Table FE-10 – Highway Statistics 2010 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA

Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2010

Printable Excel Version [40 KB]
Printable PDF Version [12 KB]

To view PDF files, you can use the Acrobat® Reader®.
To view XLS files, you can use the Excel Viewer

Status of The Federal Highway Trust Fund 1/
October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2010

November 2010
Table FE-10

Item				Highway Account	Mass Transit Account 2/	Total
I. Opening balance:
	A. Investments - U.S. Treasury special certificates of Indebtedness			7,315,684,000.00	4,168,753,000.00	11,484,437,000.00
	B. Uninvested - held by Bureau of Public Debt			926,034,056.25	159,827,432.98	1,085,861,489.23
	C. Uninvested - held by program agencies			639,619,634.74	883,651,684.14	1,523,271,318.88
	D. Total balance			8,881,337,690.99	5,212,232,117.12	14,093,569,808.11
II. Receipts:
	A. Gross excise taxes (transferred General Fund receipts)
		1. Gasoline		20,955,304,000.00	3,881,615,000.00	24,836,919,000.00
		2. Diesel and special motor fuels		8,061,568,000.00	1,074,251,000.00	9,135,819,000.00
		3. Tires		318,251,000.00	0.00	318,251,000.00
		4. Trucks and trailers		1,562,325,000.00	0.00	1,562,325,000.00
		5. Federal use tax		886,623,000.00	0.00	886,623,000.00
		6. Total excise taxes		31,784,071,000.00	4,955,866,000.00	36,739,937,000.00
	B. Deduct – reimbursement to General Fund receipts (refunds and tax credits)
		1. Diesel		363,476,900.00	0.00	363,476,900.00
		2. Gasoline		205,591,620.00	0.00	205,591,620.00
		3. Total		569,068,520.00	0.00	569,068,520.00
	C. Transfers to other funds
		1. To Land and Water Conservation Fund		844,000.00	156,000.00	1,000,000.00
		2. To Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund		429,159,000.00	60,847,000.00	490,006,000.00
		3 To Airport and Airway Trust Fund (aviation kerosene taxes)		628,322,000.00	83,821,000.00	712,143,000.00
		4. To General Fund -Rescission §1007(b) of P.L. 111-118		6,800,000.00	0.00	6,800,000.00
		5. Total		1,065,125,000.00	144,824,000.00	1,209,949,000.00
	D. Net excise taxes			30,149,877,480.00	4,811,042,000.00	34,960,919,480.00
	E. Interest income
		1. Interest on investments (cash basis) 3/		12,155,412.90	5,169,211.42	17,324,624.32
		2. Interest under Cash Management Improvement Act (net)		160,516.00	0.00	160,516.00
		3. Total		12,315,928.90	5,169,211.42	17,485,140.32
	E. Other income
		1. Motor carrier safety fines and penalties		17,502,330.77	0.00	17,502,330.77
		2. Civil tax penalties related to highway excise taxes		7,416,000.00	0.00	7,416,000.00
		3. Transfer from General Fund - P.L. 111-147		14,700,000,000.00	4,800,000,000.00	19,500,000,000.00
		4. TIFIA subsidy - downward re-estimate		5,404,434.56	0.00	5,404,434.56
		5. Total		14,730,322,765.33	4,800,000,000.00	19,530,322,765.33
	F. Total receipts			44,892,516,174.23	9,616,211,211.42	54,508,727,385.65
III. Transfers between Highway Trust Fund accounts
	A. From Highway Account to Mass Transit Account			(1,051,575,346.00)	1,051,575,346.00	0.00
	B. From Mass Transit Account to Highway Account			27,706,467.00	(27,706,467.00)	0.00
	C. Total			(1,023,868,879.00)	1,023,868,879.00	0.00
IV. Expenditures:
	A.Federal Highway Administration
		1. Federal aid to highways		30,778,205,296.44	0.00	30,778,205,296.44
		2. Right-of-way revolving fund		(15,727,853.21)	0.00	(15,727,853.21)
		3. Appalachian Development Highway System		(1,339,064.02)	0.00	(1,339,064.02)
		4. Miscellaneous Highway Trust Funds		41,355,055.55	0.00	41,355,055.55
		5. Total		30,802,493,434.76	0.00	30,802,493,434.76
	B. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration			512,972,012.61	0.00	512,972,012.61
	C. Federal Transit Administration			0.00	7,362,974,529.63	7,362,974,529.63
	D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
		1. Highway related safety grants		0.00	0.00	0.00
		2. Operations and research		120,369,342.13	0.00	120,369,342.13
		3. Highway traffic safety grants		565,787,029.59	0.00	565,787,029.59
		4. National driver register		4,723,463.42	0.00	4,723,463.42
		5. Total		690,879,835.14	0.00	690,879,835.14
	E. Federal Railroad Administration			0.00	0.00	0.00
	F. Other agencies			370,449.99	0.00	370,449.99
	G. Total expenditures			32,006,715,732.50	7,362,974,529.63	39,369,690,262.13
V. Closing Balances in Trust Fund:
	A. Investments
	U. S. Treasury special certificates of indebtedness			17,953,739,929.36	6,500,851,173.40	24,454,591,102.76
	B. Undisbursed balances
		1. Uninvested - held by Bureau of Public Debt		1,592,030,000.00	205,420,000.00	1,797,450,000.00
		2. Uninvested - held by program agencies
			a. Federal aid to highways	978,077,467.46	0.00	978,077,467.46
			b. Right-of-way revolving fund	5,978,779.63	0.00	5,978,779.63
			c. Miscellaneous highway trust funds	25,871,264.68	0.00	25,871,264.68
			d. Appalachian Development Highway System	7,531,529.16	0.00	7,531,529.16
			e. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	38,274,972.04	0.00	38,274,972.04
			f. Federal Transit Administration	0.00	1,783,066,504.51	1,783,066,504.51
			g. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	139,640,489.40	0.00	139,640,489.40
			h. Federal Railroad Administration	312,151.02	0.00	312,151.02
			i. Other agencies	1,812,670.97	0.00	1,812,670.97
			j. Total	1,197,499,324.36	1,783,066,504.51	2,980,565,828.87
		3. Total uninvested balance		2,789,529,324.36	1,988,486,504.51	4,778,015,828.87
	C. Total balance			20,743,269,253.72	8,489,337,677.91	29,232,606,931.63

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/ Effective March, 18, 2010, the Highway Trust Fund earns interest on its invested balances.

Return to top

Page last modified on November 7, 2014

Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2010

Status of The Federal Highway Trust Fund 1/ October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2010

Status of The Federal Highway Trust Fund 1/
October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2010