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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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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 March 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1724: Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1724/
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"H.R. 1724: Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1724/.
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H.R. 1724, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1724/.
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