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Highway Statistics 2004 - STATUS OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY TRUST FUND FOR THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2004 - Table FE-10
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STATUS OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 1/
FOR THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2004

OCTOBER 2005 TABLE FE-10
ITEM HIGHWAY
ACCOUNT
MASS TRANSIT
ACCOUNT 2/
TOTAL
I. Opening balance:      
A. Investments - U.S. Treasury special certificates of Indebtedness 9,127,002,000.00 4,450,563,000.00 $13,577,565,000.00
B. Uninvested - held by Bureau of Public Debt 2,223,302,707.55 317,906,889.98 2,541,209,597.53
C. Uninvested - held by program agencies 1,641,079,045.13 54,979,269.47 1,696,058,314.60
D. Total balance 12,991,383,752.68 4,823,449,159.45 17,814,832,912.13
II. Receipts:      
A. Excise taxes (transferred General Fund receipts)      
1. Gasoline 15,392,886,000.00 2,851,272,000.00 18,244,158,000.00
2. Gasohol 4,535,969,000.00 1,180,158,000.00 5,716,127,000.00
3. Diesel and special motor fuels 7,883,289,000.00 1,052,176,000.00 8,935,465,000.00
4. Tires 445,841,000.00 0.00 445,841,000.00
5. Trucks and trailers 1,846,613,000.00 0.00 1,846,613,000.00
6. Federal use tax 944,563,000.00 0.00 944,563,000.00
7. Total excise taxes 31,049,161,000.00 5,083,606,000.00 36,132,767,000.00
B. Deduct - reimbursement to General Fund receipts (refunds and tax credits)      
1. Diesel powered vehicle rebate 0.00 0.00 0.00
2. Diesel fuel used in buses 31,423,000.00 0.00 31,423,000.00
3. Diesel fuel-other 564,665,000.00 61,156,000.00 625,821,000.00
4. Gasohol 27,751,000.00 0.00 27,751,000.00
5. Gasoline used to make gasohol 22,865,000.00 0.00 22,865,000.00
6. Gasoline-other 260,002,960.00 45,283,000.00 305,285,960.00
7. Special fuel 1,342,000.00   1,342,000.00
8. Total 908,048,960.00 106,439,000.00 1,014,487,960.00
C. Transfers      
1. To Land and Water Conservation Fund 844,000.00 156,000.00 1,000,000.00
2. To Aquatic Resources Trust Fund 273,861,000.00 37,778,000.00 311,639,000.00
3. To General Fund 97,862,000.00 13,488,000.00 111,350,000.00
4. Total 372,567,000.00 51,422,000.00 423,989,000.00
D. Net excise taxes 29,768,545,040.00 4,925,745,000.00 34,694,290,040.00
E. Other income 3/      
1. Motor carrier safety fines and penalties 16,456,643.97 0.00 16,456,643.97
2. Interest under Cash Management Improvement Act (net) 0.00 0.00 0.00
3. IMTP Revenue 0.00 25,000.00 25,000.00
4. Total 16,456,643.97 25,000.00 16,481,643.97
F. Total receipts 29,785,001,683.97 4,925,770,000.00 34,710,771,683.97
III. Expenditures:      
A.Federal Highway Administration      
1. Federal aid to highways 30,049,687,074.98 0.00 30,049,687,074.98
2. Right-of-way revolving fund 465,580.38 0.00 465,580.38
3. Other 302,111,590.07 0.00 302,111,590.07
4. Total 30,352,264,245.43 0.00 30,352,264,245.43
B. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 335,404,059.74 0.00 335,404,059.74
C. Federal Transit Administration 1,021,650,989.81 5,972,245,438.38 6,993,896,428.19
D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration      
1. Highway related safety grants 0.00 0.00 0.00
2. Operations and research 53,963,901.86 0.00 53,963,901.86
3. Highway traffic safety grants 205,509,325.67 0.00 205,509,325.67
4. National driver register 1,953,549.45 0.00 1,953,549.45
5. Total 261,426,776.98 0.00 261,426,776.98
E. Federal Railroad Administration 0.00 0.00 0.00
F. Other agencies 520,045.90 0.00 520,045.90
G. Total expenditures 31,971,266,117.86 5,972,245,438.38 37,943,511,556.24
IV. Balances in Trust Fund:      
A. Investments      
U. S. Treasury special certificates of indebtedness 6,819,962,000.00 3,391,890,000.00 10,211,852,000.00
B. Undisbursed balances      
1. Uninvested - held by Bureau of Public Debt 3,004,880,072.73 379,623,369.98 3,384,503,442.71
2. Uninvested - held by program agencies      
a. Federal aid to highways 433,279,370.67 0.00 433,279,370.67
b. Right-of-way revolving fund 19,642,508.45 0.00 19,642,508.45
c. Miscellaneous highway trust funds 140,846,360.07 0.00 140,846,360.07
d. Appalachian Development Highway System 17,491,943.54 0.00 17,491,943.54
e. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 129,274,380.17 0.00 129,274,380.17
f. Federal Transit Administration 0.00 5,460,351.09 5,460,351.09
g. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 235,193,459.66 0.00 235,193,459.66
h. Federal Railroad Administration 312,151.02 0.00 312,151.02
i. Other agencies 4,237,072.68 0.00 4,237,072.68
j. Total 980,277,246.26 5,460,351.09 985,737,597.35
3. Total uninvested balance 3,985,157,318.99 385,083,721.07 4,370,241,040.06
C. Total balance $10,805,119,318.99 3,776,973,721.07 $14,582,093,040.06

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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