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This directive was canceled August 14, 2015.

Notice
Subject
Sequestration of Highway Funds for the Period Beginning on October 1, 2014, and Ending on July 31, 2015
Classification Code Date Office of Primary Interest
N 4510.785 June 3, 2015 HCFB-10

  1. What is the purpose of this Notice? This Notice is to notify the States of the portion of National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) funds impacted by the sequestration order issued on March 10, 2014.

  2. Does this Notice cancel FHWA Notice 4510.779? Yes, this Notice cancels FHWA Notice N4510.779, Sequestration of Highway Funds for the Period Beginning on October 1, 2014, and Ending on May 31, 2015, dated October 1, 2014. The revision to the Notice is required due to the further extension of the Federal-aid highway program under the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Public Law (Pub. L) 114-21.

  3. What is the basis of the sequestration of these funds?

    1. The sequestration of funds is required pursuant to sections 251A and 256(k) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (BBEDCA), as amended, sections 901a and 906(k)(6) of title 2, United States Code (U.S.C.). The order, which the President issued in accordance with the BBEDCA, requires that budgetary resources in each non-exempt budget account be reduced by the amount calculated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its report to Congress on March 10, 2014, entitled OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2015 (sequestration report).

    2. NHPP funds are authorized for the period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on July 31, 2015, pursuant to the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, Pub. L. 113-159, as amended by the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015. Pursuant to the sequestration report, those NHPP funds that are exempt from the obligation limitation are subject to the sequestration at a rate of 7.3 percent. Therefore, the $532,208,219 in NHPP funds exempt from obligation limitation available for the period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on July 31, 2015, is reduced by a total of $38,851,200.

  4. How is the amount of NHPP funds sequestered for each State determined? The total sequester amount of $38,851,200 is distributed among the States in the same proportions as the funds subject to sequester were apportioned to the States for the period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on July 31, 2015. Each State’s portion of the total amount to be sequestered is shown in the attached table.

  5. What other highway funds are subject to the sequestration? Pursuant to the sequestration report, the $100,000,000 in emergency relief funds authorized from the Highway Trust Fund in 23 U.S.C. 125 is subject to the sequestration at a rate of 7.3 percent ($7,300,000 sequester amount).

  6. What actions are required? Division Administrators should ensure that this Notice is provided to the State departments of transportation.

 

Signature: Gregory G. Nadeau, Acting Administrator

Gregory G. Nadeau
Acting Administrator

Attachment

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

SEQUESTRATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM (NHPP) FUNDS
EXEMPT FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION PURSUANT TO THE BALANCED BUDGET
AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT, AS AMENDED, 2 U.S.C. 901a, 2 U.S.C. 906(k)(6),
FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 2014, AND ENDING ON JULY 31, 2015

State Pre-Sequestration
NHPP Exempt Funds
Sequestered
NHPP Exempt Funds
Post-Sequestration
NHPP Exempt Funds
Alabama $10,865,939 $793,214 $10,072,725
Alaska 6,875,756 $501,930 $6,373,826
Arizona 9,818,469 $716,748 $9,101,721
Arkansas 7,352,274 $536,716 $6,815,558
California 45,867,279 $3,348,311 $42,518,968
Colorado 7,094,719 $517,915 $6,576,804
Connecticut 6,600,791 $481,858 $6,118,933
Delaware 2,268,742 $165,618 $2,103,124
Dist. of Col. 2,152,195 $157,110 $1,995,085
Florida 27,169,727 $1,983,390 $25,186,337
Georgia 17,721,630 $1,293,679 $16,427,951
Hawaii 2,288,571 $167,066 $2,121,505
Idaho 3,960,953 $289,150 $3,671,803
Illinois 18,854,991 $1,376,414 $17,478,577
Indiana 13,130,882 $958,554 $12,172,328
Iowa 6,979,804 $509,526 $6,470,278
Kansas 5,348,199 $390,419 $4,957,780
Kentucky 9,462,299 $690,748 $8,771,551
Louisiana 10,017,183 $731,254 $9,285,929
Maine 2,513,985 $183,521 $2,330,464
Maryland 7,865,307 $574,167 $7,291,140
Massachusetts 7,781,718 $568,065 $7,213,653
Michigan 14,110,337 $1,030,055 $13,080,282
Minnesota 8,971,817 $654,943 $8,316,874
Mississippi 6,870,957 $501,580 $6,369,377
Missouri 13,397,395 $978,010 $12,419,385
Montana 5,742,484 $419,201 $5,323,283
Nebraska 4,042,712 $295,118 $3,747,594
Nevada 4,764,098 $347,779 $4,416,319
New Hampshire 2,234,051 $163,086 $2,070,965
New Jersey 12,829,629 $936,563 $11,893,066
New Mexico 5,168,609 $377,308 $4,791,301
New York 21,385,143 $1,561,115 $19,824,028
North Carolina 14,376,033 $1,049,450 $13,326,583
North Dakota 3,443,206 $251,354 $3,191,852
Ohio 17,964,121 $1,311,381 $16,652,740
Oklahoma 9,049,493 $660,613 $8,388,880
Oregon 6,955,502 $507,752 $6,447,750
Pennsylvania 22,198,943 $1,620,523 $20,578,420
Rhode Island 3,009,974 $219,728 $2,790,246
South Carolina 9,538,220 $696,290 $8,841,930
South Dakota 3,908,466 $285,318 $3,623,148
Tennessee 11,714,362 $855,148 $10,859,214
Texas 47,578,572 $3,473,236 $44,105,336
Utah 4,829,910 $352,583 $4,477,327
Vermont 2,755,064 $201,120 $2,553,944
Virginia 13,924,920 $1,016,519 $12,908,401
Washington 9,237,377 $674,329 $8,563,048
West Virginia 6,142,783 $448,423 $5,694,360
Wisconsin 10,510,821 $767,290 $9,743,531
Wyoming 3,561,807 $260,012 $3,301,795
Total $532,208,219 $38,851,200 $493,357,019
Program Code     M0E2

 


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