S 1446 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

State Transportation Flexibility Act

Introduced Jul 28, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Coburn R-OK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 28, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 28, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

State Transportation Flexibility Act - Allows a state to elect not to participate in the federal-aid highway program, including any federal highway program under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), beginning in FY2011, to carry out a direct federal-aid highway program to permit a state legislature, at least 90 days before the beginning of a fiscal year, to elect to: (1) waive the state's right to receive apportioned or allocated funds under the federal-aid highway program, and (2) receive a prorated amount of taxes appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund (other than for the Mass Transit Account) which are attributable to highway users in the state. Requires a pro rata reduction of such tax-equivalent amount in order to fund contract authority for programs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

Requires the state making an election to: (1) agree to maintain the Interstate System in accordance with the current Interstate System program; (2) submit a plan describing the purposes, projects, and uses to which such amounts will be put and the federal-aid highway programmatic requirements the state elects to continue; and (3) agree to obligate program amounts exclusively for projects that would be eligible for surface transportation program funding.

Directs the Secretary to carry out a similar alternative funding program for public transportation programs.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 28, 2011.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-LADavid VitterOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-SCJim DeMintOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-AZJon KylOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-UTMike LeeOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-KYRand PaulOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-OHRob PortmanOriginalJul 28, 2011
R-GASaxby ChamblissOriginalJul 28, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 28, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 28, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 252Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2011Related billFeb 1, 2011
HR 632Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2011Related billFeb 11, 2011
HR 1585State Highway Flexibility ActRelated billApr 18, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

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  1. Jul 28, 2011Introduced in Senate

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