,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #be1     
#bjae ,mr4 ,brown introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend title #bc1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to reduce the funding    
available for a ,state under the        
national highway performance program and
 the surface transportation program if  
the ,state issues a license plate that  
contains an image of a flag of the      
,confederate ,states of ,america1       
including the ,battle ,flag of the      
,confederate ,states of ,america4  #a4  
,reduction of apportionment for certain 
,federal-aid highway programs ,section  
#ajd of title #bc1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7h7 ,reduction of       
apportionment for certain ,federal-,aid 
highway programs ,the amount apportioned
 to a ,state under paragraphs 7#a7 and  

7#b7 of subsection 7b7 shall be reduced 
by an amount equal to #e percent of     
those funds--  7#a7 effective beginning 
on ,october #a of the first fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enactment of
 this subsection1 for each fiscal year  
in which the ,state issues a license    
plate that contains an image of a flag  
of the ,confederate ,states of ,america1
 including the ,battle ,flag of the     
,confederate ,states of ,america2 and   
7#b7 effective beginning on ,october #a 
of the second fiscal year beginning     
after the date of enactment of this     
subsection1 for each fiscal year in     
which the ,state allows a license plate 
described in paragraph 7#a7 and issued  
by the ,state before the first fiscal   
year referred to in that paragraph to be
 displayed on a motor vehicle registered
 in the ,state4  4