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Latest Action: 09/05/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using Federal funds. 9/5/2007--Introduced. Prohibits, with a specified exception, the imposition or collection of a toll on any portion of a federal highway facility: (1) that is in existence upon enactment of this Act; and (2) on which no toll is imposed or collected under a tolling provision on such enactment.
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using Federal funds. 9/10/2007--Introduced. Prohibits, with a specified exception, the imposition or collection of a toll on any portion of a federal highway facility: (1) that is in existence upon enactment of this Act; and (2) on which no toll is imposed or collected under a tolling provision on such enactment.
Also tagged in: Budgets, California, Federal aid to transportation, Highway finance, Infrastructure, Interstate highway system, Road construction, Traffic congestion, Traffic engineering, Transportation, Trucking, Trucks
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out certain transportation projects in the State of California to relieve congestion on State Route 91. 2/14/2007--Introduced. California State Route 91 Congestion Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out certain transportation projects to relieve congestion on State Route 91, California. Sets the federal share of project costs at 80%.
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Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 231 (Roll no. 1101). (consideration: CR H13903) Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 9/12/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation, including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Maritime Administration; (10) the Pipeline and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Excise tax, Federal-state relations, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Interstate highway system, State and local government, Taxation, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance, Transportation, User charges
Latest Action: 07/31/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on State revenues from tolls first imposed during calendar year 2009, on Federally-financed interstate highways. 7/31/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on state revenues from tolls first imposed during 2009 for the use of any federal-aid interstate highway. Makes such tax revenues available to the Secretary of Labor for use in carrying out the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974.
Latest Action: 10/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo prohibit the collection of tolls on highways, bridges, and tunnels constructed using Federal funds. 10/10/2007--Introduced. Toll Road Prohibition Act of 2007 - Prohibits a toll from being collected on highways, bridges, or tunnels that have been constructed with federal funds unless such funds (including reasonable interest) are repaid to the United States from non-federal sources.
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Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes. 4/7/2008--Introduced. Transportation Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the interstate maintenance program, emergency relief, the interstate bridge program, the federal lands highways program, highway safety programs, surface transportation research, and certain administrative expenses. Authorizes a state, upon determining that excess funds have been made available, to transfer the excess funds to, and use them for, any surface transportation purpose (including mass transit and rail) in the state. Revises requirements regarding state apportionments under the interstate maintenance component for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Prohibits any restriction on the ability of a state, as part of any highway improvement project, to impose [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of certain tolls on existing high occupancy vehicles. 5/8/2008--Introduced. Free Way Act of 2008 - Prohibits a state from collecting a toll from an operator of a high occupany vehicle (HOV) that was permitted to use a HOV lane in the state at no cost before December 31, 2007. (Currently, a state is allowed to collect a toll from any operator of a HOV vehicle that uses an HOV lane in the state.)
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Latest Action: 05/09/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of certain tolls on existing high occupancy vehicles. 5/8/2008--Introduced. Free Way Act of 2008 - Prohibits a state from collecting a toll from an operator of a high occupany vehicle (HOV) that was permitted to use a HOV lane in the state at no cost before December 31, 2007. (Currently, a state is allowed to collect a toll from any operator of a HOV vehicle that uses an HOV lane in the state.)
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Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes. 4/7/2008--Introduced. Transportation Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the interstate maintenance program, emergency relief, the interstate bridge program, the federal lands highways program, highway safety programs, surface transportation research, and certain administrative expenses. Authorizes a state, upon determining that excess funds have been made available, to transfer the excess funds to, and use them for, any surface transportation purpose (including mass transit and rail) in the state. Revises requirements regarding state apportionments under the interstate maintenance component for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Prohibits any restriction on the ability of a state, as part of any highway improvement project, to impose [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo prohibit the collection of tolls on highways, bridges, and tunnels constructed using Federal funds. 10/10/2007--Introduced. Toll Road Prohibition Act of 2007 - Prohibits a toll from being collected on highways, bridges, or tunnels that have been constructed with federal funds unless such funds (including reasonable interest) are repaid to the United States from non-federal sources.
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using Federal funds. 9/10/2007--Introduced. Prohibits, with a specified exception, the imposition or collection of a toll on any portion of a federal highway facility: (1) that is in existence upon enactment of this Act; and (2) on which no toll is imposed or collected under a tolling provision on such enactment.
