U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
| Notice |
|---|
| Subject |
| FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM OBLIGATIONS - FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2000 - REDISTRIBUTION OF FY 2000 OBLIGATION AUTHORITY |
| Classification Code |
Date |
Office of Primary Interest |
| N 4520.161 |
October 23, 2000 |
HABF-10 |
- What is the purpose
of this Notice? This notice is to advise of the limitation on Federal-aid
highway program obligations for fiscal year 2001 and the distribution among
the States.
- What are the legislative
provisions?
- The Department
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
2001 and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(TEA-21), as amended, provide for the limitation on obligations.
- The total obligations
for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall
not exceed $29,661,806,000 for fiscal year 2001.
- The limitation
under subsection (b) shall not apply to obligations under:
(1) Section 125
of Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.);
(2) Section 147
of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978;
(3) Section 9
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981;
(4) Sections
131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of
1982;
(5) Sections
149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation
Assistance Act of 1987;
(6) Sections
1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 (ISTEA);
(7) Section 157
of Title 23, U.S.C., as in effect on the day before the date of enactment
of TEA-21; and
(8) Section 105
of Title 23, U.S.C., only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 per fiscal
year.
- What are the Allocated
Accounts?
- Amounts authorized
for administrative expenses and programs funded from the administrative
takedown authorized by Section 104(a) of Title 23, U.S.C., and paragraph
(7) of Section 310(a) of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 and the amount authorized
for the highway use tax evasion program, for amounts provided under Section
110 of Title 23, U.S.C., and for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
are subject to the limitation on obligations.
- Unobligated balances
of funds from the previous fiscal year that are allocated by the Secretary
are subject to the limitation on obligations but are excluded from the
State-by-State
distribution.
- Pursuant to provisions
in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act for Fiscal Year 2001, the obligation of funds authorized for Intelligent
Transportation Systems for fiscal year 2001 shall not exceed $218,000,000,
and the obligation of funds authorized for Transportation Research programs
for fiscal year 2001 shall not exceed $161,000,000 within the overall
obligation limitation of $29,661,806,000. Amounts remaining available
for obligation which were authorized for such prPursuant to provisions
in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act for Fiscal year 2000.
- Amounts that are
allocated will be covered by an equal amount of obligation limitation,
which will be distributed with the allocation of the funds.
- What is the Redistribution
of Certain Authorized Funds?
- Pursuant to Section
1102(f) of TEA-21 and Section 310(e) of the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001, the Secretary
shall distribute to the States any funds authorized to be appropriated
for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs that are authorized
to be allocated by the Secretary. The amounts that the Secretary determines
that will not be allocated to the States will not be available for obligation
due to the imposition of any obligation limitation for fiscal year 2001
- Such distribution
to the States shall be accomplished within 30 days of the date of this
Notice. The funds so distributed shall be available for any purpose described
in Section 133(b) of Title 23, U.S.C.
- c.Headquarters'
program offices will be notified by the Office of Budget and Finance of
the reduction in contract authority for programs they administer due to
the imposition of the obligation limitation for fiscal year 2001.
- What is the Distribution
of Obligation Limitation to the States?
- Table
1 shows the amount of formula obligation limitation distributed to
each State for fiscal year 2001. Each State receives a proportional amount
of obligation limitation available to be distributed to the States based
on the ratio of each State's total apportionments, subject to the
limitation on obligations, bears to the total of such apportionments to
all States.
