HR 1724
114th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Transportation programs funding
Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015
Introduced: March 26, 2015
Introduced by:
Westerman, Bruce
Republican
· Arkansas
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 26, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 26, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from approving a federal-aid highway project in a state for a fiscal year if in the previous fiscal year state or local sales taxes were collected on covered purchases of construction materials made, in whole or in part, with federal funds.
The term "covered purchase" means:
- a purchase of construction materials used and consumed during the construction of a project or incorporated into the constructed, reconstructed, or improved product or facility; but excludes
- a purchase of equipment, heavy equipment, mechanized vehicles, and construction materials not fully consumed during the construction of a project.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
2