Formulas, Takedowns, and Setasides - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program

Formulas, Takedowns, and Setasides
Current Law	Administration Proposal H.R. 2088 & S. 1072 as Modified SAFETEA of 2003	House H.R. 3 as Passed House TEA-LU	Senate H.R. 3 as Passed Senate SAFETEA of 2005
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
Takedowns:
FHWA Administrative Expense 1-1/6%	Increased to 1.4%	FHWA administrative takedown limited to STP only. [1103]	FHWA takedown eliminated in favor of a direct authorization [1103]
FMCSA Administrative Expense	FMCSA takedown eliminated in favor of a direct authorization	Same as Administration bill [4101]	Same as Administration bill
Metropolitan Planning - 1%	Same as current law	Same as current law	Metropolitan Planning - 1.5% [1103]
CMAQ Effectiveness Study-$500K in 1999 & 2000 only	Evaluation and assessment of projects- 1/2%	No comparable provision	No comparable provision
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	No comparable provision	New Strategic Highway Research Program - $4,465,409 per year [2001]
Direct authorization, no takedown	No comparable provision	Congestion Pricing Pilot Program-Beginning 2005, takedown of $15M per year. [1103]	No comparable provision
Formula Factors:
Weighted nonattainment and maintenance area population	Adds new 8-hour ozone and PM-2.5 nonattainment and/or maintenance areas to formula and adjusts weights. Raises minimum weights to 1.0.	Same as current law.	Adds new 8-hour ozone and PM-2.5 nonattainment and/or maintenance areas to formula and adjusts weights.
Minimum Apportionment:
1/2%	Same as current law	Same as current law.	Same as current law
Setasides:
State Planning & Research 2%	State Planning & Research 2.5%	Same as current law.	Same as current law
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Motor Vehicle Congestion Relief-10% of the State's total apportionments under NHS, IM, STP and CMAQ programs (but no specific amount or proportion from any one of the named programs) multiplied by the percentage of the State's population in urbanized areas over 200,000 population. [1201]	No comparable provision
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	ITS Deployment [1205]	No comparable provision

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