- The Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal
Year 2001 provides the Revenue Aligned Budget Authority (RABA) funds authorized
under Section 110 of Title 23, U.S.C., for fiscal year 2001. These funds
shall be apportioned based on each State's percentage share of funding
provided for under Section 105 of Title 23, U.S.C., for fiscal year 2001,
except that before such apportionments are made, $156,486,491 shall be
set aside for projects authorized under Section 1602 of Public Law 105-178
as amended, and $18,467,857 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge project authorized by Section 404 of the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 as amended, $25,000,000 shall be
set aside for Indian Reservation Roads Program under Section 204 of Title
23, U.S.C., $10,000,000 shall be set aside for the commercial driver's
license program under Motor Carrier Safety Grants authorized by Section
31102 of Title 49, U.S.C., and $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska
Highway authorized by Section 218 of Title 23, U.S.C. As required by Section
110 of Title 23, U.S.C., this distribution of contract authority and associated
obligation limitation will be provided in a separate FHWA Notice.
- After August 1,
2001, the Secretary will revise the distribution of limitation made available
if a State does not plan to obligate the amount distributed during fiscal
year 2001 and redistribute such amount to those States able to obligate
amounts, in addition to those previously distributed during fiscal year
2001. The redistribution will give priority to those States having large
unobligated balances of funds apportioned under Title 23, U.S.C., Sections
104 and 144; Section 160 of Title
23 (as in effect on the day before enactment of TEA-21); and Section 1015
of ISTEA.
- What are the Special
Limitations?
- Section
1102(c)(4) of TEA-21 and Section 310(a)(4) of the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001, provides
for an obligation limitation within the overall obligation ceiling of
$29,661,806,000 for the funds authorized under the following:
(1) Section 117
of Title 23, U.S.C. (relating to high priority projects program);
(2) Section 201
of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965;
(3 )the Woodrow
Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995; and
(4) $2,000,000,000
for Section 105 of Title 23, U.S.C., (relating to minimum guarantee).
- This special limitation
associated with the programs listed above shall remain available until
used for the obligation of funds for which distributed and shall be in
addition to any amount of any limitation imposed for future fiscal years.
- The State-by-State
distribution of the special limitation associated with minimum guarantee
and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 for fiscal
year 2001 is also shown on the table 1. The special limitation associated
with High Priority Projects, and the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority
Act of 1995,
will be distributed at the time funds are allocated to the States.
- The Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
2001 provides for an obligation limitation of the sum of $101,140,000
of the funds apportioned under Section 110 of Title 23, U.S.C., to the
States of Alabama, California, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York and Oklahoma
for specific projects. The limitation associated for the specific projects
shall remain available until expended.
- Are there any transfer
provisions? Yes, limitation will be transferred to the States' 402
Safety Program for those States which failed to meet the provisions of Title
23, U.S.C., Section 154, Open Container Requirements; and Title 23, U.S.C.,
Section 164, Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for fiscal year 2001.
The amount of transfers and associated obligation limitation is shown on Table
2.
- What action is required?
Division Administrators should ensure that copies of this Notice are provided
to State Departments of Transportation.
Kenneth R. Wykle
Federal Highway Administrator
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
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|
TABLE
1
|
|
FY 2001 DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION LIMITATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 1102 OF THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
|
|
SPECIAL LIMITATION FOR -----
|
| States |
Formula
Obligation
Limitation |
Minimum
Guarantee |
Appalachia |
Total |
| Alabama |
$365,788,301 |
$34,196,265 |
$42,899,446 |
$442,884,012 |
| Alaska |
187,851,520 |
67,492,223 |
0 |
255,343,743 |
| Arizona |
338,873,025 |
48,429,711 |
0 |
387,302,736 |
| Arkansas |
257,232,040 |
26,087,587 |
0 |
283,319,627 |
| California |
1,864,089,261 |
137,033,903 |
0 |
2,001,123,164 |
| Colorado |
249,767,995 |
13,534,553 |
0 |
263,302,548 |
| Connecticut |
277,473,903 |
48,233,209 |
0 |
325,707,112 |
| Delaware |
91,460,866 |
7,998,394 |
0 |
99,459,260 |
| Dist.
