Sec. 1104. Apportionment
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Section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to be made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration $440,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021. . Section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in the subsection heading by striking and inserting Division of State Apportionments Among Programs ;
Division Among Programs of State’s Share of Base Apportionment in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by inserting of the base apportionment after the amount ; and by striking surface transportation program and inserting surface transportation block grant program ; in paragraph (2)— in the paragraph heading by striking and inserting Surface transportation program ; and Surface transportation block grant program by striking surface transportation program and inserting surface transportation block grant program ; and in each of paragraphs
(4)and (5), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting of the base apportionment after the amount . Section 104(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, the amount for each State shall be determined as follows: The initial amounts for each State shall be determined by multiplying— each of— the base apportionment; supplemental funds reserved under subsection (h)(1) for the national highway performance program; and supplemental funds reserved under subsection (h)(2) for the surface transportation block grant program; by the share for each State, which shall be equal to the proportion that— the amount of apportionments that the State received for fiscal year 2015; bears to the amount of those apportionments received by all States for that fiscal year. The initial amounts resulting from the calculation under subparagraph
(A)shall be adjusted to ensure that each State receives an aggregate apportionment equal to at least 95 percent of the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available. On October 1 of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, the Secretary shall apportion the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the national highway performance program under section 119, the surface transportation block grant program under section 133, the highway safety improvement program under section 148, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149, and to carry out section 134 in accordance with paragraph (1). . Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Before making an apportionment for a fiscal year under subsection (c), the Secretary shall reserve for the national highway performance program under section 119 for that fiscal year an amount equal to— $53,596,122 for fiscal year 2019; $66,717,816 for fiscal year 2020; and $79,847,397 for fiscal year 2021. Funds reserved under subparagraph
(A)and apportioned to a State under subsection
(c)shall be treated as if apportioned under subsection (b)(1), and shall be in addition to amounts apportioned under that subsection. Before making an apportionment for a fiscal year under subsection (c), the Secretary shall reserve for the surface transportation block grant program under section 133 for that fiscal year an amount equal to $819,900,000 pursuant to section 133(h), plus— $70,526,310 for fiscal year 2016; $104,389,904 for fiscal year 2017; $148,113,536 for fiscal year 2018; $160,788,367 for fiscal year 2019; $200,153,448 for fiscal year 2020; and $239,542,191 for fiscal year 2021. Funds reserved under subparagraph
(A)and apportioned to a State under subsection
(c)shall be treated as if apportioned under subsection (b)(2), and shall be in addition to amounts apportioned under that subsection. In this section, the term base apportionment means— the combined amount authorized for appropriation for the national highway performance program under section 119, the surface transportation block grant program under section 133, the highway safety improvement program under section 148, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149, and to carry out section 134; minus supplemental funds reserved under subsection
(h)for the national highway performance program and the surface transportation block grant program. .