Latest Action: 09/05/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using Federal funds. 9/5/2007--Introduced. Prohibits, with a specified exception, the imposition or collection of a toll on any portion of a federal highway facility: (1) that is in existence upon enactment of this Act; and (2) on which no toll is imposed or collected under a tolling provision on such enactment.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Excise tax, Federal-state relations, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Interstate highway system, State and local government, Taxation, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance, Transportation, User charges
Latest Action: 07/31/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on State revenues from tolls first imposed during calendar year 2009, on Federally-financed interstate highways. 7/31/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on state revenues from tolls first imposed during 2009 for the use of any federal-aid interstate highway. Makes such tax revenues available to the Secretary of Labor for use in carrying out the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974.
Also tagged in: Access to airports, Accident insurance, Administrative fees, Age and employment, Aged, Agriculture, AIDS (Disease), Air traffic, Air traffic control, Air travel, Aircraft pilots, Airline employees, Airline passenger traffic, Airports, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alien labor, Apartment houses, Appropriations, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Architecture and the disabled, Armed forces, Authorization, Aviation accidents, Aviation safety, Avionics, Block grants, Boundaries, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Buy American, California, Capital investments, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Coal, Colonias, Community development, Condominium (Housing), Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Cooperative housing, Cost accounting, Criminal justice, Defense policy, Delaware, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, Disabled, District of Columbia, Education, Electronic government information, Eminent domain, Employee rights, Energy, Energy conservation, Environmental protection, Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Fair housing, Families, Federal aid to housing, Federal aid to transportation, Federal employees, Federal home loan banks, Federal Maritime Commission, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Flight training, Fraud, Government contractors, Government corporations, Government employees, Government information, Government National Mortgage Association, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government securities, Government travel, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Higher education, Highway finance, Home equity conversion, Home ownership, Homeless, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing finance, Housing for the aged, Housing for the disabled, Housing management, Housing subsidies, Illegal aliens, Illinois, Immigration, Income tax, Indian housing, Indians, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Inspectors general, Interstate highway system, Iowa, Job training, Labor, Landlord and tenant, Latin America, Law, Lead, Leases, Legal services, Liability (Law), Lighting, Local laws, Low-income housing, Lumber trade, Marine resources, Marine transportation, Maryland, Mass rapid transit, Medical care, Medicine, Methane, Metropolitan areas, Mexico, Military personnel, Minorities, Mississippi, Mortgage banks, Mortgage guaranty insurance, Mortgage interest rates, Motor buses, Motor vehicle registration, Motor vehicle safety, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), National Transportation Safety Board, Natural resources, Navigational aids (Aeronautics), Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Nonprofit organizations, North Carolina, Pedestrians, Pennsylvania, Physical examinations, Pipelines, Policy sciences, Politics and government, Prosecution, Public contracts, Public housing, Public utility rates, Radar, Railroad commuting traffic, Railroad engineering, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroads, Recycling of waste products, Refuse and refuse disposal, Relocation, Rental housing, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Rescission of appropriated funds, Research and development facilities, Residential rehabilitation, Retirement age, Right of privacy, Road construction, Rural affairs, Safety measures, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Salaries, Science policy, Secondary mortgage market, Social services, Solid wastes, State and local government, Stocks, Student aid, Students, Subsidies, Subways, Tax evasion, Tax returns, Taxation, Technological innovations, Technology, Terminals (Transportation), Terrorism, Texas, Trade, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Transportation of hazardous substances, Transportation research, Transportation safety, Travel costs, Trucking, Trucks, Tunnels, Urban affairs, Urban transportation, User charges, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Waste in government spending, Weather forecasting, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wheat
Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 231 (Roll no. 1101). (consideration: CR H13903) Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 9/12/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation, including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Maritime Administration; (10) the Pipeline and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, California, Federal aid to transportation, Highway finance, Infrastructure, Interstate highway system, Road construction, Traffic congestion, Traffic engineering, Transportation, Trucking, Trucks
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out certain transportation projects in the State of California to relieve congestion on State Route 91. 2/14/2007--Introduced. California State Route 91 Congestion Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out certain transportation projects to relieve congestion on State Route 91, California. Sets the federal share of project costs at 80%.
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