STOP NJ CONGESTION Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3531 To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide sanctions for States using certain congestion pricing systems, to amend the Intermodal Sur- face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to require consent of affected States in carrying out value pricing pilot projects, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 18, 2023 Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. NORCROSS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide sanctions for States using certain congestion pricing systems, to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to require consent of affected States in carrying out value pricing pilot projects, 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 ‘‘Stop Taxation of Over- 4 burdened People from New Jersey by Correcting Obnox- 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3531.IH H3531 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3531 IH ious New Gimmick and Ensuring the Stability of Trans- 1 portation Infrastructure from Obstinate Neighbors Act’’ 2 or the ‘‘STOP NJ CONGESTION Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. SANCTIONS FOR STATES USING CERTAIN CONGES- 4 TION PRICING SYSTEMS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 6 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 159 the 7 following: 8 ‘‘§ 160. Sanctions for States using certain congestion 9 pricing systems 10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2023, and each 11 October 1 thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold the 12 amounts described in subsection (b) from the amount re- 13 quired to be apportioned to the State under section 104(b) 14 for that fiscal year from each State that implements a con- 15 gestion pricing system described in, or similar to, the pro- 16 gram described in the environmental assessment titled 17 ‘Final Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of 18 No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Central Business Dis- 19 trict (CBD) Tolling Program, Manhattan, New York’, 20 dated April 2023. 21 ‘‘(b) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts referred 22 to in subsection (a) are— 23 ‘‘(1) for amounts required to be apportioned to 24 the State under section 104(b)(1), 50 percent; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3531.IH H3531 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 3531 IH ‘‘(2) for amounts required to be apportioned to 1 the State under section 104(b)(2), 50 percent. 2 ‘‘(c) EFFECT OF WITHHOLDING.—No funds withheld 3 under this section from apportionment to a State shall be 4 available to that State.’’. 5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap- 6 ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by insert- 7 ing after the item relating to section 159 the following: 8 ‘‘160. Sanction for States using certain congestion pricing systems.’’. SEC. 3. VALUE PRICING PILOT PROGRAM. 9 Section 1012(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor- 10 tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 149 note; Public 11 Law 102–240) is amended— 12 (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para- 13 graph (9); and 14 (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol- 15 lowing: 16 ‘‘(8) CONSENT OF AFFECTED STATES.—Before 17 implementing a value pricing pilot program under 18 this subsection, the project sponsor shall meaning- 19 fully engage with, and receive consent from, each 20 State reasonably affected by the value pricing pilot 21 program, including any State with a geographic area 22 included in a regional or local study area included in 23 an environmental review prepared in accordance 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3531.IH H3531 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 3531 IH with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 1 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3531.IH H3531 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB