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STATUS OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 1/


FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000

October 2001 TABLE FE-10
ITEM HIGHWAY ACCOUNT MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT 2/ TOTAL
I. Opening balance: 19,206,255,624 9,753,121,032 28,959,376,656
II. Receipts:
 A. Excise taxes (transferred General Fund receipts)
  1. Gasoline 17,969,245,000 3,328,393,000 21,297,638,000
  2. Gasohol 1,293,063,000 515,834,000 1,808,897,000
  3. Diesel and Special motor fuels 7,427,091,000 992,568,000 8,419,659,000
  4. Tires 442,134,000 - 442,134,000
  5. Trucks and trailers 3,320,857,000 - 3,320,857,000
  6. Federal use tax 921,289,000 - 921,289,000
  7.Total excise taxes 31,373,679,000 4,836,795,000 36,210,474,000
 B. Deduct - reimbursement to General Fund receipts (refunds and tax credits)
  1. Diesel powered vehicle rebate 110,000 - 110,000
  2. Diesel fuel used in buses 62,321,250 - 62,321,250
  3. Diesel fuel-other 373,966,598 106,232,234 480,198,832
  4. Gasohol 13,969,000 - 13,969,000
  5. Gasoline used to make gasohol 186,113,900 - 186,113,900
  6. Gasoline-other 194,049,761 77,670,453 271,720,214
  7. Total 830,530,509 183,902,687 1,014,433,196
 C. Transfers
  1. To Land and Water Conservation Fund 844,000 156,000 1,000,000
  2. To Aquatic Resources Trust Fund 208,003,000 27,333,000 235,336,000
  3. Total 208,847,000 27,489,000 236,336,000
 D. Net excise taxes  30,334,301,491 4,625,403,313 34,959,704,804
 E. Other Income 3/
  1. Motor carrier safety fines and penalities 12,909,380 - 12,909,380
  2. Under Cash Management Improvement Act (net) (94,071) (2,586) (96,657)
  3. Total 12,815,309 (2,586) 12,812,723
 F. Total receipts  30,347,116,800 4,625,400,727 34,972,517,527
III. Expenditures: (checks written basis)
 A.Federal Highway Administration
  1. Highways (Federal aid) 24,936,139,484 - 24,936,139,484
  2. Right-of-way revolving fund (49,264,849) - (49,264,849)
  3.Other Federal Highway Administration accounts 42,194,613 - 42,194,613
  4.Total 24,929,069,247 - 24,929,069,247
 B. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration  155,121,862 - 155,121,862
 C. Federal Transit Administration  1,646,816,709 5,831,077,858 7,477,894,568
 D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  1.Highway related safety grants 505,971 - 191,369,223
  2.Operations and research 72,760,081 - 72,760,081
  3.Highway traffic safety grants 191,369,223 - 505,971
  4.Total 264,635,275 - 264,635,275
 E. Federal Railroad Administration  2,713,592 - 2,713,592
 F. Other agencies  1,471,346 - 1,471,346
 G.Total expenditures  26,999,828,032 5,831,077,858 32,830,905,891
IV. Balances in Trust Fund:
 A. Investments    
   U. S. Treasury special certificates of indebtedness 22,381,494,000 8,641,481,000 31,022,975,000
 B. Undisbursed balances
  1. Available for investment (639,364,639) (103,000,898) (742,365,537)
  2. Highways (Federal aid) 431,254,400 - 431,254,400
  3. Right-of-way revolving fund 57,945,022 - 57,945,022
  4. Other Federal Highway Administration accounts 105,333,370 - 105,333,370
  5. Office of Motor Carrier Safety 22,997,749 - 22,997,749
  6. Federal Transit Administration - 8,963,798 8,963,798
  7. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 183,207,273 - 183,207,273
  8. Federal Railroad Administration 2,385,935 - 2,385,935
  9. Other agencies 8,291,283 - 8,291,283
  10. Total 172,050,392 (94,037,100) 78,013,292
 C. Total balance  22,553,544,392 8,547,443,900 31,100,988,292

1/ The Fund was created June 29, 1956, by the enactment of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956.

2/ The Mass Transit Account was established April 1, 1983, by the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.

3/ The Highway Trust Fund ceased earning interest effective October 1, 1998, per section 9004(a) of TEA-21.


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