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STATUS OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 1/

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001

OCTOBER 2002Table FE-10
ITEMHIGHWAY ACCOUNTMASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT 2/TOTAL
I.Opening balance:$22,553,544,391.88$8,547,443,900.24$31,100,988,292.12
II.Receipts:
A.Excise taxes (transferred General Fund receipts)
1.Gasoline16,921,760,000.003,137,272,000.0020,059,032,000.00
2.Gasohol1,518,752,000.00559,123,000.002,077,875,000.00
3.Diesel and Special motor fuels7,158,401,000.00956,602,000.008,115,003,000.00
4.Tires342,723,000.000.00342,723,000.00
5.Trucks and trailers1,488,705,000.000.001,488,705,000.00
6.Federal use tax609,611,000.000.00609,611,000.00
7.Total excise taxes28,039,952,000.004,652,997,000.0032,692,949,000.00
B.Deduct - reimbursement to General Fund receipts (refunds and tax credits)
1.Diesel powered vehicle rebate262,000.000.00262,000.00
2.Diesel fuel used in buses13,620,400.000.0013,620,400.00
3.Diesel fuel-other610,081,440.0045,378,000.00655,459,440.00
4.Gasohol19,301,000.000.0019,301,000.00
5.Gasoline used to make gasohol21,466,000.000.0021,466,000.00
6.Gasoline-other260,191,000.0024,997,000.00285,188,000.00
7.Total924,921,840.0070,375,000.00995,296,840.00
C.Transfers
1.To Land and Water Conservation Fund844,000.00156,000.001,000,000.00
2.To Aquatic Resources Trust Fund214,507,000.0029,394,000.00243,901,000.00
3.Total215,351,000.0029,550,000.00244,901,000.00
D.Net excise taxes26,899,679,160.004,553,072,000.0031,452,751,160.00
E.Other Income 3/
1.Motor carrier safety fines and penalties16,092,794.250.0016,092,794.25
2.Under Cash Management Improvement Act (net)743,517.0038,008.00781,525.00
3.Total16,836,311.2538,008.0016,874,319.25
F.Total receipts26,916,515,471.254,553,110,008.0031,469,625,479.25
III.Expenditures: (checks written basis)
A.Federal Highway Administration
1.Highways (Federal aid)27,244,826,779.480.0027,244,826,779.48
2.Right-of-way revolving fund(19,218,076.86)0.00(19,218,076.86)
3.Other Federal Highway Administration accounts85,728,555.020.0085,728,555.02
4.Total27,311,337,257.640.0027,311,337,257.64
B.Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration199,082,282.370.00199,082,282.37
C.Federal Transit Administration1,290,598,156.525,731,827,131.347,022,425,287.86
D.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1.Highway related safety grants133,653.760.00207,255,115.17
2.Operations and research83,538,888.760.0083,538,888.76
3.Highway traffic safety grants207,255,115.170.00133,653.76
4National Driver Register2,965,973.84  
5Total293,893,631.530.00293,893,631.53
E.Federal Railroad Administration2,048,980.200.002,048,980.20
F.Other agencies1,411,980.860.001,411,980.86
G.Total expenditures29,098,372,289.125,731,827,131.3434,830,199,420.46
IV.Balances in Trust Fund:
A.Investments
U. S. Treasury special certificates of indebtedness17,092,213,000.007,022,561,000.0024,114,774,000.00
B.Undisbursed balances
1Uninvested - Held by the Bureau of Public Debt1,763,419,134.84338,975,529.982,102,394,664.82
2Uninvested - Held by program agencies
a. Highways (Federal aid)1,170,886,044.920.001,170,886,044.92
b. Right-of-way revolving fund52,625,215.250.0052,625,215.25
c. Other Federal Highway Administration accounts65,494,723.730.0065,494,723.73
d. Appalachian Development Highway System5,410,091.020.005,410,091.02
d. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration36,109,466.320.0036,109,466.32
e. Federal Transit Administration0.007,190,246.747,190,246.74
f. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration178,313,641.670.00178,313,641.67
g. Federal Railroad Administration336,954.570.00336,954.57
h. Other agencies6,879,301.870.006,879,301.87
i. Total3,279,474,574.19346,165,776.723,625,640,350.91
C.Total balance$20,371,687,574.19$7,368,726,776.72$27,740,414,350.91

1/ The Fund was created June 29, 1956, by the enactment of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956.

2/ The Mass Transit Account was established April 1, 1983, by the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.

3/ The Highway Trust Fund ceased earning interest effective October 1, 1998, per section 9004(a) of TEA-21.


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