Sec. 203. Apportionment
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Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to be made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration, an amount equal to 1 percent of the amounts made available for programs under this title for the fiscal year. ; and in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the Appalachian development highway system and inserting the portions of the Appalachian Development Highway System on the Interstate System ; in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the national highway freight program, and to carry out section 134 and inserting and the national highway freight program ; in each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and
(6)and inserting paragraph
(4); by striking paragraph (4); by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (4); in paragraph
(4)(as so redesignated)— by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: The total amount set aside for the national highway freight program for all States shall be 3.5 percent of the amounts made available for programs under this title for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. ; and by striking subparagraph (D); and by striking paragraph (6); in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking fiscal years 2016 through 2020 and inserting fiscal years 2022 through 2026 ; in subparagraph (A)— by striking clause
(i)and inserting the following: the base apportionment; by ; and in clause (ii)(I), by striking fiscal year 2015 and inserting fiscal year 2021 ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking (other than the Mass Transit Account) ; and in paragraph (2)— by striking fiscal years 2016 through 2020 and inserting fiscal years 2022 through 2026 ; and by striking the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149, the national highway freight program under section 167, and to carry out section 134 and inserting and the national highway freight program under section 167 ; by striking subsections
(d)and (h); by redesignating subsections
(e)through
(g)as subsections
(d)through (f), respectively; by striking subsection
(e)(as so redesignated) and inserting the following: To the extent that a State determines that funds made available under this title to the State for a purpose are in excess of the needs of the State for that purpose, the State may transfer the excess funds to, and use the excess funds for, any surface transportation (including public transportation and rail) purpose in the State. If the Secretary determines that a State has transferred funds under paragraph
(1)to a purpose that is not a surface transportation purpose as described in paragraph (1), the amount of the improperly transferred funds shall be deducted from any amount the State would otherwise receive from the Highway Trust Fund for the fiscal year that begins after the date of the determination. ; and by striking subsection
(i)and inserting the following: 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, and the national highway freight program under section 167. .