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[CITE: 23USC105]

 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
                     CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 105. Minimum guarantee

    (a) General Rule.--For each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the 
Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts sufficient to ensure 
that each State's percentage of the total apportionments for such fiscal 
year of Interstate maintenance, national highway system, bridge, 
congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface 
transportation, metropolitan planning, minimum guarantee, high priority 
projects, Appalachian development highway system, and recreational 
trails programs shall equal the percentage listed for each State in 
subsection (b). The minimum amount allocated to a State under this 
section for a fiscal year shall be $1,000,000.
    (b) State Percentages.--The percentage for each State referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be determined in accordance with the following 
table:


                         States:                            Percentage

  Alabama...............................................          2.0269
  Alaska................................................          1.1915
  Arizona...............................................          1.5581
  Arkansas..............................................          1.3214
  California............................................          9.1962
  Colorado..............................................          1.1673
  Connecticut...........................................          1.5186
  Delaware..............................................          0.4424
  District of Columbia..................................          0.3956
  Florida...............................................          4.6176
  Georgia...............................................          3.5104
  Hawaii................................................          0.5177
  Idaho.................................................          0.7718
  Illinois..............................................          3.3819
  Indiana...............................................          2.3588
  Iowa..................................................          1.2020
  Kansas................................................          1.1717
  Kentucky..............................................          1.7365
  Louisiana.............................................          1.5900
  Maine.................................................          0.5263
  Maryland..............................................          1.5087
  Massachusetts.........................................          1.8638
  Michigan..............................................          3.1535
  Minnesota.............................................          1.4993
  Mississippi...........................................          1.2186
  Missouri..............................................          2.3615
  Montana...............................................          0.9929
  Nebraska..............................................          0.7768
  Nevada................................................          0.7248
  New Hampshire.........................................          0.5163
  New Jersey............................................          2.5816
  New Mexico............................................          0.9884
  New York..............................................          5.1628
  North Carolina........................................          2.8298
  North Dakota..........................................          0.6553
  Ohio..................................................          3.4257
  Oklahoma..............................................          1.5419
  Oregon................................................          1.2183
  Pennsylvania..........................................          4.9887
  Rhode Island..........................................          0.5958
  South Carolina........................................          1.5910
  South Dakota..........................................          0.7149
  Tennessee.............................................          2.2646
  Texas.................................................          7.2131
  Utah..................................................          0.7831
  Vermont...............................................          0.4573
  Virginia..............................................          2.5627
  Washington............................................          1.7875
  West Virginia.........................................          1.1319
  Wisconsin.............................................          1.9916
  Wyoming...............................................          0.6951


    (c) Treatment of Funds.--
        (1) Programmatic distribution.--The Secretary shall apportion 
    the amounts made available under this section that exceed 
    $2,800,000,000 so that the amount apportioned to each State under 
    this paragraph for each program referred to in subsection (a) (other 
    than metropolitan planning, minimum guarantee, high priority 
    projects, Appalachian development highway system, and recreational 
    trails programs) is equal to the amount determined by multiplying 
    the amount to be apportioned under this paragraph by the ratio 
    that--
            (A) the amount of funds apportioned to each State for each 
        program referred to in subsection (a) (other than metropolitan 
        planning, minimum guarantee, high priority projects, Appalachian 
        development highway system, and recreational trails programs) 
        for a fiscal year; bears to
            (B) the total amount of funds apportioned to each State for 
        such program for such fiscal year.

        (2) Remaining distribution.--The Secretary shall administer the 
    remainder of funds made available under this section to the States 
    in accordance with section 104(b)(3); except that requirements of 
    paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 133(d) shall not apply to 
    amounts administered pursuant to this paragraph.

    (d) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated out of 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 
1998 through 2003.
    (e) Special Rule.--If in any of fiscal years 1999 through 2003, the 
amount authorized under subsection (d) is more than 30 percent higher 
than the amount authorized under subsection (d) in fiscal year 1998, the 
Secretary shall use the apportionment factors under sections 104 and 144 
as in effect on the date of enactment of this section.
    (f) Guarantee of 90.5 Return.--
        (1) In general.--Before making any apportionment under this 
    title for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003, the Secretary, 
    subject to paragraph (2), shall adjust the percentages in the table 
    in subsection (b) to reflect the estimated percentage of estimated 
    tax payments attributable to highway users in each State paid into 
    the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the 
    latest fiscal year for which data is available, to ensure that no 
    State's percentage return from such Trust Fund is less than 90.5 
    percent.
        (2) Eligibility threshold for initial adjustment.--The Secretary 
    may make an adjustment under paragraph (1) for a State for a fiscal 
    year only if the State's percentage return from the Highway Trust 
    Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the table in 
    subsection (b) was equal to 90.5 percent.
        (3) Conforming adjustments.--After making any adjustments under 
    paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall proportionately 
    adjust the remaining percentages in the table in subsection (b) to 
    ensure that the total of the percentages in the table is equal to 
    100 percent for such fiscal year.
        (4) Limitation on adjustments.--After making any adjustments 
    under paragraph (3) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall determine 
    whether or not any State's percentage return from the Highway Trust 
    Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) is less than 90.5 percent 
    as a result of such adjustments and shall adjust the percentages in 
    the table for such fiscal year accordingly. Adjustments of the 
    percentages in the table under this paragraph may not result in the 
    total of such percentages exceeding 100 percent.

