • 2.86 cents: Mass Transit Account

  11. Funding: Federal Federal HTF – Highway Program: • 5.1% is Off the Top for USDOT • .9% is allocated to the Discretionary Program, earmarked annually by appropriators • Majority of Discretionary Program funding earmarked in SAFETEA-LU • Remaining 94% allocated by formula to states per minimum rate of return of 92.5% • 8.1% of Formula Funds earmarked (over 6,000 earmarks, compared to 1850 inTEA-21) • Of the $380 million Colorado receives annually in formula funding, $40 million is earmarked Federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) Formula Earmarks Highway Program Discretionary Off the Top State DOT Formula Funds

  12. Federal Highway Programs • National Highway System (NHS): Provides funding for improvements to rural and urban roads that are part of the NHS. • Interstate Maintenance (IM): Provides funding for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing most routes on the interstate system • Surface Transportation Program (STP): Provides flexible funding that may be used by the states and locals for projects on any Federal-aid highway, bridge projects on public roads, transit capital projects, and intracity and intercity bus terminals and facilities.

  13. Federal Highway Programs • STP Allocated: • 10% set aside for Enhancement Program • 62% of remaining amount after Enhancement takedown is divided among sub-state areas based on population • Bridge: Provides funds to assist the States in improving the condition of their bridges through replacement, rehabilitation, and systematic prevention maintenance.

  14. Federal Highway Programs • Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ): Provided to fund projects and programs in air quality non-attainment and maintenance areas for ozone, carbon monoxide, and PM-10 which reduce transportation related emissions. • Federal Lands Highways (FLHP): Provides funding for a coordinated program of public roads and transit facilities serving Federal and Indian lands.

  15. Federal Highway Programs • Metropolitan Planning: One and one fourth percent of the annual appropriation for the Federal Highway Program is reserved for Metropolitan Planning. This 1.25% is apportioned to each state by formula based upon each state’s urbanized area population. The funds are distributed to the MPOs in the state by formula agreed to by the State and the MPOs. • State Planning and Research (SPR): 2% of the annual apportionment for the state must be used by the state for planning and research purposes. At least ½ of 1% of the funds must be used for research.

  16. Federal Highway Programs • Highway Safety Improvement Program: Provides funding for states to address their safety needs. • High Priority Projects (HPP): Provides designated funding for specific projects identified by Congress. • Discretionary Programs: If funds are available, FHWA solicits for candidates and selects projects for funding based on specific eligibility and criteria.

  17. Federal Highway Programs • Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program: Provides funding to expedite safe and efficient vehicle and cargo movement at or across the land border between the U.S. and Canada or U.S. and Mexico. • Projects of National and Regional Significance (PNRS): Provides funding for those programs that have relevance and produce benefits at a national or regional level.

  18. Federal Highway Programs • Equity Bonus: Provides funding to states based on equity considerations. • Includes minimum rate of return on contributions to the Trust Fund • Includes minimum increase relative to the average dollar amount of apportionments under TEA-21 • Relative rate of return • 90.5% for FY 2005 and FY 2006 • 91.5% for FY 2007 • 92% for FY 2008 and 2009

  19. FY2008 Colorado Federal Highway Funds ($423.9 million)

  20. FY2008 Colorado Federal Highway Funds ($423.9 million) (cont.)

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