{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5434","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5434","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Surface Transportation Extension Act \r\nof 2021","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and transit programs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and transit programs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Surface Transportation Extension Act \r\nof 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Surface Transportation Extension Act \r\nof 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed Senate","title":"Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) 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Senate","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill extends and revises provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, rail, and other surface transportation programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT)."},{"k":"p","t":"Among other provisions, the bill"},{"k":"li","t":"extends FY2021 enacted levels of funding through October 31, 2021, for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"increases the cap from $600 million to $700 million on the amount of funding for nationally significant freight and highway projects and extends authority through FY2022 for DOT to provide funding for such projects;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"revises and extends authority through FY2022 for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out collaborative research on in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"extends authority through October 31, 2021, for DOT to provide direct loans and loan guarantees for railroad rehabilitation and development near rail stations;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"reauthorizes and extends authority through FY2022 for the Appalachian Regional Commission;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"compensates any federal employee who is furloughed or required to work without pay during the authorization lapse at the earliest possible date after the lapse ends; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"extends expenditure authority through November 1, 2021, for the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.","d":1}],"words":197},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends Federal-aid highway, highway safety, transit and related surface transportation programs, and the Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority that supports them, through October 31, 2021.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HDFE61CE91AF641D3A71D34D2154CD221:~:text=101.%20Extension%20of%20Federal%20surface%20transportation%20programs"},{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HED2834915BDB40D2BFA0938A386A0981:~:text=201.%20Extension%20of%20expenditure%20authority%20for%20Highway"}]},"core_areas":["Extension of Federal-aid highway and transit program authorities through October 31, 2021","Highway Trust Fund, Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund expenditure authority","Pay for Federal employees affected by a lapse in Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority","Rescission of contract authority if H.R. 3684 is enacted"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Continues the covered surface transportation laws in effect through October 31, 2021, and authorizes fiscal year 2022 appropriations for each program equal to the extension fraction of its fiscal year 2021 amount.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HDFE61CE91AF641D3A71D34D2154CD221:~:text=101.%20Extension%20of%20Federal%20surface%20transportation%20programs"}},{"text":"Changes the dollar limit in section 117(d)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, from $600,000,000 to $700,000,000 and from 2021 to 2022 for nationally significant freight and highway projects during the extension period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HEF736A043F1347C3B3B3A75223229AD0:~:text=102.%20Nationally%20significant%20freight%20and%20highway%20projects"}},{"text":"Applies section 403(h)(2) of title 23, United States Code, with 2022 in place of 2021 and $31,872,000 in place of $26,560,000 during the extension period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HE975BCE6FE10450D99520B84091AD6D3:~:text=103.%20Highway%20safety%20research%20and%20development"}},{"text":"Requires that Federal employees furloughed during a Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority lapse beginning October 1, 2021, and excepted employees who work during it, be paid at their standard rate at the earliest possible date after the lapse ends.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 108","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HD817F438CFA4410D90F24204145D9F26:~:text=108.%20Federal%20employee%20compensation%20following%20highway%20trust"}},{"text":"Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to change October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021 for expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund, the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HED2834915BDB40D2BFA0938A386A0981:~:text=201.%20Extension%20of%20expenditure%20authority%20for%20Highway"}},{"text":"Permanently rescinds contract authority made available under section 101 for programs that also receive fiscal year 2022 contract authority under H.R. 3684, upon enactment of H.R. 3684.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#H81FF7CCF1A6E4E7AAE99F5A49BAD2CEC:~:text=301.%20Rescission%20of%20duplicative%20contract%20authority"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#HD6CACAF5DDD342CA8D782DAB9AB80390"},"heading":"Rail-related provisions","effect":"Moves the date in a federal railroad financing provision from September 30, 2021 to the extension end date (October 31, 2021) during the extension period.","amount":null,"quote":"section 502(b)(3) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) shall be applied by substituting the extension end date for “September 30, 2021”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 106","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#H5CB45CD3C1214B4089120E18CA164800:~:text=106.%20Appalachian%20Regional%20Commission"},"heading":"Appalachian Regional Commission","effect":"Changes the fiscal year references from 2021 to 2022 in two sections of title 40 of the U.S. Code that concern the Appalachian Regional Commission, during the extension period.","amount":null,"quote":"(2) section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting “2022” for “2021”."}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 105","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr#H0A49EBF5006E4561B7149DBC2708FD1E:~:text=105.%20Prohibition%20on%20use%20of%20funds"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of funds","effect":"Bars use of any funds to adjust or withhold Mass Transit Account apportionments under section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code in fiscal year 2022.","amount":null,"quote":"None of the funds authorized in this Act or any other Act may be used to adjust apportionments for the Mass Transit Account"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5434/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5434.png","v":"2a80f3559235","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5434, 117th Congress: Surface Transportation Extension Act \r\nof 2021. House: 365 Yea, 51 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 2 Oct 2021."}}