A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code relating to toll roads, bridges, and tunnels.
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Amends Federal law regarding toll roads, bridges, and tunnels to permit State imposition of tolls on Federal-aid highways without payback of any Federal-aid highway funds if: (1) the State highway department agrees to use toll revenues which exceed necessary maintenance costs for projects that are eligible for Federal-aid highway funds; and (2) such highway is publicly owned and operated. Provides that the Federal share payable for any authorized State toll project shall not exceed 75 percent. Sets limitations upon the State use of toll revenues which exceed necessary maintenance costs. Makes Federal-aid highway funds available for obligation on projects approaching any toll road, bridge, or tunnel. Authorizes Federal participation in analyses to determine State acquisition of a privately owned toll road, bridge, or tunnel. Repeals Federal prohibitions against toll highways under the Federal-aid highways program.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 30, 1986. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
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In the 99th Congress (1985-86), 666 of the 9,885 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.7 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
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Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
ROBERT WHITTAKER (R-KS) introduced it on January 30, 1986, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 2 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 30, 1986, 14833 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 14701 days ago, on June 11, 1986.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 99th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1987 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseUnfavorable Executive Comment Received From OMB.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action