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This directive was canceled November 5, 2015.

Notice
Subject
Sequestration of Highway Funds for the Period Beginning on October 1, 2015, and Ending on October 29, 2015
Classification Code Date Office of Primary Interest
N 4510.794 October 1, 2015 HCFB-10

  1. What is the purpose of this Notice? This Notice is to notify the States of the portion of National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) funds impacted by the sequestration order issued on February 2, 2015.

  2. What is the basis of the sequestration of these funds?

    1. The sequestration of funds is required pursuant to sections 251A and 256(k) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (BBEDCA), as amended, and sections 901a and 906(k)(6) of title 2, United States Code (U.S.C.). The order, which the President issued in accordance with the BBEDCA, requires that budgetary resources in each non-exempt budget account be reduced by the amount calculated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its report to Congress on February 2, 2015, entitled OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2016 (sequestration report).

    2. The NHPP funds are authorized for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 2015, pursuant to the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, Public Law (Pub. L.) 113-159, as amended by the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-21, and the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-41. Pursuant to the sequestration report, those NHPP funds that are exempt from the obligation limitation are subject to the sequestration at a rate of 6.8 percent. Therefore, the $50,631,148 in NHPP funds exempt from obligation limitation available for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 2015, is reduced by a total of $3,442,918.

  3. How is the amount of NHPP funds sequestered for each State determined? The total sequester amount of $3,442,918 is distributed among the States in the same proportions as the funds subject to sequester were apportioned to the States for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 2015. Each State’s portion of the total amount to be sequestered is shown in the attached table.

  4. What other highway funds are subject to the sequestration? Pursuant to the sequestration report, the $100,000,000 in emergency relief funds authorized from the Highway Trust Fund in 23 U.S.C. 125 is subject to the sequestration at a rate of 6.8 percent ($6,800,000 sequester amount).

  5. What actions are required? Division Administrators should ensure that this Notice is provided to the State departments of transportation.

 

Signature: Gregory G. Nadeau, Acting Administrator

Gregory G. Nadeau
Administrator

Attachment

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

SEQUESTRATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM (NHPP) FUNDS
EXEMPT FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION PURSUANT TO THE BALANCED BUDGET
AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT, AS AMENDED, 2 U.S.C. 901a, 2 U.S.C. 906(k)(6)
FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 2015, AND ENDING ON OCTOBER 29, 2015

State Pre-Sequestration
NHPP Exempt Funds
Sequestered
NHPP Exempt Funds
Post-Sequestration
NHPP Exempt Funds
Alabama $1,033,721 $70,293 $963,428
Alaska 654,119 44,480 609,639
Arizona 934,071 63,517 870,554
Arkansas 699,452 47,563 651,889
California 4,363,542 296,721 4,066,821
Colorado 674,950 45,897 629,053
Connecticut 627,960 42,701 585,259
Delaware 215,835 14,677 201,158
Dist. of Col. 204,747 13,923 190,824
Florida 2,584,768 175,764 2,409,004
Georgia 1,685,931 114,643 1,571,288
Hawaii 217,721 14,805 202,916
Idaho 376,822 25,624 351,198
Illinois 1,793,753 121,975 1,671,778
Indiana 1,249,195 84,945 1,164,250
Iowa 664,017 45,153 618,864
Kansas 508,796 34,598 474,198
Kentucky 900,187 61,213 838,974
Louisiana 952,976 64,802 888,174
Maine 239,166 16,263 222,903
Maryland 748,259 50,882 697,377
Massachusetts 740,307 50,341 689,966
Michigan 1,342,374 91,281 1,251,093
Minnesota 853,526 58,040 795,486
Mississippi 653,662 44,449 609,213
Missouri 1,274,549 86,669 1,187,880
Montana 546,306 37,149 509,157
Nebraska 384,600 26,153 358,447
Nevada 453,228 30,820 422,408
New Hampshire 212,535 14,452 198,083
New Jersey 1,220,535 82,996 1,137,539
New Mexico 491,711 33,436 458,275
New York 2,034,456 138,343 1,896,113
North Carolina 1,367,651 93,000 1,274,651
North Dakota 327,566 22,275 305,291
Ohio 1,709,000 116,212 1,592,788
Oklahoma 860,915 58,542 802,373
Oregon 661,705 44,996 616,709
Pennsylvania 2,111,876 143,608 1,968,268
Rhode Island 286,351 19,472 266,879
South Carolina 907,410 61,704 845,706
South Dakota 371,828 25,284 346,544
Tennessee 1,114,435 75,782 1,038,653
Texas 4,526,344 307,791 4,218,553
Utah 459,489 31,245 428,244
Vermont 262,101 17,823 244,278
Virginia 1,324,735 90,082 1,234,653
Washington 878,790 59,758 819,032
West Virginia 584,388 39,738 544,650
Wisconsin 999,938 67,996 931,942
Wyoming 338,849 23,042 315,807
Total $50,631,148 $3,442,918 $47,188,230
Program Code     M0E2

 


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