§ 105. — Minimum guarantee.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 23USC105]
TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 105. Minimum guarantee
(a) General Rule.--For each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the
Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts sufficient to ensure
that each State's percentage of the total apportionments for such fiscal
year of Interstate maintenance, national highway system, bridge,
congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface
transportation, metropolitan planning, minimum guarantee, high priority
projects, Appalachian development highway system, and recreational
trails programs shall equal the percentage listed for each State in
subsection (b). The minimum amount allocated to a State under this
section for a fiscal year shall be $1,000,000.
(b) State Percentages.--The percentage for each State referred to in
subsection (a) shall be determined in accordance with the following
table:
States: Percentage
Alabama............................................... 2.0269
Alaska................................................ 1.1915
Arizona............................................... 1.5581
Arkansas.............................................. 1.3214
California............................................ 9.1962
Colorado.............................................. 1.1673
Connecticut........................................... 1.5186
Delaware.............................................. 0.4424
District of Columbia.................................. 0.3956
Florida............................................... 4.6176
Georgia............................................... 3.5104
Hawaii................................................ 0.5177
Idaho................................................. 0.7718
Illinois.............................................. 3.3819
Indiana............................................... 2.3588
Iowa.................................................. 1.2020
Kansas................................................ 1.1717
Kentucky.............................................. 1.7365
Louisiana............................................. 1.5900
Maine................................................. 0.5263
Maryland.............................................. 1.5087
Massachusetts......................................... 1.8638
Michigan.............................................. 3.1535
Minnesota............................................. 1.4993
Mississippi........................................... 1.2186
Missouri.............................................. 2.3615
Montana............................................... 0.9929
Nebraska.............................................. 0.7768
Nevada................................................ 0.7248
New Hampshire......................................... 0.5163
New Jersey............................................ 2.5816
New Mexico............................................ 0.9884
New York.............................................. 5.1628
North Carolina........................................ 2.8298
North Dakota.......................................... 0.6553
Ohio.................................................. 3.4257
Oklahoma.............................................. 1.5419
Oregon................................................ 1.2183
Pennsylvania.......................................... 4.9887
Rhode Island.......................................... 0.5958
South Carolina........................................ 1.5910
South Dakota.......................................... 0.7149
Tennessee............................................. 2.2646
Texas................................................. 7.2131
Utah.................................................. 0.7831
Vermont............................................... 0.4573
Virginia.............................................. 2.5627
Washington............................................ 1.7875
West Virginia......................................... 1.1319
Wisconsin............................................. 1.9916
Wyoming............................................... 0.6951
(c) Treatment of Funds.--
(1) Programmatic distribution.--The Secretary shall apportion
the amounts made available under this section that exceed
$2,800,000,000 so that the amount apportioned to each State under
this paragraph for each program referred to in subsection (a) (other
than metropolitan planning, minimum guarantee, high priority
projects, Appalachian development highway system, and recreational
trails programs) is equal to the amount determined by multiplying
the amount to be apportioned under this paragraph by the ratio
that--
(A) the amount of funds apportioned to each State for each
program referred to in subsection (a) (other than metropolitan
planning, minimum guarantee, high priority projects, Appalachian
development highway system, and recreational trails programs)
for a fiscal year; bears to
(B) the total amount of funds apportioned to each State for
such program for such fiscal year.
(2) Remaining distribution.--The Secretary shall administer the
remainder of funds made available under this section to the States
in accordance with section 104(b)(3); except that requirements of
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 133(d) shall not apply to
amounts administered pursuant to this paragraph.
(d) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated out of
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003.
(e) Special Rule.--If in any of fiscal years 1999 through 2003, the
amount authorized under subsection (d) is more than 30 percent higher
than the amount authorized under subsection (d) in fiscal year 1998, the
Secretary shall use the apportionment factors under sections 104 and 144
as in effect on the date of enactment of this section.
(f) Guarantee of 90.5 Return.--
(1) In general.--Before making any apportionment under this
title for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003, the Secretary,
subject to paragraph (2), shall adjust the percentages in the table
in subsection (b) to reflect the estimated percentage of estimated
tax payments attributable to highway users in each State paid into
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the
latest fiscal year for which data is available, to ensure that no
State's percentage return from such Trust Fund is less than 90.5
percent.
(2) Eligibility threshold for initial adjustment.--The Secretary
may make an adjustment under paragraph (1) for a State for a fiscal
year only if the State's percentage return from the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the table in
subsection (b) was equal to 90.5 percent.
(3) Conforming adjustments.--After making any adjustments under
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall proportionately
adjust the remaining percentages in the table in subsection (b) to
ensure that the total of the percentages in the table is equal to
100 percent for such fiscal year.
