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Highway Funding: The Federal Highway Administration's Funding Apportionment Model

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 5, 1997
Report No. RCED-97-159
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Summary:

The legislation that authorized $155 billion through 1997 for surface transportation programs is due for reauthorization. As part of the reauthorization debate, several proposals have been made to alter the existing formula by which federal-aid highway money is apportioned to the states. To make effective policy decisions, Congress needs accurate estimates of funding under the various proposals. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed and is operating, with the help of a contractor, a new apportionment model to estimate the expected distribution of federal funds under the various proposals. This report examines whether the model matches the current highway funding formula and whether it is adaptable to various reauthorization proposals.

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