,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cigb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #c1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 and ,mr4 ,gallego7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to modify a         
provision relating to adjustments of    
certain ,state apportionments for       
,federal highway programs1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,highway ,formula   
,fairness ,act4  #b4 ,adjustments to    
certain ,state apportionment amounts    
,section #ajd of title #bc1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
subsection 7c7 and inserting the        
following3  7c7 ,calculation of amounts 
7#a7 ,state share ,for fiscal year #bjbg
 and each fiscal year thereafter1 the   
amount for each ,state of combined      
apportionments for the national highway 
performance program under section #aai1 

the surface transportation block grant  
program under section #acc1 the highway 
safety improvement program under section
 #adh1 the congestion mitigation and air
 quality improvement program under      
section #adi1 the national highway      
freight program under section #afg1 the 
carbon reduction program under section  
#age1 to carry out subsection 7c7 of the
 ,,protect program under section #agf1  
and to carry out section #acd shall be  
determined as follows3 7,a7 ,initial    
amount ,the initial amount for each     
,state shall be determined by           
multiplying the total amount available  
for apportionment by the share for each 
,state1 which shall be equal to the     
proportion that--  7i7 the amount of    
apportionments that the ,state received 
for fiscal year #bjab2 bears to  7ii7   
the amount of those apportionments      
received by all ,states for that fiscal 
year4  7,b7 ,adjustments to amounts  7i7
 ,in general ,the initial amounts       
resulting from the calculation under    

subparagraph 7,a7 shall be adjusted to  
ensure that1 for each ,state1 the amount
 of combined apportionments for the     
programs shall not be less than an      
amount equal to--  7,i7 #ie percent of  
the applicable percentage2 multiplied by
  7,,ii7 the total amount of funds      
available for apportionment4  7ii7      
,applicable percentage ,for purposes of 
this subparagraph1 the applicable       
percentage shall be an amount1 expressed
 as a percentage1 equal to the quotient 
of--  7,i7 the estimated tax payments   
attributable to highway users in the    
,state that were paid into the ,highway 
,trust ,fund 7other than the ,mass      
,transit ,account7 for the most recent  
fiscal year for which data are          
available2 divided by  7,,ii7 the       
estimated total tax payments            
attributable to users in all ,states    
that were paid into the ,highway ,trust 
,fund 7other than the ,mass ,transit    
,account7 for that fiscal year4  7#b7   
,state apportionment ,on ,october #a of 

each fiscal year described in paragraph 
7#a71 the ,secretary shall apportion the
 sum authorized to be appropriated for  
expenditure on the national highway     
performance program under section #aai1 
the surface transportation block grant  
program under section #acc1 the highway 
safety improvement program under section
 #adh1 the congestion mitigation and air
 quality improvement program under      
section #adi1 the national highway      
freight program under section #afg1 the 
carbon reduction program under section  
#age1 to carry out subsection 7c7 of the
 ,,protect program under section #agf1  
and to carry out section #acd in        
accordance with paragraph 7#a74  4