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January 2023
OVERVIEW:
FAST Act Sections 1101, 1104; 23 USC 104,130
As under MAP-21, the FAST Act authorizes a single amount for each year for all the apportioned highway programs combined. That amount is apportioned among the States, and then each State's apportionment is divided among the individual apportioned programs. The FAST Act authorizes a total combined amount ($39.7 billion in FY2016, $40.5 billion in FY2017, $41.4 billion in FY2018, $42.4 billion in FY2019, $43.4 billion in FY2020 and $43.4 billion in FY2021) in contract authority to fund six formula programs (including set-asides within the programs described below).
| Program | Statute | Method | Formulas |
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| National Highway Freight Program (NHFP) | [23 USC 104(b)(5)] | Funded in an amount equal to the national amount for the program multiplied by the following ratio: | State's base apportionment for Fiscal Year over the National total base apportionment for Fiscal Year |
| Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) | [23 USC 104(b)(4)] | Funded in an amount equal to the State's total apportionment multiplied by the following ratio: | State's Fiscal Year 2020 CMAQ amount in dollars over the State's total Fiscal Year 2020 apportionments |
| Metropolitian Planning | [23 USC 104(b)(5)] | Funded in an amount equal to - the State's base apportionment (net of NHFP); plus the State's NHFP funding; multiplied by the following ratio: | State's Fiscal Year 2020 Metro Planning amount in dollars over the State's total Fiscal Year 2020 apportionments |
| National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) | [23 USC 104(b)(1)] | The remainder of the State's base apportionment (net of NHFP, CMAQ and Metro Planning) is divided on the following proportions: …and then the NHPP and STBG amounts are increased by the "supplemental NHPP and STBG" amounts calculated above. | 63.7% to NHPP |
| Surface Transportation Program (STP) | [23 USC 104(b)(2)] | 29.3% to STP | |
| Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) | [23 USC 104(b)(3)] | 7.0% to HSIP | |
| Railway Highway Crossings | [23 USC 130; § 126 of Division L of Pub. L. 114-113] | Funded via a set-aside from from the State's initial HSIP amounts prior to apportionment -
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| Safety-related activities set-aside | [§1519(a) of Pub. L. 112-141, as amended by the FAST Act] | Funded via set-aside from the States' initial HSIP amounts prior to apportionment -
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Source: FHWA FAST ACT Fact Sheets/FHWA Notice 4510.853
Funding Federal-Aid Highways Publication No. FHWA-PL-17-011 Appendix C. Apportionment and programmatic distribution
