[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7776 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7776

    To modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State 
  apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2026

 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Cuellar) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State 
  apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Formula Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO CERTAIN STATE APPORTIONMENT AMOUNTS.

    Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 
subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Calculation of Amounts.--
            ``(1) State share.--For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal 
        year thereafter, the amount for each State of combined 
        apportionments for sections 119, 133, 148, 149, 167, 175, 
        176(c), and to carry out section 134 shall be determined as 
        follows:
                    ``(A) Initial amount.--The initial amount for each 
                State shall be determined by multiplying the total 
                amount available for apportionment by the share for 
                each State, which shall be equal to the proportion 
                that--
                            ``(i) the amount of apportionments that the 
                        State received for fiscal year 2012; bears to
                            ``(ii) the amount of those apportionments 
                        received by all States for that fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Adjustments to amounts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The initial amounts 
                        resulting from the calculation under 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted to ensure 
                        that, for each State, the amount of combined 
                        apportionments for the programs shall not be 
                        less than an amount equal to--
                                    ``(I) 95 percent of the applicable 
                                percentage; multiplied by
                                    ``(II) the total amount of funds 
                                available for apportionment.
                            ``(ii) Applicable percentage.--For purposes 
                        of this subparagraph, the applicable percentage 
                        shall be an amount, expressed as a percentage, 
                        equal to the quotient of--
                                    ``(I) the estimated tax payments 
                                attributable to highway users in the 
                                State that were paid into the Highway 
                                Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
                                Account) for the most recent fiscal 
                                year for which data are available; 
                                divided by
                                    ``(II) the estimated total tax 
                                payments attributable to users in all 
                                States that were paid into the Highway 
                                Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
                                Account) for that fiscal year.
            ``(2) State apportionment.--On October 1 of each fiscal 
        year described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall apportion 
        the sum authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the 
        programs under sections 119, 133, 148, 149, 167, 175, 176(c), 
        and to carry out section 134 in accordance with paragraph 
        (1).''.
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