,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fagh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjaf,mr4 ,foster 7for himself and ,mrs4
 ,bustos7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title #bc1 ,united   
,states ,code1 with respect to          
apportionments to ,states for certain   
highway programs1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fair ,allocation of
 ,highway ,funds ,act of #bjaf4  #b4    
,calculation of amounts ,section        
#ajd7;c77#a7 of title #bc1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting the     
following3  7,b7 ,adjustment to amounts 
7i7 ,in general ,the initial amounts    
resulting from the calculation under    
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be adjusted to  
ensure that each ,state receives an     
aggregate apportionment equal to at     
least #ie percent1 but not more than    

#aje percent1 of the sum of--  7,i7 the 
estimated tax payments attributable to  
highway users in the ,state paid into   
the ,highway ,trust ,fund 7other than   
the ,mass ,transit ,account7 in the most
 recent fiscal year for which data are  
available2 plus  7,,ii7 an amount which 
bears the same ratio to the ,general    
,fund transfer amount as-- 7aa7 the     
aggregate of amounts collected in such  
,state under the ,federal internal      
revenue laws 7other than the taxes and  
penalties described in section #iejc7;b7
 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of     
#aihf7 in the most recent fiscal year   
for which data are available2 bears to  
7bb7 the aggregate of amounts collected 
in all ,states under such ,federal      
internal revenue laws in such fiscal    
year4  7ii7 ,total spending ,after the  
adjustment described in clause 7i71 the 
amount for each ,state determined under 
this subsection shall be adjusted by a  
single multiplicative factor to ensure  
that total spending will not be affected

 by this subparagraph4  7iii7 ,general  
,fund transfer amount defined ,in this  
subparagraph1 the term ,general ,fund   
transfer amount means the amount equal  
to the aggregate amount of funds1 as    
estimated by the ,secretary of          
,transportation1 to be apportioned from 
the ,highway ,trust ,fund in the fiscal 
year in which the apportionment will be 
made that are attributable to deposits  
in the ,fund derived from a source other
 than the taxes and penalties described 
in section #iejc7;b7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  4