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Highway Statistics 2002 - FHWA

STATUS OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 1/

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

OCTOBER 2003Table FE-10
ITEMHIGHWAY ACCOUNTMASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT 2/TOTAL
I. Opening balance:
A. Investments - U.S. Treasury special certificates of Indebtedness$17,092,213,000.00 $7,022,561,000.00 $24,114,774,000.00
B. Uninvested - held by Bureau of Public Debt 1,763,419,134.84 338,975,529.98 2,102,394,664.82
C. Uninvested - held by program agencies 1,516,055,439.15 7,190,246.74 1,523,245,685.89
D. Total balance 20,371,687,573.99 7,368,726,776.72 27,740,414,350.71
II. Receipts:
A. Excise taxes (transferred General Fund receipts)
1. Gasoline 17,611,067,000.00 3,262,154,000.00 20,873,221,000.00
2. Gasohol1,662,416,000.00 581,723,000.00 2,244,139,000.00
3. Diesel and special motor fuels7,366,174,000.00 984,102,000.00 8,350,276,000.00
4. Tires351,326,000.00 0.00 351,326,000.00
5. Trucks and trailers1,265,718,000.00 0.00 1,265,718,000.00
6. Federal use tax981,695,000.00 0.00 981,695,000.00
7. Total excise taxes29,238,396,000.00 4,827,979,000.00 34,066,375,000.00
B. Deduct - reimbursement to General Fund receipts(refunds and tax credits)
1. Diesel powered vehicle rebate4,000.00 0.00 4,000.00
2. Diesel fuel used in buses33,411,220.00 0.00 33,411,220.00
3. Diesel fuel-other581,314,030.00 96,094,000.00 677,408,030.00
4. Gasohol19,402,000.00 0.00 19,402,000.00
5. Gasoline used to make gasohol21,515,000.00 0.00 21,515,000.00
6. Gasoline-other258,828,000.00 64,504,000.00 323,332,000.00
7. Special fuel4,228,880.00 4,228,880.00
8. Total918,703,130.00 160,598,000.00 1,079,301,130.00
C. Transfers
1. To Land and Water Conservation Fund844,000.00 156,000.00 1,000,000.00
2. To Aquatic Resources Trust Fund249,902,000.00 32,844,000.00 282,746,000.00
3. To General Fund102,137,000.00 13,389,000.00 115,526,000.00
4. Total352,883,000.00 46,389,000.00 399,272,000.00
D. Net excise taxes27,966,809,870.00 4,620,992,000.00 32,587,801,870.00
E. Other income 3/
1. Motor carrier safety fines and penalties14,790,307.34 0.00 14,790,307.34
2. Interest under Cash Management Improvement Act (net)1,336,743.00 (339.00)1,336,404.00
3. Total16,127,050.34 (339.00)16,126,711.34
F. Total receipts27,982,936,920.34 4,620,991,661.00 32,603,928,581.34
III. Expenditures:
A.Federal Highway Administration
1. Federal aid to highways30,161,429,587.69 0.00 30,161,429,587.69
2. Right-of-way revolving fund(12,362,170.22)0.00 (12,362,170.22)
3. Other 303,289,387.96 0.00 303,289,387.96
4. Total30,452,356,805.43 0.00 30,452,356,805.43
B. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration274,827,963.80 0.00 274,827,963.80
C. Federal Transit Administration1,174,827,980.23 5,893,121,926.91 7,067,949,907.14
D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1. Highway related safety grants14,732.16 0.00 14,732.16
2. Operations and research83,389,471.55 0.00 83,389,471.55
3. Highway traffic safety grants229,145,170.24 0.00 229,145,170.24
4. National driver register1,976,934.94 0.00 1,976,934.94
5. Total314,526,308.89 0.00 314,526,308.89
E. Federal Railroad Administration24,803.55 0.00 24,803.55
F. Other agencies2,017,336.59 0.00 2,017,336.59
G. Total expenditures32,218,581,198.49 5,893,121,926.91 38,111,703,125.40
IV. Balances in Trust Fund:
A. Investments
U. S. Treasury special certificates of indebtedness13,051,156,000.00 5,788,971,000.00 18,840,127,000.00
B. Undisbursed balances
1. Uninvested - held by Bureau of Public Debt1,810,782,426.97 300,757,190.98 2,111,539,617.95
2. Uninvested - held by program agencies
a. 963,877,265.08 0.00 963,877,265.08
b. 33,827,816.67 0.00 33,827,816.67
c. 55,673,952.63 0.00 55,673,952.63
d. 834,359.17 0.00 834,359.17
e. 53,659,931.52 0.00 53,659,931.52
f. 0.00 6,868,319.83 6,868,319.83
g. 160,787,332.78 0.00 160,787,332.78
h. 312,151.02 0.00 312,151.02
i. 5,502,715.28 0.00 5,502,715.28
j. 1,274,475,524.15 6,868,319.83 1,281,343,843.98
3. Total uninvested balance3,085,257,951.12 307,625,510.81 3,392,883,461.93
C. Un-reconciled Balance(370,655.28)0.00 (370,655.28)
D. Total balance$16,136,043,295.84 6,096,596,510.81 $22,232,639,806.65

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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