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HJM013........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM - Requesting Congress to
reauthorize a national surface transportation program.
02/13 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/27 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/03 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/04 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/19 10th ord - ADOPTED, voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/20 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/23 Pres signed - to Secretary of State
HJM013|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 13 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE 1 A JOINT MEMORIAL 2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF 3 TRANSPORTATION, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED 4 STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRE- 5 SENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO. 6 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 7 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fourth 8 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that: 9 WHEREAS, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 10 1991, Public Law 102-240, expired on September 30, 1997, and federal surface 11 transportation programs are now being temporarily authorized under the Surface 12 Transportation Extension Act (STEA) of 1997, which expires on May 1, 1998; and 13 WHEREAS, delay or disruption of federal surface transportation funds to 14 the states and local governments would cause serious transportation and eco- 15 nomic problems for the states and their citizens; and 16 WHEREAS, the United States Congress is currently considering various bills 17 and amendments concerning a multiyear reauthorization of ISTEA; and 18 WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Idaho recognizes the many posi- 19 tive aspects of ISTEA which should be retained in any new federal surface 20 transportation authorization act, including: the need for development of 21 intermodal transportation systems; the development of partnerships between 22 federal, state, local and tribal governments for the delivery of transporta- 23 tion systems and services; and an increased level of responsibility and flexi- 24 bility given to state, local and tribal governments to address their unique 25 transportation needs and characteristics; and 26 WHEREAS, ISTEA does need revision in order to eliminate programs that are 27 no longer needed or are unproductive and to remove or revise those provisions 28 which are overly restrictive on the states. 29 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses- 30 sion of the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and 31 the Senate concurring therein, that the Congress of the United States adopt, 32 in as timely a manner as possible, a multiyear federal surface transportation 33 program reauthorization legislation which: 34 1. Increases total federal funding for highways to the maximum level 35 sustainable by federal law, including spending authority for funds 36 derived from transfer of 4.3[ in motor fuel taxes from the General 37 Fund to the Highway Trust Fund; 38 2. Includes fair and equitable formulas for distribution of federal 39 highway funds, based on the extent and use of the highway system, 40 both rural and urban; 41 3. Recognizes the national interest in federal lands and the economic 42 impact on states with a large percentage of federal lands; 43 4. Streamlines and simplifies ISTEA by reducing regulations and mandates 44 on the states; 2 1 5. Provides greater flexibility for state and local highway programs to 2 spend funds in accordance with their unique transportation character- 3 istics and priorities. 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa- 5 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this 6 Memorial to President Bill Clinton, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater, 7 the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of 8 Congress, and the congressional delegation of the State of Idaho in the Con- 9 gress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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The purpose of this Memorial is to strongly encourage the U.S.
Congress to enact a new Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act (ISTEA).
Congress adopted a 6-month Short Term Extension Act (STEA)
which will expire on May 1, 1998.
Without a reauthorization, Idaho will be left with only state
funds to operate our transportation programs.
FISCAL NOTE
Idaho's portion of the 6-month extension is $52.9 million. The loss
could be approximately double if not reauthorized or extended.
CONTACT: Rep. Dave Bivens
(208/332-1000)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
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