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handle is hein.crs/govdvyy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Gongesssoa Research Service The Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) Would Both Restrict and Encourage Highway Tolls June 26, 2020 Section 1110 of the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2, as reported) would make substantial changes to the statutory and regulatory framework governing highway transportation tolls. Some of the changes would increase federal oversight of tolling operations while others encourage state and local governments to increase use of tolling. On the one hand, by reinstating the requirement that a detailed tolling agreement be negotiated between states or public authorities and the Secretary of Transportation before a previously untolled federal-aid highway, bridge, or tunnel is made subject to tolls, the provision would increase the oversight role of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). On the other hand, the congestion pricing provisions in the act would increase the ability of states to implement tolling on congested Interstate System highways. These new provisions, together with the complexity of existing law, could create ambiguity about what is and what is not permissible when implementing new tolling schemes. Federal tolling law applies only to roads, bridges, and tunnels that are eligible for federal aid. These facilities, referred to as federal-aid highways, make up about 1 million of the roughly 4 million miles of public roads in the United States. Within the federal-aid highways is a category of designated major highways referred to as the National Highway System (NHS), which includes about 220,000 miles of highways. Within the NHS are the Interstate System highways, which make up just under 49,000 miles of highways. Toll Agreements For many years, federal law required that before the Secretary of Transportation could authorize tolling of a federal-aid highway, bridge, or tunnel, the tolling authority with jurisdiction over the facility had to enter into an agreement with the Secretary. Toll agreements generally included such provisions as a description of the facility, a commitment on the use of revenues, and a provision on federal access to records. This requirement was eliminated in FY2013 by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112-141). The Moving Forward Act would reinstate a requirement that DOT and the state or local agency with jurisdiction over the relevant federal-aid highway, bridge, or tunnel reach an agreement regarding the implementation of tolls. This requirement would apply to any new tolling of a federal-aid highway. It would not apply to changes in toll rates, which are not subject to federal regulation. In addition, the bill Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11439 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and C om m itees of C nqgress ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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