Highway Trust Fund Commission Act of 2003
Latest action · Nov 17, 2003 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Highway Trust Fund Commission Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a National Commission on Future Revenue Sources to Support the Highway Trust Fund to investigate and recommend alternatives to replace the fuel tax as the principal revenue source to support the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) over at least the next 30 years. Directs the Commission to consider: (1) the ability to generate sufficient revenues to meet anticipated long term surface transportation financing needs; (2) the roles of the various levels of government and the private sector; (3) administrative costs; (4) potential taxpayer privacy concerns; (5) likely technological advances; (6) alternative transportation vehicles, including alternative-fueled vehicles; (7) the equity and economic efficiency of each option; (8) the flexibility of different options to allow various pricing alternatives to be implemented; and (9) potential compatibility issues with States' tax mechanisms.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 8, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Mark R. Kennedy | Dec 8, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2003Introduced in House
- Nov 17, 2003Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Nov 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Excise tax
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal-state relations
- Gasoline
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Highway finance
- Highway use tax
- Motor vehicles
- Natural gas vehicles
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State finance
- State taxation
- Taxation
- Taxpayers
- Technological innovations
- Transportation and Public Works
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