H.R. 5021 - Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 5021 PDF XML

    Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (as ordered reported by the Committee on Ways and Means)
            -H.R. 5021 (as introduced)  PDF XML

    H. Rept. 113-520 Part 1 PDF

    Report from the Committee on Ways and Means (as filed) 

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Monday, July 14, 2014.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 669: 
Agreed to by record vote of 231-186, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 228-192, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. 

MANAGERS: Webster/Polis

1. Closed rule.

2. Provides one hour of debate equally divided among and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority members of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Committee on Ways and Means.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, as modified by the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

6. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
4Version 1Blumenauer (OR)DemocratExpress that the House should enact a long-term transportation authorization, through at least 2020, during the 113th Congress. The amendment provides funding to the highway trust fund adequate to ensure financing of surface transportation projects through the period necessary to enact such policy.Submitted
2Version 1Graves, Tom (GA)RepublicanCongressional findings that the current transportation funding system is unsustainable, and Congress should consider reforms that increase the authority of states over their transportation systems and transportation funding, while maintaining an appropriate federal role in transportation.Considered as Adopted
3Version 1Lankford (OK), Garrett (NJ)RepublicanSets up a pilot program for states to control their own highway funds. States participating in the pilot program would be required to meet federal maintenance standards for federal highways in their state.Submitted
1Version 1Shuster (PA)RepublicanMakes three technical changes to Title I.Considered as Adopted