I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 383 To include certain eligibility requirements in the surface transportation system funding alternatives program, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 21, 2021 Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. LOWENTHAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra- structure A BILL To include certain eligibility requirements in the surface transportation system funding alternatives program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Road User Charge Ad- 4 vancement Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. STATE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FUND- 6 ING PILOTS. 7 Section 6020 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 503 note) 8 is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:11 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H383.IH H383 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 383 IH (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 1 following: 2 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 3 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant 4 under this section, a State or group of States shall 5 submit to the Secretary an application in such form 6 and containing such information as the Secretary 7 may require. 8 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The Secretary may 9 provide grants to States or a group of States under 10 this section for the following projects: 11 ‘‘(A) STATE PILOT PROJECTS.— 12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A pilot project to 13 demonstrate a user-based alternative rev- 14 enue mechanism in a State. 15 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—If an applicant 16 has previously been awarded a grant under 17 this section, such applicant’s proposed pilot 18 project must be comprised of core activities 19 or iterations not substantially similar in 20 manner or scope to activities previously 21 carried out by the applicant with a grant 22 for a project under this section. 23 ‘‘(B) STATE IMPLEMENTATION 24 PROJECTS.—A project— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:11 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H383.IH H383 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 383 IH ‘‘(i) to implement a user-based alter- 1 native revenue mechanism that collects rev- 2 enue to be expended on projects for the 3 surface transportation system of the State; 4 or 5 ‘‘(ii) that demonstrates progress to- 6 wards implementation of a user-based al- 7 ternative revenue mechanism, with consid- 8 eration for previous grants awarded to the 9 applicant under this section.’’; 10 (2) in subsection (c)— 11 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2 or 12 more future’’; and 13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 14 ‘‘(6) To test solutions to ensure the privacy and 15 security of data collected for the purpose of imple- 16 menting a user-based alternative revenue mecha- 17 nism.’’; 18 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘to test the de- 19 sign, acceptance, and implementation of a user- 20 based alternative revenue mechanism’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘to test the design and acceptance of, or implement, 22 a user-based alternative revenue mechanism’’; 23 (4) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ 24 and inserting ‘‘80 percent’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:11 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H383.IH H383 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 383 IH (5) in subsection (i)— 1 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘BIENNIAL’’ 2 and inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 3 (B) by striking ‘‘2 years after the date of 4 enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year 5 after the date of enactment of the Road User 6 Charge Advancement Act of 2021’’; 7 (C) by striking ‘‘every 2 years thereafter’’ 8 and inserting ‘‘every year thereafter’’; and 9 (D) by inserting ‘‘and containing a deter- 10 mination of the characteristics of the most suc- 11 cessful mechanisms with the highest potential 12 for future widespread deployment’’ before the 13 period at the end; and 14 (6) by striking subsections (j) and (k) and in- 15 serting the following: 16 ‘‘(j) FUNDING.—From funds made available to carry 17 out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, 18 $35,000,000 shall be used to carry out this section for 19 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025. 20 ‘‘(k) USE OF FUNDS.—Of amounts made available 21 pursuant to subsection (j)— 22 ‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2022, $17,500,000 shall be 23 used to carry out projects under subsection 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:11 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H383.IH H383 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 383 IH (b)(2)(A) and $17,500,000 shall be used to carry 1 out projects under subsection (b)(2)(B); 2 ‘‘(2) for fiscal year 2023, $15,000,000 shall be 3 used to carry out projects under subsection 4 (b)(2)(A) and $20,000,000 shall be used to carry 5 out projects under subsection (b)(2)(B); 6 ‘‘(3) for fiscal year 2024, $12,500,000 shall be 7 used to carry out projects under subsection 8 (b)(2)(A) and $22,500,000 shall be used to carry 9 out projects under subsection (b)(2)(B); and 10 ‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2025, $10,000,000 shall be 11 used to carry out projects under subsection 12 (b)(2)(A) and $25,000,000 shall be used to carry 13 out projects under subsection (b)(2)(B).’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:11 Feb 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H383.IH H383 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS