Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long title An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes
Nicknames MAP-21
Enacted by the 112th United States Congress
Citations
Public law Pub.L. 112–141
Statutes at Large 126 Stat. 405
Codification
Titles amended 23
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 4348 by John Mica (R-FL) on April 16, 2012
  • Passed the House on April 18, 2012 (293–127)
  • Passed the Senate on April 24, 2012 (unanimous consent, in lieu of S. 1813 passed March 14, 2012 74–22)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on June 28, 2012; agreed to by the House on June 29, 2012 (373–52) and by the Senate on June 29, 2012 (74–19)
  • Signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 6, 2012

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) is a funding and authorization bill to govern United States federal surface transportation spending. It was passed by Congress on June 29, 2012, and President Barack Obama signed it on July 6.[1][2] The vote was 373–52 in the House of Representatives and 74–19 in the United States Senate.

The $105 billion, two-year bill does not significantly alter total funding from the previous authorization, but it does include many significant reforms. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that enacting MAP-21 will reduce the federal budget deficit over the 2012–2022 period by $16.3 billion.[3]

Key provisions

Other provisions

Several unrelated provisions were attached to the bill: a one-year extension of federal student loan rates through June 30, 2013; a five-year reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program through 2017; and a one-year extension to the Secure Rural Schools Act, which compensates rural counties for loss of revenue caused by reduced timber harvest on federal lands.[10] The bill also contains a provision allowing the State Department to revoke, deny or limit passports for anyone the Internal Revenue Service certifies as having "a seriously delinquent tax debt in an amount in excess of $50,000."[11]

Revenue sources

MAP-21 is funded without increasing transportation user fees. (The federal gas tax was last raised in 1993.)[12] Instead, funds were generated through the following measures:

References

  1. Weisman, Jonathan (30 June 2012). "Congress Approves a $127 Billion Transportation and Student Loan Package". The New York Times. p. A14.
  2. Montopoli, Brian (July 6, 2012). "Obama signs student loans, highway jobs bill". CBS News.
  3. "H.R. 4348, MAP-21". Congressional Budget Office. 29 June 2012.
  4. Laing, Keith (28 June 2012). "Highway bill conference report released". The Hill.
  5. "Final Transportation Bill Includes Provisions To Streamline Environmental Review Process". Bloomberg BNA. The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. June 29, 2012.
  6. Goldfuss, Christy. "Analysis: Cutting Red Tape In Transportation Bill Means Cutting You Out Of The Environmental Review Process". ThinkProgress.
  7. Petra Todorovich and Daniel Schned. Getting Infrastructure Going: Expediting the Environmental Review Process. Regional Plan Association. 2012.
  8. Laing, Keith (28 June 2012). "Bicyclists oppose 'bad bill for biking and walking' in highway funding compromise". The Hill.
  9. Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs (July 17, 2012). "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21): A Summary of Highway Provisions". Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
  10. "Timber payments get Obama's OK". The Union Democrat. July 11, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  11. Macedo, Diane (April 5, 2012). "Owe the IRS? You're Not Going Anywhere". Fox News. Archived from the original on April 8, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  12. "Ask the Rambler: When did the Federal Government begin collecting the gas tax?". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. November 18, 2015.
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