H.R. 6534: ROAD Act
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H.R. 6534: ROAD Act
110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-17 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ROAD Act
Plain summary
Resist Offsetting with Additional Debt Act or the ROAD Act - Rescinds unobligated balances of certain earmarked surface transportation projects under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and certain other appropriations Acts (in order to eliminate the deficit in the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)). Prohibits: (1) recalculation of amounts allocated for surface transportation projects under the Equity bonus program for a fiscal year to take such rescissions into account; and (2) the transfer of funds from the General Fund of the Treasury in order to alleviate the deficit in the HTF (except amounts equivalent to certain taxes and penalties). Expresses the sense of Congress that state transportation departments should consider implementing certain projects under the highway bridge program and the surface transportation program that improve transportation safety.
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Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] · 3 cosponsors
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- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6534.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>
Record fed-us-cong110-hr6534 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110