To require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway cost allocation study.

SA 2181. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Cornyn)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137
proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr.
Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title I of division A, add the
following:

SEC. 115__. HIGHWAY COST ALLOCATION STUDY.

(a) In General.--Not later than 4 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with
State departments of transportation, shall carry out a
highway cost allocation study to determine the direct costs
of highway use by various types of users.
(b) Inclusions.--The study under subsection (a) shall
include an examination of--
(1) the Federal costs occasioned in the design,
construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of Federal-aid
highways by--
(A) the use of vehicles of different dimensions, weights,
number of axles, and other specifications; and
(B) the frequency of those vehicles in the traffic stream;
(2) the safety-, emissions-, congestion-, and noise-related
costs of highway use by various types of users, and other
costs as determined by the Secretary; and
(3) the proportionate share of the costs described in
paragraph (1) that are attributable to each class of highway
users.
(c) Requirements.--In carrying out the study under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--

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(1) ensure that the study examines only direct costs of
highway use;
(2) capture the various driving conditions in different
geographic areas of the United States;
(3) to the maximum extent practicable, distinguish between
costs directly occasioned by a highway user class and costs
occasioned by all highway user classes; and
(4) compare the costs occasioned by various highway user
classes with the user fee revenue contributed to the Highway
Trust Fund by those highway user classes.
(d) Reports.--
(1) Interim reports.--Not less frequently than annually
during the period during which the Secretary is carrying out
the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to
Congress an interim report on the progress of the study.
(2) Final report.--On completion of the study under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
final report on the results of the study, including the
recommendations under subsection (e).
(e) Recommendations.--On completion of the study under
subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall develop recommendations for
a set of revenue options to fully cover the costs occasioned
by highway users, including recommendations for--
(1) changes to existing revenue streams; and
(2) new revenue streams based on user fees.
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