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Public Law 112-5

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Public Law 112-5
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011
by the 112th Congress of the United States

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875019Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 — 2011the 112th Congress of the United States
112TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

An Act
To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short Title; Reconciliation of Funds.

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(a) Short Title.—
This Act may be cited as the ‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011’.
(b) Reconciliation of Funds.—
The Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the amount apportioned or allocated for a program, project, or activity under this Act in fiscal year 2011 by amounts apportioned or allocated pursuant to the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010 and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010, Part II for the period beginning on October 1, 2010, and ending on March 4, 2011.
(c) Table of Contents.—
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short Title; Reconciliation of Funds.
TITLE I—FEDERAL AID-HIGHWAYS
Sec. 101. Extension of Federal-aid highway programs.
TITLE II—EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS
Sec. 201. Extension of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration highway safety programs.
Sec. 202. Extension of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration programs.
Sec. 203. Additional programs.
TITLE III—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 301. Allocation of funds for planning programs.
Sec. 302. Special rule for urbanized area formula grants.
Sec. 303. Allocating amounts for capital investment grants.
Sec. 304. Apportionment of formula grants for other than urbanized areas.
Sec. 305. Apportionment based on fixed guideway factors.
Sec. 306. Authorizations for public transportation.
Sec. 307. Amendments to SAFETEA-LU.
Sec. 308. Level of obligation limitations.
TITLE IV—EXTENSION OF EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY
Sec. 401. Extension of expenditure authority.

Approved March 4, 2011.

Legislative History

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  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011):
    • Mar. 2, considered and passed House without amendment.
    • Mar. 3, considered and passed Senate without amendment.

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