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 2020
HPLS-10
Table FE-1
| October 2019 |
November 2019 |
December 2019 |
January 2020 |
February 2020 |
March 2020 |
April 2020 |
May 2020 |
June 2020 |
July 2020 |
August 2020 |
September 2020 |
Fiscal Year to Date |
Percent Change from Prior Year |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Account | ||||||||||||||
| Opening Balance | $24,651,555,437 | $20,227,424,890 | $20,370,277,926 | $20,406,541,154 | $20,773,161,866 | $20,873,202,863 | $20,255,195,828 | $19,472,868,283 | $16,202,370,264 | $13,955,465,835 | $12,375,051,948 | $11,254,048,691 | $24,651,555,437 | -24.4% |
| Receipts: | ||||||||||||||
| Net Tax Receipts | 773,111,000 | 3,946,552,000 | 3,249,406,000 | 3,378,915,000 | 3,184,579,233 | 2,807,091,330 | 2,633,151,000 | 587,949,177 | 1,909,195,623 | 3,363,635,000 | 4,157,947,000 | 7,466,925,527 | 37,458,457,891 | 750.2% |
| Interest Income | 30,568,605 | 23,045,224 | 25,517,626 | 24,441,251 | 22,673,817 | 8,668,266 | 1,656,322 | 1,183,370 | 1,557,510 | 1,067,597 | 696,145 | 3,548,825 | 144,624,558 | 34.0% |
| Other Receipts | 1,393,328 | 1,204,716 | 93,629,659 | 2,025,385 | 1,566,402 | 1,264,052 | 735,372 | 905,425 | 1,179,768 | 1,146,690 | 1,207,186 | 1,206,027 | 107,464,010 | 2673.8% |
| Total Receipts | 805,072,933 | 3,970,801,940 | 3,368,553,285 | 3,405,381,635 | 3,208,819,452 | 2,817,023,648 | 2,635,542,694 | 590,037,973 | 1,911,932,901 | 3,365,849,287 | 4,159,850,331 | 7,471,680,380 | 37,710,546,459 | 734.7% |
| Transfers: | ||||||||||||||
| To Mass Transit Account | 400,000,000 | 14,526,769 | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 1,614,526,769 | 438.2% |
| From Mass Transit Account | - | 11,179,660 | 1,921,311 | 599,745 | - | 31,807,286 | 1,581,877 | 5,073,380 | 712,198 | 512,463 | 5,055,843 | - | 58,443,763 | 505.1% |
| Outlays | 4,829,203,480 | 3,824,601,795 | 3,334,211,367 | 2,639,360,669 | 3,108,778,455 | 3,466,837,969 | 3,019,452,116 | 3,865,609,371 | 4,159,549,528 | 4,546,775,637 | 5,285,909,431 | 6,184,850,058 | 48,265,139,877 | 500.8% |
| Closing Balance | 20,227,424,890 | 20,370,277,926 | 20,406,541,154 | 20,773,161,866 | 20,873,202,863 | 20,255,195,828 | 19,472,868,283 | 16,202,370,264 | 13,955,465,835 | 12,375,051,948 | 11,254,048,691 | 12,540,879,013 | 12,540,879,013 | -56.5% |
| Mass Transit Account | ||||||||||||||
| Opening Balance | 8,254,357,776 | 8,078,110,593 | 7,819,968,521 | 7,440,148,247 | 7,487,564,066 | 7,256,839,884 | 6,910,900,682 | $6,819,695,287 | 6,290,798,993 | 5,565,628,457 | 5,474,571,833 | 5,385,592,998 | 8,254,357,776 | -30.6% |
| Receipts | ||||||||||||||
| Net Tax Receipts | 101,253,000 | 563,469,000 | 464,060,000 | 482,482,000 | 454,957,523 | 409,034,000 | 384,100,000 | 85,953,543 | 270,163,000 | 475,448,000 | 540,252,000 | 966,881,822 | 5,198,053,888 | 715.8% |
| Interest Income | 11,374,749 | 9,005,623 | 9,390,580 | 8,499,600 | 7,680,215 | 2,911,405 | 535,189 | 395,884 | 561,759 | 411,582 | 308,040 | 292,763 | 51,367,388 | 22.2% |
| Other Receipts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0% |
| Total Receipts | 112,627,749 | 572,474,623 | 473,450,580 | 490,981,600 | 462,637,737 | 411,945,405 | 384,635,189 | 86,349,427 | 270,724,759 | 475,859,582 | 540,560,040 | 967,174,585 | 5,249,421,276 | 672.9% |
| Transfers | ||||||||||||||
| To Highway Account | - | 11,179,660 | 1,921,311 | 599,745 | - | 31,807,286 | 1,581,877 | 5,073,380 | 712,198 | 512,463 | 5,055,843 | - | 58,443,763 | 505.1% |
| From Highway Account | 400,000,000 | 14,526,769 | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 400,000,000 | - | - | 1,614,526,769 | 438.2% |
| Outlays | 688,874,932 | 833,963,804 | 851,349,542 | 842,966,036 | 693,361,919 | 726,077,320 | 874,258,708 | 610,172,341 | 995,183,097 | 966,403,743 | 624,483,032 | 1,226,738,775 | 9,933,833,250 | 597.8% |
| Closing Balance | $8,078,110,593 | $7,819,968,521 | $7,440,148,247 | $7,487,564,066 | $7,256,839,884 | $6,910,900,682 | $6,819,695,287 | $6,290,798,993 | $5,565,628,457 | $5,474,571,833 | $5,385,592,998 | $5,126,028,808 | 5,126,028,808 | -55.2% |
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.