of Col. |
87,922,012 |
309,028 |
0 |
88,231,040 |
| Florida |
894,112,734 |
160,420,881 |
0 |
1,054,533,615 |
| Georgia |
652,100,164 |
100,719,708 |
17,144,272 |
769,964,144 |
| Hawaii |
102,234,757 |
10,189,843 |
0 |
112,424,600 |
| Idaho |
140,462,153 |
20,649,025 |
0 |
161,111,178 |
| Illinois |
677,118,512 |
46,756,491 |
0 |
723,875,003 |
| Indiana |
465,297,786 |
68,300,692 |
0 |
533,598,478 |
| Iowa |
253,638,540 |
10,681,141 |
0 |
264,319,681 |
| Kansas |
244,922,866 |
9,250,737 |
0 |
254,173,603 |
| Kentucky |
325,947,168 |
31,347,446 |
39,353,551 |
396,648,165 |
| Louisiana |
319,065,256 |
25,882,409 |
0 |
344,947,665 |
| Maine |
106,379,924 |
10,233,878 |
0 |
116,613,802 |
| Maryland |
318,593,229 |
24,498,191 |
6,708,408 |
349,799,828 |
| Massachusetts |
361,403,018 |
34,717,729 |
0 |
396,120,747 |
| Michigan |
632,750,053 |
71,386,531 |
0 |
704,136,584 |
| Minnesota |
298,222,930 |
20,044,172 |
0 |
318,267,102 |
| Mississippi |
253,936,524 |
21,302,156 |
4,810,978 |
280,049,658 |
| Missouri |
481,314,024 |
34,001,761 |
0 |
515,315,785 |
| Montana |
186,904,087 |
33,878,294 |
0 |
220,782,381 |
| Nebraska |
171,956,624 |
5,902,618 |
0 |
177,859,242 |
| Nevada |
142,149,178 |
19,380,174 |
0 |
161,529,352 |
| New
Hampshire |
100,491,230 |
9,789,879 |
0 |
110,281,109 |
| New
Jersey |
540,471,138 |
38,674,191 |
0 |
579,145,329 |
| New
Mexico |
190,241,273 |
21,608,125 |
0 |
211,849,398 |
| New
York |
1,000,178,535 |
91,680,193 |
9,246,366 |
1,101,105,094 |
| North
Carolina |
528,162,780 |
68,113,060 |
25,257,634 |
621,533,474 |
| North
Dakota |
137,003,541 |
10,654,125 |
0 |
147,657,666 |
| Ohio |
668,659,795 |
51,087,770 |
19,345,212 |
739,092,777 |
| Oklahoma |
325,362,392 |
17,216,641 |
0 |
342,579,033 |
| Oregon |
243,694,861 |
15,565,485 |
0 |
259,260,346 |
| Pennsylvania |
889,399,163 |
62,515,136 |
104,894,749 |
1,056,809,048 |
| Rhode
Island |
121,207,065 |
12,416,365 |
0 |
133,623,430 |
| South
Carolina |
323,322,324 |
47,368,912 |
2,101,589 |
372,792,825 |
| South
Dakota |
142,638,632 |
12,702,280 |
0 |
155,340,912 |
| Tennessee |
409,096,381 |
37,385,575 |
48,095,364 |
494,577,320 |
| Texas |
1,460,781,173 |
203,394,290 |
0 |
1,664,175,463 |
| Utah |
161,794,892 |
8,669,075 |
0 |
170,463,967 |
| Vermont |
94,134,895 |
7,087,798 |
0 |
101,222,693 |
| Virginia |
503,620,194 |
52,702,481 |
10,108,976 |
566,431,651 |
| Washington |
367,079,018 |
19,779,885 |
0 |
386,858,903 |
| West
Virginia |
164,780,136 |
9,398,913 |
59,650,205 |
233,829,254 |
| Wisconsin |
379,449,771 |
51,447,516 |
0 |
430,897,287 |
| Wyoming |
146,827,358 |
7,883,555 |
0 |
154,710,913 |
| SUBTOTAL |
$19,647,364,997 |
$2,000,000,000 |
$389,616,750 |
$22,036,981,747 |
| |
|
SPECIAL
LIMITATION FOR -----
|
|
HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS |
1,480,915,467 |
|
WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE |
175,800,000 |
| REVENUE
ALIGNED BUDGET AUTHORITY |
3,058,000,000 |
| SECTION
163 (BAC .08) |
79,110,000 |
| TRANSFER
SECTIONS 154 AND 164 |
213,988,368 |
| ALLOCATED
PROGRAMS |
2,617,010,418 |
| TOTAL |
$29,661,806,000 |
U.
