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February 2017
Table FA-4A
I. Amount authorized
The FAST Act authorizes a total combined amount ($39.7 billion in FY 2016, $40.5 billion in FY 2017, $41.4 billion in FY 2018, $42.4 billion in FY 2019, and $43.4 billion in FY 2020) in contract authority to fund six formula programs (including certain set-asides within the programs described below):
II. Determination of each State’s apportionment
Reservation of supplemental STBG and NHPP funds
Before making apportionments to States, the FAST Act requires FHWA to reserve from the total amount authorized for the apportioned programs: (1) for each of FY 2019 and 2020, an amount to supplement the base apportionments for the NHPP (“supplemental NHPP”); and (2) for each of FY 2016-2020, an amount to supplement the base apportionments for the STBGP (“supplemental STBG”) [23 U.S.C 104(h)(1) and (2)]. The remainder, net of these amounts, is referred to as the “base apportionment.” [23 U.S.C 104(i)]
Calculation of a State’s initial apportionment (in three components)
For each of these three amounts (supplemental NHPP, supplemental STBGP, and base apportionment), FHWA determines a State’s initial apportionment, calculating for the State a share of the amount equal to the State’s share of FY 2015 apportionments. [23 U.S.C. 104(c)]
Adjustment based on Trust fund contributions
FHWA then adjusts each of the three amounts, if necessary, to ensure that the sum of the three amounts received by each State is at least 95% of the dollar amount of its contributions to the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund in the most recent year for which data are available. Any upward adjustment based on this comparison is offset by proportional decreases to the amounts of other States. [23 U.S.C 104(c)]
III. Division of State's apportionment among programs
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A. | NHFP [23 U.S.C. 104(b)(5)] |
Funding in an amount equal to the national amount for the program: |
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…multiplied by the following ratio: | State's base apportionment for FY Nat'l total base apportionment for FY |
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B. | CMAQ [23 U.S.C. 104(b)(4)] |
Funded in an amount equal to the State's base apportionment (net of Step A), multiplied by the following ratio: | State's FY 2009 CMAQ $ State's total FY 2009 apportionments |
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C. | Metropolitan Planning [23 U.S.C. 104(b)(5)(D) & (6)] |
Funded in an amount equal to--
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State's FY 2009 Metro Planning $ State's total FY 2009 apportionments |
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D. | NHPP [23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1)] STBG [23 U.S.C 104(b)(2)] HSIP [23 U.S.C. 104(b)(3)] |
The remainder of the State's base apportionment (net of amounts under Steps A through C) is divided on the following proportions: | 63.7% to NHPP 29.3% to STBG 7.0% to HSIP |
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…and then the NHPP and STBG amounts are increased by the "supplemental NHPP and STBG" amounts calculated in Step II.B. | |||||||||||||||
E. | Rail-Highway Crossing Set-aside [23 U.S.C. 130 & §126 of Division L of Pub. L. 114-113] |
Funded by a set-aside from the States' initial HSIP amounts prior to apportionment--
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F. | Safety-related Activities set-aside 2/ [§ 1519(a) of Pub. L. 112-141, as amended by the FAST Act] |
Funded by a set-aside from the States' initial HSIP amounts prior to apportionment--
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1/ The FAST Act set aside $225 million for FY 2016, but the later enacted FY 2016 Appropriations Act increased the set-aside to $350 million.
2/ Set-aside amount is not provided to States as apportionment, but instead funds an allocated program for safety-related activities and clearinghouses. Therefore, these funds are not included in Table FA-4.