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This directive was canceled January 8, 2015.

Notice
Subject
Sequestration of Highway Funds for the Period Beginning on October 1, 2015, and Ending on December 4, 2015
Classification Code Date Office of Primary Interest
N 4510.800 December 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. Does this Notice cancel FHWA Notice 4510.797? Yes, this Notice cancels FHWA Notice N4510.797, Sequestration of Highway Funds for the Period Beginning on October 1, 2015, and Ending on November 20, 2015, dated November 5, 2015. The revision to the Notice is required due to the further extension of the Federal-aid highway program under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II, Public Law (Pub. L.) 114-87.

  3. 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 December 4, 2015, pursuant to the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, Pub. L. 113-159, as amended by the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-21, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-41, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-73, and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II. 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 $113,483,607 in NHPP funds exempt from obligation limitation available for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on December 4, 2015, is reduced by a total of $7,716,885.

  4. How is the amount of NHPP funds sequestered for each State determined? The total sequester amount of $7,716,885 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 December 4, 2015. Each State’s portion of the total amount to be sequestered is shown in the attached table.

  5. 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).

  6. 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 DECEMBER 4, 2015

State Pre-Sequestration
NHPP Exempt
Funds
Sequestered
NHPP Exempt
Funds
Post-Sequestration
NHPP Exempt
Funds
Alabama $2,316,962 $157,553 $2,159,409
Alaska 1,466,128 99,697 1,366,431
Arizona 2,093,608 142,365 1,951,243
Arkansas 1,567,737 106,606 1,461,131
California 9,780,353 665,064 9,115,289
Colorado 1,512,818 102,872 1,409,946
Connecticut 1,407,497 95,710 1,311,787
Delaware 483,767 32,896 450,871
Dist. of Col. 458,916 31,206 427,710
Florida 5,793,444 393,954 5,399,490
Georgia 3,778,811 256,959 3,521,852
Hawaii 487,996 33,184 454,812
Idaho 844,600 57,433 787,167
Illinois 4,020,480 273,393 3,747,087
Indiana 2,799,919 190,395 2,609,524
Iowa 1,488,315 101,205 1,387,110
Kansas 1,140,405 77,548 1,062,857
Kentucky 2,017,661 137,201 1,880,460
Louisiana 2,135,980 145,247 1,990,733
Maine 536,061 36,452 499,609
Maryland 1,677,132 114,045 1,563,087
Massachusetts 1,659,308 112,833 1,546,475
Michigan 3,008,770 204,596 2,804,174
Minnesota 1,913,075 130,089 1,782,986
Mississippi 1,465,105 99,627 1,365,478
Missouri 2,856,748 194,259 2,662,489
Montana 1,224,479 83,265 1,141,214
Nebraska 862,034 58,618 803,416
Nevada 1,015,856 69,078 946,778
New Hampshire 476,370 32,393 443,977
New Jersey 2,735,682 186,026 2,549,656
New Mexico 1,102,111 74,944 1,027,167
New York 4,559,988 310,079 4,249,909
North Carolina 3,065,424 208,449 2,856,975
North Dakota 734,200 49,926 684,274
Ohio 3,830,518 260,475 3,570,043
Oklahoma 1,929,638 131,215 1,798,423
Oregon 1,483,133 100,853 1,382,280
Pennsylvania 4,733,516 321,879 4,411,637
Rhode Island 641,822 43,644 598,178
South Carolina 2,033,850 138,302 1,895,548
South Dakota 833,409 56,672 776,737
Tennessee 2,497,872 169,855 2,328,017
Texas 10,145,255 689,877 9,455,378
Utah 1,029,889 70,032 959,857
Vermont 587,467 39,948 547,519
Virginia 2,969,233 201,908 2,767,325
Washington 1,969,701 133,940 1,835,761
West Virginia 1,309,835 89,069 1,220,766
Wisconsin 2,241,239 152,404 2,088,835
Wyoming 759,490 51,645 707,845
Total $113,483,607 $7,716,885 $105,766,722
Program Code     M0E2

 


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