S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
|
|
TABLE
2
|
|
FUNDS
TRANSFERED TO THE SECTION 402 HIGHWAY
SAFETY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION 154 AND 164
|
| |
STATE
|
TOTAL
AMOUNT
OF TRANSFER
|
FY
2001
OBLIGATION
LIMITATION
|
|
| |
Alabama |
$0 |
$0 |
|
| |
Alaska |
5,162,404 |
4,486,129 |
|
| |
Arizona |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Arkansas |
3,559,258 |
3,092,995 |
|
| |
California |
22,345,840 |
19,418,535 |
|
| |
Colorado |
3,618,827 |
3,144,761 |
|
| |
Connecticut |
5,408,460 |
4,699,952 |
|
| |
Delaware |
2,452,354 |
2,131,096 |
|
| |
Dist.
of Col. |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Florida |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Georgia |
19,102,268 |
16,599,871 |
|
| |
Hawaii |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Idaho |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Illinois |
8,462,617 |
7,354,014 |
|
| |
Indiana |
6,936,628 |
6,027,930 |
|
| |
Iowa |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Kansas |
3,352,353 |
2,913,195 |
|
| |
Kentucky |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Louisiana |
7,648,782 |
6,646,792 |
|
| |
Maine |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Maryland |
7,704,288 |
6,695,026 |
|
| |
Massachusetts |
7,972,718 |
6,928,292 |
|
| |
Michigan |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Minnesota |
4,454,352 |
3,870,832 |
|
| |
Mississippi |
3,434,547 |
2,984,621 |
|
| |
Missouri |
12,020,016 |
10,445,394 |
|
| |
Montana |
5,621,652 |
4,885,216 |
|
| |
Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Nevada |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
New
Hampshire |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
New
Jersey |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
New
Mexico |
5,980,870 |
5,197,376 |
|
| |
New
York |
8,988,054 |
7,810,619 |
|
| |
North
Carolina |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
North
Dakota |
2,098,266 |
1,823,393 |
|
| |
Ohio |
8,721,789 |
7,579,235 |
|
| |
Oklahoma |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Oregon |
3,290,490 |
2,859,436 |
|
| |
Pennsylvania |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Rhode
Island |
1,263,507 |
1,097,988 |
|
| |
South
Carolina |
4,603,340 |
4,000,302 |
|
| |
South
Dakota |
2,092,228 |
1,818,146 |
|
| |
Tennessee |
11,447,304 |
9,947,707 |
|
| |
Texas |
42,706,234 |
37,111,717 |
|
| |
Utah |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Vermont |
2,399,300 |
2,084,992 |
|
| |
Virginia |
6,701,796 |
5,823,861 |
|
| |
Washington |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
West
Virginia |
3,863,966 |
3,357,786 |
|
| |
Wisconsin |
5,636,453 |
4,898,078 |
|
| |
Wyoming |
4,638,408 |
4,030,777 |
|
| |
SUBTOTAL |
$243,689,369 |
$211,766,064 |
|
| |
Puerto
Rico |
2,528,218 |
2,222,304 |
|
| |
TOTAL |
$246,217,587 |
$213,988,368 |
|
| |
NOTE:
Puerto Rico Highway Progam is an allocated program and is
not treated as an apportionment to the States. |
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