U.S. Congress - S.2823 Transportation Empowerment Act
S.2823 - Transportation Empowerment Act
A bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Transportation Empowerment Act as introduced.
- Official: A bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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4/7/2008--Introduced.Transportation Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the interstate maintenance program, emergency relief, the interstate bridge program, the federal lands highways program, highway safety programs, surface transportation rOfficial Summary
4/7/2008--Introduced.Transportation Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the interstate maintenance program, emergency relief, the interstate bridge program, the federal lands highways program, highway safety programs, surface transportation research, and certain administrative expenses. Authorizes a state, upon determining that excess funds have been made available, to transfer the excess funds to, and use them for, any surface transportation purpose (including mass transit and rail) in the state. Revises requirements regarding state apportionments under the interstate maintenance component for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Prohibits any restriction on the ability of a state, as part of any highway improvement project, to impose and collect a toll on any highway that is part of the Interstate System. Allows a state to use revenue collected from such toll only for a new highway infrastructure project in the state. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to:
(1) extend, for five years, the availability of HTF funds for certain authorized expenditures;
(2) set a core programs financing rate for gasoline, special motor fuels, kerosene, and diesel fuel;
(3) establish in the HTF an Infrastructure Special Assistance Fund; and
(4) provide for the return of excess tax receipts to states for transportation purposes. Grants consent to states to enter into interstate compacts to establish infrastructure banks to invest in the construction of surface transportation projects. Amends the IRC to reduce taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, and special fuels funding the HTF.
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Wishinâ And Hopinâ :: FITSNews
We need to show support for S.2823 a bill introduced by Jim DeMint that would (over a 5 year period) send the federal gas tax money back to the states for roads etc.This would cut out some of the blackmail goodies the feds like to use ...
Congress Undermines America's Infrastructure by Looting the ...
One such proposalâSenator Jim DeMint's (RâS.C.) Transportation Empowerment Act (S.2823)âwould do just that by "turning back" the highway program and its source of revenues to the states. Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D., is Herbert and Joy
Congress Undermines America's Infrastructure by Looting the ...
One such proposalâSenator Jim DeMint's (RâS.C.) Transportation Empowerment Act (S.2823)âwould do just that by "turning back" the highway program and its source of revenues to the states. ...
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