(4) Limitation on adjustments.--After making any adjustments
under paragraph (3) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall determine
whether or not any State's percentage return from the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) is less than 90.5 percent
as a result of such adjustments and shall adjust the percentages in
the table for such fiscal year accordingly. Adjustments of the
percentages in the table under this paragraph may not result in the
total of such percentages exceeding 100 percent.
(Pub. L. 85-767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 86-624,
Sec. 17(b), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 415; Pub. L. 89-564, title II,
Sec. 206, Sept. 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 91-605, title I,
Secs. 106(d), 132, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1717, 1732; Pub. L. 93-87,
title I, Sec. 109(b), Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 255; Pub. L. 95-599, title
I, Secs. 111, 112, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2696; Pub. L. 97-424, title I,
Sec. 109(a), Jan. 6, 1983, 96 Stat. 2104; Pub. L. 102-240, title I,
Sec. 1105(g)(7), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2036; Pub. L. 105-178, title
I, Sec. 1104(a), (c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 127; Pub. L. 105-206,
title IX, Sec. 9002(d), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 835.)
References in Text
The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (e),
probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 105-178, which amended
this section generally and was approved June 9, 1998.
Amendments
1998--Pub. L. 105-178 amended section catchline and text generally,
substituting provisions relating to minimum guarantee to each State of
funds apportioned under chapter for provisions relating to programs to
be submitted by State highway departments for approval by Secretary for
utilization of funds apportioned under chapter.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(1), as added by Pub. L.
105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted at end ``The minimum amount allocated to
a State under this section for a fiscal year shall be $1,000,000.''
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(2), as added by Pub.
L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), struck out ``50 percent of'' after ``shall
apportion'' in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(3), as added by
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``(other than metropolitan
planning, minimum guarantee, high priority projects, Appalachian
development highway system, and recreational trails programs)'' after
``subsection (a)''.
Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(4), as added by
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), substituted ``each State'' for ``all
States''.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(5), as added by Pub.
L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), substituted ``administer'' for ``apportion''
and ``administered'' for ``apportioned''.
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(A), as added by
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``percentage'' before
``return''.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(A), (B), as added
by Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``percentage'' before
``return'' and substituted ``in the table in subsection (b) was equal
to'' for ``for the preceding fiscal year was equal to or less than''.
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(C), as added by
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``proportionately'' before
``adjust'', struck out ``set forth'' before ``in subsection (b)'', and
substituted ``is equal to'' for ``do not exceed''.
Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 105-178, Sec. 1104(c)(6)(A), as added by
Pub. L. 105-206, Sec. 9002(d), inserted ``percentage'' before
``return''.
1991--Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 102-240 added subsec. (k).
1983--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97-424 added subsec. (h).
1978--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-599, Sec. 111, inserted provision
relating to selection of program projects after consultation with local
officials in situations where public roads and highways are under
control and supervision of State highway departments.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95-599, Sec. 112, substituted ``public
airports, public ports for water transportation, new town communities,
and new town-intown communities,'' for ``public airports and public
ports for water transportation,''.
1973--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-87 substituted ``projects be selected
by the appropriate local officials with the concurrence of the State
highway department of each State and, in urbanized areas, also in
accordance with the planning process required pursuant to section 134 of
this title'', for ``projects be selected by the appropriate local
officials and the State highway department in cooperation with each
other''.
1970--Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 91-605, Sec. 106(d), added
subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f),
respectively.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 91-605, Sec. 132, added subsec. (g).
1966--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89-564 added subsec. (e).
1960--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 86-624 repealed subsec. (e) which
required the Secretary, in approving programs in Hawaii, to give
preference to such projects as will expedite the completion of highways
for the national defense or which will connect seaports with units of
the national parks.
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 effective simultaneously with enactment
of Pub. L. 105-178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105-178 at
time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105-178, as in effect on
day before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105-
206 to be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105-206,
set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-240 effective Dec. 18, 1991, and applicable
to funds authorized to be appropriated or made available after Sept. 30,
1991, and, with certain exceptions, not applicable to funds appropriated
or made available on or before Sept. 30, 1991, see section 1100 of Pub.
L. 102-240, set out as a note under section 104 of this title.
Acceleration of Projects
Section 129 of Pub. L. 97-424 provided that: ``The Secretary of
Transportation shall by rule or regulation establish, as soon as
practicable, alternative methods for processing projects under title 23,
United States Code, so as to reduce the time required from the request
for project approval through the completion of construction. In carrying
out this section the Secretary shall utilize the knowledge and
experience resulting from the demonstration project authorized by and
carried out under section 141 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976
[Pub. L. 94-280, title I, Sec. 141, May 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 444, set out
as a note under section 124 of this title].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 104, 117, 131, 140, 150 of
this title.
