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Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
(Sec. 1) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reduce the amount apportioned for a surface transportation program, project, or activity for FY2015 by amounts apportioned or allocated under the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 for the period from October 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
TITLE I--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION
Subtitle A--Federal-Aid Highways
(Sec. 1001) Amends the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 to continue from October 1, 2014, through July 31, 2015, and authorizes appropriations through that period for, specified federal-aid highway programs under:
the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21),
SAFETEA-LU,
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21),
Subjects funding for such programs generally to the same manner of distribution, administration, limitation, and availability for obligation, but at a specified pro rata of the total amount, as funds authorized for appropriation out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for such programs and activities for FY2014.
Amends the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to authorize appropriations out of the general fund of the Treasury for the Tribal High Priority Projects program for the same period.
Prescribes an obligation ceiling of $33,528,284,932 for federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for the same period.
(Sec. 1002) Authorizes appropriations from the HTF (other than the Mass Transit Account) for administrative expenses of the federal-aid highway program for the same period.
Subtitle B--Extension of Highway Safety Programs
(Sec. 1101) Amends MAP-21 to extend for the same period the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs, including:
highway safety research and development,
May 19, 2015Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMay 19, 2015
House May 19, 2015 · the primary vote
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
Passed
387 Yea 35 Nay 9 not voting · 1 present
Crossed both parties 35 of 422 voting members broke with their own party: 23 Democrats, 12 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2353 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
NHTSA administrative expenses.
Amends SAFETEA-LU to extend for the same period high-visibility traffic safety law enforcement campaigns under the High Visibility Enforcement Program.
Sets aside a specified amount of the total apportionment to states for highway safety programs for a cooperative program to research and evaluate priority highway safety countermeasures for the same period.
(Sec. 1102) Extends for the same period the authorization of appropriations for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) programs, including:
motor carrier safety grants,
FMCSA administrative expenses,
FMCSA outreach and education, and
(Sec. 1103) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to continue, for the same period, the authorized distribution of funds for coastal wetlands, recreational boating safety, projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 19921, boating infrastructure projects, and the National Outreach and Communications Program.
Subtitle C--Public Transportation Programs
(Sec. 1201) Extends for the same period the apportionment of nonurbanized (rural) area formula grants for competitive grants and formula grants for public transportation on Indian reservations.
(Sec. 1202) Extends the apportionment of urbanized area formula grants for passenger ferry projects for the same period.
(Sec. 1203) Extends for the same period the authorization of appropriations from the HTF Mass Transit Account for:
formula grants for public transportation, including allocations for specified projects;
(Sec. 1204) Allocates, for the same period, certain amounts to states and territories for formula bus and bus facilities grants.
Subtitle D--Hazardous Materials
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes appropriations for the same period for hazardous materials (hazmat) transportation safety projects.
Authorizes the Secretary to make certain expenditures, including an amount for hazmat training grants, from the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund for the same period.
TITLE II--REVENUE PROVISIONS
(Sec. 2001) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through July 31, 2015, the authority for expenditures from: (1) the HTF Highway and Mass Transit Accounts, (2) the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and (3) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2353 as public Law on May 29, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
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