U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
Highway Trust Fund
Highway Trust Fund
The actual receipts, outlays and balances will be posted each month shortly after month-end as the information becomes available.
PDF: Highway Account Balance Chart
Status of the Highway Trust Fund - Fiscal Year 2019
HPLS-10
Table FE-1
| October 2018 |
November 2018 |
December 2018 |
January 2019 |
February 2019 |
March 2019 |
April 2019 |
May 2019 |
June 2019 |
July 2019 |
August 2019 |
September 2019 |
Fiscal Year to Date |
Percent Change from Prior Year |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Account | ||||||||||||||
| Opening Balance | $32,605,372,070 | $28,988,031,190 | $28,799,197,977 | $28,914,137,536 | $28,726,184,162 | $29,153,105,231 | $30,023,501,637 | $30,136,463,464 | $29,158,828,354 | $28,306,521,625 | $26,258,116,216 | $23,831,994,153 | $32,605,372,070 | -21.3% |
| Receipts: | ||||||||||||||
| Net Tax Receipts | 690,674,000 | 3,715,308,000 | 3,207,236,000 | 2,895,457,000 | 3,117,555,000 | 3,429,814,926 | 3,048,278,000 | 2,851,093,805 | 3,211,527,000 | 3,175,846,000 | 2,872,162,362 | 6,051,770,075 | 38,266,722,169 | 2.7% |
| Interest Income | 58,046,699 | 49,878,918 | 53,987,910 | 56,122,400 | 50,658,143 | 54,143,184 | 61,090,707 | 58,110,575 | 47,360,079 | 51,538,867 | 41,266,756 | 38,515,232 | 620,719,471 | 14.4% |
| Other Receipts | 1,821,340 | 2,052,866 | 78,867,024 | 1,586,421 | 1,547,756 | 1,865,498 | 1,380,235 | 2,303,152 | 1,321,853 | 1,431,201 | 1,662,008 | 1,774,967 | 97,614,321 | -18.9% |
| Total Receipts | 750,542,039 | 3,767,239,783 | 3,340,090,934 | 2,953,165,822 | 3,169,760,900 | 3,485,823,608 | 3,110,748,942 | 2,911,507,532 | 3,260,208,932 | 3,228,816,068 | 2,915,091,126 | 6,092,060,274 | 38,985,055,962 | 2.8% |
| Transfers: | ||||||||||||||
| To Mass Transit Account | 300,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 300,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | 741,455 | 1,400,741,455 | -17.6% |
| From Mass Transit Account | - | 9,659,052 | - | 49,169 | 1,543,958 | 2,564,883 | 24,819,694 | - | 15,934,376 | 3,472,752 | 10,808,637 | 457,912 | 69,310,433 | 4.5% |
| Outlays | 4,067,882,920 | 3,965,732,049 | 3,225,151,375 | 2,741,168,365 | 2,744,383,789 | 2,617,992,086 | 2,722,606,809 | 3,889,142,642 | 4,128,450,037 | 4,880,694,229 | 5,352,021,826 | 5,272,215,447 | 45,607,441,573 | 1.1% |
| Closing Balance | 28,988,031,190 | 28,799,197,977 | 28,914,137,536 | 28,726,184,162 | 29,153,105,231 | 30,023,501,637 | 30,136,463,464 | 29,158,828,354 | 28,306,521,625 | 26,258,116,216 | 23,831,994,153 | 24,651,555,437 | 24,651,555,437 | -24.4% |
| Mass Transit Account | ||||||||||||||
| Opening Balance | 11,902,062,262 | 11,644,051,059 | 11,448,065,377 | 11,299,748,223 | 11,430,040,542 | 10,966,114,118 | 10,811,627,425 | 10,940,312,724 | 10,598,015,791 | 9,821,142,761 | 9,812,548,340 | 9,159,556,259 | 11,902,062,262 | -19.9% |
| Receipts | ||||||||||||||
| Net Tax Receipts | 93,447,000 | 543,697,000 | 469,456,000 | 423,853,000 | 459,841,000 | 456,986,872 | 449,816,000 | 381,724,640 | 467,661,000 | 462,424,000 | 349,698,101 | 748,817,656 | 5,307,422,269 | -0.3% |
| Interest Income | 21,938,702 | 20,097,239 | 21,451,513 | 22,184,791 | 18,897,425 | 19,835,525 | 21,259,740 | 20,324,437 | 16,490,517 | 17,913,772 | 14,799,938 | 13,513,120 | 228,706,718 | 12.8% |
| Other Receipts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0% |
| Total Receipts | 115,385,702 | 563,794,239 | 490,907,513 | 446,037,791 | 478,738,425 | 476,822,396 | 471,075,740 | 402,049,077 | 484,151,517 | 480,337,772 | 364,498,039 | 762,330,776 | 5,536,128,987 | 0.2% |
| Transfers | ||||||||||||||
| To Highway Account | - | 9,659,052 | - | 49,169 | 1,543,958 | 2,564,883 | 24,819,694 | - | 15,934,376 | 3,472,752 | 10,808,637 | 457,912 | 69,310,433.00 | 4.5% |
| From Highway Account | 300,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 300,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | 741,455 | 1,400,741,455.00 | -17.6% |
| Outlays | 673,396,906 | 750,120,869 | 639,224,666 | 715,696,303 | 941,120,892 | 628,744,206 | 617,570,747 | 744,346,010 | 1,245,090,171 | 885,459,440 | 1,006,681,483 | 1,667,812,801 | 10,515,264,495.06 | 4.0% |
| Closing Balance | $11,644,051,059 | $11,448,065,377 | $11,299,748,223 | $11,430,040,542 | $10,966,114,118 | $10,811,627,425 | $10,940,312,724 | $10,598,015,791 | $9,821,142,761 | $9,812,548,340 | $9,159,556,259 | $8,254,357,776 | 8,254,357,775.75 | -30.6% |
PDF: Table FE-1
Should a situation occur where FHWA cannot fully reimburse States, the agency may take some or all of the following actions:
These are some of the possible actions FHWA might take in the event of a cash shortfall. The specific actions would depend on the exact nature of the shortfall.
