Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part II
Latest action · Apr 30, 2004 Became Public Law No: 108-224.
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.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2004
- Passed HouseApr 28, 2004
- Passed SenateApr 29, 2004
- To the PresidentApr 30, 2004
- Became lawApr 30, 2004
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part II - Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through June 30, 2004, authorizations for Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and Federal transit programs.
(Sec. 2) Extends the off-system bridge set-aside through June 30, 2004.
Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to extend to June 30, 2004, certain advanced authorizations from the Highway Trust Fund.
Revises the amount of obligation limitation that is to be distributed by the Secretary of Transportation.
Sets a cap upon the total amount of obligation authority distributed through June 30, 2004.
Prohibits a State from obligating after June 30, 2004, any funds for any Federal-aid highway program project until the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway program.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to make specified funds available from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for administrative expenses of the Federal-aid highway program for FY 2004.
(Sec. 4) Amends TEA-21 to extend through June, 30, 2004, the authorization of appropriations under TEA-21 for: (1) Federal lands highways (Indian reservation roads, public lands highways, park roads and parkways, and refuge roads); (2) national corridor planning and development and coordinated border infrastructure programs; (3) construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities (including set-asides for such projects that are a part of the National Highway System in Alaska, New Jersey, and Washington State); (4) the national scenic byways program; (5) the value pricing pilot program; (6) highway use tax evasion projects; (7) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Highway Program; (8) safety grants; (9) the transportation and community and system preservation pilot program; (10) transportation infrastructure finance and innovation; (11) surface transportation research; (12) the technology deployment program; (13) training and education; (14) the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (15) Intermodal Transportation System standards, research, operational tests, development, and deployment; (16) university transportation research; (17) metropolitan planning; (18) the Territories of Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (19) the Alaska highway program; (20) Operation Lifesaver; (21) the bridge discretionary program; (22) interstate maintenance; (23) recreational trails administrative costs; and (24) railway-highway crossing hazard elimination in high speed rail corridors.
Extends through June 30, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for skills training and on-the-job training to implement a specified nondiscrimination program.
(Sec. 5) Extends through June 30, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for highway safety programs, including: (1) seat belt safety incentive grants; and (2) prevention of intoxicated driver incentive grants.
(Sec. 6) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend funding for the National Outreach and Communications Program through June 30, 2004. Extends through the same date the authorization of apportionments for qualified projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 1972.
Amends Federal maritime law to increase the authorization of appropriations for personnel and activities expenses of the Coast Guard directly related to the national recreational boating safety program.
(Sec. 7) Extends through June 30, 2004, the authorization of allocations and apportionments for Federal transit programs, including: (1) fixed guideway modernization (earmarking amounts to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities); (2) formula grants (earmarking amounts for the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations, bus and bus facilities grants, transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, financial assistance for urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas, and intercity, fixed route over-the-road bus service); (3) capital programs; (4) planning; (5) research (earmarking amounts for rural transportation assistance, transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, and national planning and research programs), including university transportation research; (6) carrying out certain administrative provisions by the Secretary of Transportation; (7) the job access and reverse commute program; (8) the rural transportation accessibility incentive program; (9) urbanized area formula grants; (10) the fuel cell bus and bus facilities program; (11) the advanced technology pilot project; (12) projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing systems; and (13) the New Jersey urban core project.
(Sec. 8) Amends TEA-21 to extend through June 30, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration programs, including: (1) certain highway safety programs; (2) highway safety research and development (R&D); (3) occupant protection incentive grants; (4) alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grants; and (5) the National Driver Register.
(Sec. 9) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through June 30, 2004, the authorization of appropriations for: (1) administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (2) the motor carrier safety assistance program; (3) information systems and commercial driver's license grants; and (4) continuation of a crash causation study.
(Sec. 10) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until July 1, 2004, the authorization for the use of the HTF and the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, including the sport fish restoration account and the boat safety account.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 134 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed410–0 | Apr 28, 2004 |
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 27, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Apr 27, 2004 |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Apr 27, 2004 |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Original | Apr 27, 2004 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2004Became Public Law No: 108-224.
- Apr 30, 2004Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Apr 30, 2004Presented to President.
- Apr 30, 2004Signed by President.
- Apr 29, 2004Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4717)
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3550 | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2004 | Text similarities | Jul 22, 2004 |
| HR 4635 | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III | Related bill | Jun 30, 2004 |
| HR 4864 | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV | Related bill | Jul 27, 2004 |
| HR 4916 | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV | Related bill | Jul 30, 2004 |
| HR 5183 | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V | Text similarities | Sep 30, 2004 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Alaska
- American Samoa
- Animals
- Authorization
- Boats and boating
- Boundaries
- Bridges
- Bus drivers
- Canada
- Coast guard
- Commuting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Department of Transportation
- Disabled
- Driver licenses
- Drug abuse
- Drunk driving
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Excise tax
- Federal aid to air pollution control
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Fishing
- Fishing boats
- Fuel cells
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government statistics
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Guam
- Higher education
- Highway finance
- Highway maintenance
- Highway use tax
- Housing and Community Development
- Indian lands
- Information networks
- Infrastructure
- Intermodal transportation
- Interstate highway system
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Light rail transit
- Limited access highways
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Mass rapid transit
- Metropolitan areas
- Mexico
- Minorities
- Motor buses
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Motor vehicle safety
- National parks
- Native Americans
- New Jersey
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Passenger ships
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Puerto Rico
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Road construction
- Scenic byways
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Seat belts
- Shipbuilding
- Ships
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Subways
- Tax evasion
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Terminals (Transportation)
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Traffic congestion
- Traffic engineering
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation and the aged
- Transportation and the disabled
- Transportation engineering
- Transportation planning
- Transportation research
- Truck drivers
- Trucking
- Trucks
- Urban affairs
- Urban transportation
- Virgin Islands
- Washington State
- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
- Waste disposal in the ocean
- Water Resources Development
- Wildlife refuges
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