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Surface Transportation Funding and Infrastructure Challenges (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Aug. 11, 2015
Report Number IF10025
Report Type In Focus
Authors Robert S. Kirk, William J. Mallett
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Surface transportation reauthorization acts fund federal highway and public transportation programs. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112-141), which originally expired September 31, 2014, has been extended through May 31, 2015, by the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-159). The most salient issue for the 114th Congress will be funding and the solvency of the highway trust fund (HTF). The extension bill transferred $10.8 billion into the HTF to prevent a funding shortfall. More money will be needed if Congress wishes to continue the highway and public transportation programs at their current levels. MAP-21 made major changes in these programs, many of which have yet to be fully implemented. This may limit Congress’s desire to make further major changes at this time.