Sec. 201. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES

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## SEC. 201 FINDINGS AND PURPOSES ###

(a)Findings Congress finds and declares that— ####

(1)Federal infrastructure spending on transportation is critical to the efficient movement of goods and people in the United States; ####

(2)section 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1921) has been estimated to result in fiscal year 1996 transportation spending being reduced by as much as $2,700,000,000; ####

(3)such section 1003(c) will result in a reduction of critical funds to States from the Highway Trust Fund; and ####

(4)the funding reduction will have adverse effects on the national economy and the predictability of funding for the Nation's highway system and impede interstate commerce. ###

(b)Purposes The purposes of this title are— ####

(1)to make the program categories in the Federal-aid highway program more flexible so that States may fund high-priority projects in fiscal year 1996; ####

(2)to reallocate funds from certain programs during fiscal year 1996 so that the States will be able to continue their core transportation infrastructure programs; ####

(3)to ensure the equitable distribution of funds to urbanized areas with a population over 200,000 in a manner consistent with the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; and ####

(4)to suspend certain penalties that would be imposed on the States.

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Sec. 201

FINDINGS AND PURPOSES

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