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Status of the Highway Trust Fund

The actual receipts, outlays and balances will be posted each month shortly after month-end as the information becomes available.

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Line chart showing a comparison of the Highway Account Balances for Fiscal Years 2010 through May 2013 (FY 2013). Data is available in Table FE-1 below.

PDF: Highway Account Balance Chart

Status of the Highway Trust Fund - Fiscal Year 2013

HPLS-10 Table FE-1
  October
2012
November
2012
December
2012
January
2013
February
2013
March
2013
April
2013
May
2013
June
2013
July
2013
August
2013
September
2013
Fiscal Year
to Date
Percent Change
from Prior Year
Highway Account                            
Opening Balance $9,730,745,098 $5,697,093,037 $12,078,908,265 $11,665,786,520 $12,019,585,033 $11,986,626,470 $11,585,551,627 $11,846,532,728         $9,730,745,098 -32.1%
Receipts:                          
Net Tax Receipts 382,874,000 3,565,234,000 3,097,764,000 2,875,972,000 2,743,611,000 2,019,776,111 2,748,349,000 2,773,589,000         20,207,169,111 -11.0%
Interest Income 535,446 784,027 453,007 425,147 578,044 654,483 441,892 180,726         4,052,772 47.6%
Other Receipts 1/ 1,859,597 6,201,229,445 1,701,771 1,495,896 1,179,908 2,174,137 1,443,461 1,620,831         6,212,705,047 7311.4%
Total Receipts 385,269,043 9,767,247,472 3,099,918,778 2,877,893,043 2,745,368,952 2,022,604,731 2,750,234,353 2,775,390,558         26,423,926,930 15.9%
Transfers:                            
To Mass Transit Account - - 40,114,864 - 253,000,000 - - -         293,114,864 -57.0%
From Mass Transit Account - 3,104,198 1,427,098 201,170 2,006,627 5,873,959 11,038,500 3,389,533         27,041,085 216.8%
Outlays 4,418,921,103 3,388,536,442 3,474,352,757 2,524,295,700 2,527,334,142 2,429,553,533 2,500,291,753 3,247,159,106         24,510,444,537 3.4%
Closing Balance 5,697,093,037 12,078,908,265 11,665,786,520 12,019,585,033 11,986,626,470 11,585,551,627 11,846,532,728 11,378,153,712         11,378,153,712 -10.6%
Mass Transit Account                            
Opening Balance 5,194,284,212 4,714,382,062 4,632,626,728 4,309,031,155 4,170,532,796 4,315,007,569 3,985,657,047 3,683,549,573         5,194,284,212 -29.0%
Receipts                            
Net Tax Receipts 53,516,000 529,937,000 460,551,000 427,590,000 410,984,000 283,978,158 411,624,000 414,611,000         2,992,791,158 -7.6%
Interest Income 364,453 384,804 153,018 145,291 175,360 196,431 127,049 52,724         1,599,130 18.0%
Other Receipts - - - - - - - -         - 0.0%
Total Receipts 53,880,453 530,321,804 460,704,018 427,735,291 411,159,360 284,174,589 411,751,049 414,663,724         2,994,390,288 -7.6%
Transfers                            
To Highway Account - 3,104,198 1,427,098 201,170 2,006,627 5,873,959 11,038,500 3,389,533         27,041,085 216.8%
From Highway Account - - 40,114,864 - 253,000,000 - - -         293,114,864 -57.0%
Outlays 533,782,602 608,972,940 822,987,357 566,032,480 517,677,960 607,651,152 702,820,022 590,644,252         4,950,568,766 -4.7%
Closing Balance $4,714,382,062 $4,632,626,728 $ 4,309,031,155 $ 4,170,532,796 $ 4,315,007,569 $3,985,657,047 $3,683,549,573 $3,504,179,512         $3,504,179,512 -42.0%

1/ Includes a transfer of $6.2 billion from the General Fund in November pursuant to section 40251 of P.L. 112-141.

PDF: Table FE-1

Should a situation occur where FHWA cannot fully reimburse States, the agency may take some or all of the following actions:

These are some of the possible actions FHWA might take in the event of a cash shortfall.  The specific actions would depend on the exact nature of the shortfall.

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