Surface Transportation Program

Surface Transportation Program
Current Law	Administration Proposal H.R. 2088 & S. 1072 as Introduced SAFETEA of 2003	House H.R. 3 as Passed House TEA-LU	Senate H.R. 3 as Passed Senate SAFETEA of 2005
$33.3 Billion over 6 years.	Continues program over 6 years.	Continues program at $41.13 billion over 6 years.	Continues program at $40.08 billion over 5 years.
Provides that a State must provide obligation limitation to urbanized areas in the State of over 200,000 population for the period of fiscal years 1998-2000 and 2001-2003 in the same ratio as provided to the State in general.	Same as current law.	Same as current law except that the fiscal years are updated to 2004-2006 and 2007-2009.	Same as current law.
STP funds allocated to sub-State areas may not be transferred.	No change from current law	No change from current law	No change from current law
Up to 25 percent of difference between the TE setaside for a fiscal year and the TE setaside for FY 1997 may be transferred to IM, NHS, CMAQ, HBRRP, and/or Rec. Trails.	No change from current law	No change from current law	No change from current law
Eligible activities include surface transportation infrastructure projects on any Federal-aid facility, bridge projects on any public road, transit capital projects, environmental provisions and ITS improvements.	New and revised eligibilities include environmental restoration and pollution abatement, invasive species control efforts, brownfield remediation, transportation system management activities, real-time system monitoring, and regional transportation operations collaboration and coordination activities.	New eligibilities include: regional transportation operations collaboration and coordination activities, including traffic incident management, technology deployment, emergency management and response, traveler information, and regional congestion relief. Also advanced truck stop electrification systems. [1202(b)]	New and revised eligibilities include environmental restoration and pollution abatement, invasive species control efforts, transportation operations activities associated with regional improvements, State habitat, stream, and wetlands mitigation efforts, activities related to the planning and deployment of real-time monitoring elements, and activities designed to reduce traffic delays caused by motor vehicle accidents and breakdowns. [1505(b),1601(a)(2), 1701(a), 1701(c)(1)]
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Adds a $18,772,579 takedown from the STP program for each of FYs 2005-2009 for the New Strategic Highway Research Program. [2001(c)(5)(D)]
	Section 1205(a)		Section 1203
No comparable provision.	Expands STP eligibilities to include publicly-owned intermodal freight transportation projects that address issues associated with freight transportation gateways.	No comparable provision.	Same as Administration bill. [1203(d)(1)]
			Section 1505
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Allows a State to deposit into a habitat and wetlands mitigation fund part of the funds apportioned to it under the NHS and STP programs. [1505(c)]
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Mandates that a minimum of $500 million of NHS, STP, IM, and CMAQ funds for each of FYs 2004-2009 be used to expand deployment of intelligent transportation systems, but does not change existing program eligibilities. [1205]	No comparable provision.
			Section 1620
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Establishes the Highway Stormwater Discharge Mitigation Program to improve the quality of stormwater discharge from Federal-aid highways.
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Provides that 2% of a State's STP apportionment will be available only for mitigation projects that: reduce flooding, recharge groundwater, attain preconstruction hydrology, promote natural filters, minimize streambank erosion, and improve water quality.
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Requires the Secretary to issue guidance not later than 180 days after the date of enactment to assist States in carrying out this program.
			Section 1813(b)
No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Adds implementation of transportation, community, and system preservation plans and practices that address transportation system efficiency and reduce the impact of transportation on the environment, and projects at intersections that have high accident rates and levels of congestion, to the list of eligible activities for STP funding.

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