[20210301]IF11125_重新授权公路和交通资金计划.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated March 1, 2021Reauthorizing Highway and Transit Funding ProgramsSurface transportation reauthorization acts fund federal highway and public transportation programs, along with transportation research, intercity passenger rail, and other programs. The five-year Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P.L. 114-94) authorized federal spending on highways and public transportation for FY2016-FY2020. A one-year FAST Act extension, through September 30, 2021, was enacted as part of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and other Extensions Act (P.L. 116-159). Infrastructure legislation could be considered in conjunction with FAST Act reauthorization. The Federal-Aid Highway Program The FAST Act, as extended, provides an average of about $45 billion annually for the 1,032,783-mile system of federal-aid highways. Although there are exceptions, federally funded projects are generally limited to this system that includes roughly 25% of all U.S. public road mileage. Of these funds, 92.5% are distributed to the states via formula. The states have nearly complete control over the use of these funds, within the limits of federal planning, e