S.Amdt. 346

SA 346. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 23, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place insert the following:

SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING GAS TAX DONOR STATES.

(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--

(1) the Federal Highway Trust Fund, established under section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, consists of funds contributed by States through the collection of Federal gasoline taxes;

(2) each State contributes a certain amount of funds collected and receives a certain amount of funds apportioned from the Federal Highway Trust Fund; and

(3) each of the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington contributes more to the Highway Account of the Federal Highway Trust Fund Highway Account than it receives.

(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that apportionments out of the Highway Account of the Federal Highway Trust Fund should reflect the amount that each State contributes into the fund.