Highway Formula Fairness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3030 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3030 To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a discretionary increase in certain highway funding to take into account population growth of a State, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2025 Mr. Stanton (for himself and Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a discretionary increase in certain highway funding to take into account population growth of a State, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Formula Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY INCREASE IN CERTAIN HIGHWAY FUNDING FOR POPULATION GROWTH. (a) In General.--Section 104(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (B)-- (A) by striking clause (i); and (B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) Discretionary increase in amounts for population growth.--In addition to the amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary may provide an additional amount to each State that has increased in population since the previous decennial census conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code, in a proportion based on the relative increase in each such population, as determined appropriate by the Secretary .''. (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning with the first fiscal year beginning after th