H.R. 7776

[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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