(Pub. L. 85-767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 86-624, 
Sec. 17(b), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 415; Pub. L. 89-564, title II, 
Sec. 206, Sept. 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 91-605, title I, 
Secs. 106(d), 132, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1717, 1732; Pub. L. 93-87, 
title I, Sec. 109(b), Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 255; Pub. L. 95-599, title 
I, Secs. 111, 112, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2696; Pub. L. 97-424, title I, 
Sec. 109(a), Jan. 6, 1983, 96 Stat. 2104; Pub. L. 102-240, title I, 
Sec. 1105(g)(7), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2036; Pub. L. 105-178, title 
I, Sec. 1104(a), (c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 127; Pub. L. 105-206, 
title IX, Sec. 9002(d), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 835.)

                       References in Text

    The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (e), 
probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 105-178, which amended 
this section generally and was approved June 9, 1998.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-178 amended section catchline and text generally, 
substituting provisions relating to minimum guarantee to each State of 
funds apportioned under chapter for provisions relating to programs to 
be submitted by State highway departments for approval by Secretary for 
utilization of funds apportioned under chapter.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(1), as added by Pub. L. 
105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted at end ``The minimum amount allocated to 
a State under this section for a fiscal year shall be $1,000,000.''
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(2), as added by Pub. 
L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), struck out ``50 percent of'' after ``shall 
apportion'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(3), as added by 
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``(other than metropolitan 
planning, minimum guarantee, high priority projects, Appalachian 
development highway system, and recreational trails programs)'' after 
``subsection (a)''.
    Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(4), as added by 
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), substituted ``each State'' for ``all 
States''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(5), as added by Pub. 
L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), substituted ``administer'' for ``apportion'' 
and ``administered'' for ``apportioned''.
    Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(A), as added by 
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``percentage'' before 
``return''.
    Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(A), (B), as added 
by Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``percentage'' before 
``return'' and substituted ``in the table in subsection (b) was equal 
to'' for ``for the preceding fiscal year was equal to or less than''.
    Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(C), as added by 
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``proportionately'' before 
``adjust'', struck out ``set forth'' before ``in subsection (b)'', and 
substituted ``is equal to'' for ``do not exceed''.
    Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(A), as added by 
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``percentage'' before 
``return''.
    1991--Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 102-240 added subsec. (k).
    1983--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97-424 added subsec. (h).
    1978--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-599, Sec. 111, inserted provision 
relating to selection of program projects after consultation with local 
officials in situations where public roads and highways are under 
control and supervision of State highway departments.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95-599, Sec. 112, substituted ``public 
airports, public ports for water transportation, new town communities, 
and new town-intown communities,'' for ``public airports and public 
ports for water transportation,''.
    1973--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-87 substituted ``projects be selected 
by the appropriate local officials with the concurrence of the State 
highway department of each State and, in urbanized areas, also in 
accordance with the planning process required pursuant to section 134 of 
this title'', for ``projects be selected by the appropriate local 
officials and the State highway department in cooperation with each 
other''.
    1970--Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 91-605, Sec. 106(d), added 
subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), 
respectively.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 91-605, Sec. 132, added subsec. (g).
    1966--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89-564 added subsec. (e).
    1960--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 86-624 repealed subsec. (e) which 
required the Secretary, in approving programs in Hawaii, to give 
preference to such projects as will expedite the completion of highways 
for the national defense or which will connect seaports with units of 
the national parks.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 effective simultaneously with enactment 
of Pub. L. 105-178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105-178 at 
time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105-178, as in effect on 
day before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105-
206 to be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105-206, 
set out as a note under section 101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-240 effective Dec. 18, 1991, and applicable 
to funds authorized to be appropriated or made available after Sept. 30, 
1991, and, with certain exceptions, not applicable to funds appropriated 
or made available on or before Sept. 30, 1991, see section 1100 of Pub. 
L. 102-240, set out as a note under section 104 of this title.


                        Acceleration of Projects

    Section 129 of Pub. L. 97-424 provided that: ``The Secretary of 
Transportation shall by rule or regulation establish, as soon as 
practicable, alternative methods for processing projects under title 23, 
United States Code, so as to reduce the time required from the request 
for project approval through the completion of construction. In carrying 
out this section the Secretary shall utilize the knowledge and 
experience resulting from the demonstration project authorized by and 
carried out under section 141 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976 
[Pub. L. 94-280, title I, Sec. 141, May 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 444, set out 
as a note under section 124 of this title].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 104, 117, 131, 140, 150 of 
this title.
