HR 6532 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance.

Introduced Jul 17, 2008 Originated House Became Public Law 110-318 Sponsor Charles B. Rangel D-NY

Latest action · Sep 15, 2008 Became Public Law No: 110-318.

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.

IntroducedJul 17, 2008
Passed HouseJul 23, 2008
Passed SenateSep 10, 2008
To the PresidentSep 11, 2008
Became lawSep 15, 2008Public Law 110-318

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 10, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to transfer from the Treasury $8.017 billion to the Highway Trust Fund.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 587	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amendment	Passed376–29	Sep 11, 2008

House 518	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed387–37	Jul 23, 2008

Cosponsors 109

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2008 to Jul 23, 2008; 70 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-WA	Brian Baird	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-PA	Jason Altmire	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-NY	John J. Hall	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-FL	John L. Mica	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CO	John T. Salazar	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CA	Laura Richardson	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-OK	Mary Fallin	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-KS	Nancy E. Boyda	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-NH	Paul W. Hodes	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-NC	Robin Hayes	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-MO	Russ Carnahan	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-WI	Steve Kagen	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Jul 17, 2008
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-OH	Zachary T. Space	Original	Jul 17, 2008
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Jul 22, 2008
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Jul 22, 2008
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Jul 22, 2008
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 22, 2008
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson		Jul 22, 2008
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Jul 22, 2008
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Jul 22, 2008
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jul 22, 2008
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jul 22, 2008
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Jul 22, 2008
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 22, 2008
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jul 22, 2008
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 22, 2008
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Jul 22, 2008
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		Jul 22, 2008
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jul 22, 2008
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jul 22, 2008
R-MO	Kenny C. Hulshof		Jul 22, 2008
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Jul 22, 2008
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jul 22, 2008
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Jul 22, 2008
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jul 22, 2008
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jul 22, 2008
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jul 22, 2008
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 22, 2008
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Jul 22, 2008
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jul 22, 2008
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Jul 22, 2008
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jul 22, 2008
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Jul 22, 2008
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jul 22, 2008
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jul 22, 2008
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Jul 22, 2008
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Jul 23, 2008
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jul 23, 2008
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Jul 23, 2008
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Jul 23, 2008
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Jul 23, 2008
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 23, 2008

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 17, 2008
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Jul 24, 2008Discharged Sep 10, 2008

Actions 23

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 15, 2008Signed by President.
Sep 15, 2008Became Public Law No: 110-318.
Sep 11, 2008Mr. Lewis (GA) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H8039-8043, H8045)
Sep 11, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6532.
Sep 11, 2008At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

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In the Congressional Record 5

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H8039–H8043Amendments H8039Recorded votes H8045Senate amendment	Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Don Young R-AK, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, James L. Oberstar D-MN, Jeb Hensarling R-TX, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Jerry Moran R-KS, John L. Mica R-FL, John Lewis D-GA, Nancy E. Boyda D-KS, Sam Johnson R-TX, Scott Garrett R-NJ	Sep 11, 2008
Senate	Debate and remarks S8225, S8226, S8230, S8256–S8264Text printed S8263Amendments S8257	Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Barbara Boxer D-CA, Harry Reid D-NV, James M. Inhofe R-OK, Jim DeMint R-SC, Judd Gregg R-NH, Max Baucus D-MT (amendment), Patty Murray D-WA, Tom Coburn R-OK	Sep 10, 2008
House · Senate	Debate and remarks H7859, S8152–S8155, S8163	Barbara Boxer D-CA, Harry Reid D-NV, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Patty Murray D-WA	Sep 9, 2008
Senate	Debate and remarks S8110–S8113	Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Barbara Boxer D-CA, Harry Reid D-NV, Judd Gregg R-NH, Patty Murray D-WA, Richard J. Durbin D-IL	Sep 8, 2008
House	Debate and remarks H6833–H6838Text printed H6833Recorded votes H6854permit	Candice S. Miller R-MI, Christopher Shays R-CT, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Earl Pomeroy D-ND, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, James L. Oberstar D-MN, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Jerry F. Costello D-IL, Jerry Moran R-KS, Jim McCrery R-LA, John J. Duncan, Jr. R-TN, John L. Mica R-FL, John Lewis D-GA, Mark Kirk R-IL, Nancy E. Boyda D-KS, Paul D. Ryan R-WI, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR	Jul 23, 2008

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Sep 19, 2008H.R. 6532, An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 11, 2008, and signed by the President on September 15, 2008</p>
Sep 19, 2008H.R. 6532, An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balanceDirect spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 11, 2008, and signed by the President on September 15, 2008

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 110-1263	IMPROVING THE FEDERAL BRIDGE PROGRAM: INCLUDING AN ASSESSMENT OF S. 3338 AND H.R. 3999215 pages	Environment and Public Works Committee	Sep 10, 2008
Serial No. 110-108	ECONOMIC STIMULUS FOR SMALL BUSINESS: A LOOK BACK AND ASSESSING NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF70 pages	Small Business Committee	Jul 24, 2008

CRS reports 15

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 15

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R48845	Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Federal Highway Programs	Report	Sep 8, 2026
R47573	Funding and Financing Highways and Public Transportation Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)	Report	Apr 14, 2026
R48472	The Highway Trust Fund’s Highway Account	Report	Jun 3, 2025
R47042	Terrorism Risk Insurance: Overview and Issue Analysis	Report	Mar 8, 2022
R45350	Funding and Financing Highways and Public Transportation Archived	Report	May 11, 2020

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Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
SA 5427	To change the date of restoration.	Max Baucus D-MT	Amendment SA 5427 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 6447	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance.	Related bill	Jul 9, 2008

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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