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

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9/15/2008--Public Law. (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.

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S.Amdt.5427	Pass	To change the date of restoration.

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July 17, 2008		July 23, 2008		September 10, 2008		September 15, 2008		September 15, 2008

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September 11, 2008Roll call number 587 in the House
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amendment: H R 6532 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 2/3 (66%)	Percentage of 'aye' votes: 86%	Result: Passed

Date	Chamber	Question	Aye	Nay	Result
September 11, 2008	House	H.R.6532 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amendment: H R 6532 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance	376	29	Passed	See Vote
July 23, 2008	House	H.R.6532 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H R 6532 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance	387	37	Passed	See Vote

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Enacted on Sep 15, 2008. Became Public Law No: 110-318.
Signed on Sep 15, 2008.
Sep 11, 2008: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 29 (Roll no. 587).
Sep 11, 2008: At 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.
Sep 11, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6532.
Sep 11, 2008: Mr. Lewis (GA) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment.
Sep 11, 2008. Presented to President.
Sep 10, 2008: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Sep 10, 2008: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Passed by Voice Vote in the Senate on Sep 10, 2008. Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Sep 10, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 10, 2008. Cleared for White House.
Jul 24, 2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Passed roll in the House on Jul 23, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 387 - 37 (Roll no. 518).
Jul 23, 2008: Considered as unfinished business.
Jul 23, 2008: At 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.
Jul 23, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6532.
Jul 23, 2008: Mr. Lewis (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 23, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
Introduced on Jul 17, 2008.
Jul 17, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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September 16, 2008 NAM commends Senate for restoring Highway Trust Fund.

... consensus reached by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) to move HR 6532 forward: Last night, ...

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September 15, 2008 House passes Senate-approved legislation to restore Highway Trust Fund

Last week, the House approved the Senate's version of HR 6532 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance. ...

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September 13, 2008 Rahall secures deal for Kermit waste project

Continuing his mission to seek funding for West Virginiaâs transportation projects, Rahall helped lead final passage Thursday of HR 6532, the Highway Trust ...

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January 05, 2009 Transportation news: Federal commission is calling for significant ...

And in October the U.S. House of Representatives signed off on H.R. 6532, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) Restoration Act, which was officially signed into law by President George W. Bush, to transfer of more than $8 billion from the ...

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December 29, 2008 It is time to pay attention to Americaâs backbone - Fort Worth ...

The recently signed H.R. 6532, an $8 billion investment into the federal Highway Trust Fund, rescued the fund from bankruptcy and is expected to last just a year. As of 2005, poor road conditions cost U.S. motorists $67 ...

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December 26, 2008 Senate approves money transfer to highway fund | The San Diego ...

The voice vote on the bill, HR 6532, came five days after Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said the trust fund would be out of money by the end of the month and urged Congress to approve the $8 billion replenishment bill that the ...

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