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 2021
HPLS-10
Table FE-1
| October 2020 |
November 2020 |
December 2020 |
January 2021 |
February 2021 |
March 2021 |
April 2021 |
May 2021 |
June 2021 |
July 2021 |
August 2021 |
September 2021 |
Fiscal Year to Date |
Percent Change from Prior Year |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Account | ||||||||||||||
| Opening Balance | $12,621,291,854 | $19,655,343,066 | $19,177,114,754 | $18,278,018,839 | $18,456,429,685 | $18,245,449,700 | $12,621,291,854 | -48.8% | ||||||
| Receipts: | ||||||||||||||
| Net Tax Receipts | 871,386,000 | 3,547,634,000 | 3,040,091,000 | 2,818,492,069 | 2,840,504,000 | 2,445,232,000 | 15,563,339,069 | -10.2% | ||||||
| Interest Income | 778,893 | 1,263,926 | 1,116,516 | 1,007,945 | 483,673 | 398,857 | 5,049,809 | -96.3% | ||||||
| Other Receipts | 10,401,059,649 | 963,058 | 1,045,809 | 91,862,896 | 959,097 | 1,156,322 | 10,497,046,830 | 10284.5% | ||||||
| Total Receipts | 11,273,224,542 | 3,549,860,984 | 3,042,253,325 | 2,911,362,909 | 2,841,946,770 | 2,446,787,178 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26,065,435,707 | 48.3% |
| Transfers: | ||||||||||||||
| To Mass Transit Account | 300,000,000 | 300,000,000 | 600,000,000 | -26.3% | ||||||||||
| From Mass Transit Account | 7,956,778 | 20,133,446 | 50,630,204 | 78,720,428 | 73.0% | |||||||||
| Outlays | 4,239,173,330 | 3,736,046,074 | 3,941,349,240 | 2,432,952,063 | 3,073,060,200 | 3,075,644,871 | 20,498,225,778 | -3.3% | ||||||
| Receipts | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0% | ||||||||
| Closing Balance | 19,655,343,066 | 19,177,114,754 | 18,278,018,839 | 18,456,429,685 | 18,245,449,700 | 17,667,222,212 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17,667,222,212 | -12.8% |
| Mass Transit Account | ||||||||||||||
| Opening Balance | 5,126,028,808 | 7,982,431,618 | 8,226,827,412 | 7,821,417,684 | 8,064,901,850 | 7,789,538,909 | 5,126,028,808 | -37.9% | ||||||
| Receipts | ||||||||||||||
| Net Tax Receipts | 113,449,000 | 508,146,000 | 435,557,000 | 436,384,458 | 412,461,000 | 355,169,000 | 2,261,166,458 | -8.6% | ||||||
| Interest Income | 358,020 | 526,713 | 464,577 | 429,288 | 210,365 | 170,367 | 2,159,331 | -95.6% | ||||||
| Other Receipts | 3,200,000,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 3,200,000,000 | 0.0% | ||||||
| Total Receipts | 3,313,807,020 | 508,672,713 | 436,021,577 | 436,813,746 | 412,671,365 | 355,339,367 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5,463,325,789 | 116.4% |
| Transfers | ||||||||||||||
| To Highway Account | - | 7,956,778 | - | - | 20,133,446 | 50,630,204 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 78,720,428 | 73.0% |
| From Highway Account | - | 300,000,000 | - | 300,000,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 600,000,000 | -26.3% |
| Outlays | 457,404,211 | 556,320,141 | 841,431,305 | 493,329,581 | 667,900,860 | 681,938,880 | 3,698,324,978 | -20.2% | ||||||
| Closing Balance | $7,982,431,618 | $8,226,827,412 | $7,821,417,684 | $8,064,901,850 | $7,789,538,909 | $7,412,309,192 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7,412,309,192 | 7.3% |
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.
