The actual receipts, outlays and balances will be posted each month shortly after month-end as the information becomes available.
In January: The Highway Account received a transfer of $51.9 billion from the General Fund pursuant to section 31201 of P.L. 114-94 and a transfer of $100 million from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund pursuant to section 31203 of the same law. The Mass Transit Account received a transfer of $18.1 billion from the General Fund pursuant to section 31201 as well.
PDF: Highway Account Balance Chart
Status of the Highway Trust Fund - Fiscal Year 2016 |
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HPLS-10 | Table FE-1 |
October 2015 |
November 2015 |
December 2015 |
January 2016 |
February 2016 |
March 2016 |
April 2016 |
May 2016 |
June 2016 |
July 2016 |
August 2016 |
September 2016 |
Fiscal Year to Date |
Percent Change from Prior Year |
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Highway Account | ||||||||||||||
Opening Balance | $9,040,357,630 | $7,135,940,746 | $6,054,362,947 | $5,545,564,243 | $9,040,357,630 | -20.5% | ||||||||
Receipts: | ||||||||||||||
Net Tax Receipts | 701,147,000 | 3,537,806,000 | 2,912,698,000 | 2,874,343,000 | 10,025,994,000 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Interest Income | 59,712 | 244,000 | 601,858 | 6,108,996 | 7,014,566 | 1121.7% | ||||||||
Other Receipts 1/ | 2,263,220 | 1,759,518 | 1,809,696 | 52,001,945,429 | 52,007,777,864 | 766663.3% | ||||||||
Total Receipts | 703,469,932 | 3,539,809,518 | 2,915,109,554 | 54,882,397,425 | 62,040,786,430 | 528.9% | ||||||||
Transfers: | ||||||||||||||
To Mass Transit Account | 265,000,000 | - | - | 280,000,000 | 545,000,000 | -7.8% | ||||||||
From Mass Transit Account | - | - | 27,331,312 | - | 27,331,312 | 333.8% | ||||||||
Outlays | 2,342,886,816 | 4,621,387,318 | 3,451,239,570 | 2,481,748,876 | 12,897,262,580 | -2.2% | ||||||||
Closing Balance | 7,135,940,746 | 6,054,362,947 | 5,545,564,243 | 57,666,212,792 | 57,666,212,792 | 672.8% | ||||||||
Mass Transit Account | ||||||||||||||
Opening Balance | 2,869,390,996 | 2,805,670,802 | 2,505,111,743 | 1,706,779,013 | 2,869,390,996 | -17.3% | ||||||||
Receipts | ||||||||||||||
Net Tax Receipts | 94,080,000 | 513,327,000 | 422,758,000 | 417,157,000 | 1,447,322,000 | -0.6% | ||||||||
Interest Income | 22,575 | 119,683 | 265,996 | 2,120,647 | 2,528,901 | 1001.0% | ||||||||
Other Receipts | - | - | - | 18,100,000,000 | 18,100,000,000 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Total Receipts | 94,102,575 | 513,446,683 | 423,023,996 | 18,519,277,647 | 19,549,850,901 | 1242.2% | ||||||||
Transfers | ||||||||||||||
To Highway Account | - | - | 27,331,312 | - | 27,331,312 | 333.8% | ||||||||
From Highway Account | 265,000,000 | - | - | 280,000,000 | 545,000,000 | -7.8% | ||||||||
Outlays | 422,822,768 | 814,005,742 | 1,194,025,414 | 486,932,654 | 2,917,786,579 | 16.9% | ||||||||
Closing Balance | $2,805,670,802 | $2,505,111,743 | $1,706,779,013 | $20,019,124,006 | $20,019,124,006 | 563.6% |
1/ In January, includes a transfer of $51.9 billion to the Highway Account and $18.1 billion to the Mass Transit Account both from the General Fund pursuant to section 31201 of P.L. 114-94. In addition, includes a transfer of $100 million to the Highway Account from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund pursuant to section 31203 of the same law.
PDF: Table FE-1
Should a situation occur where FHWA cannot fully reimburse States, the agency may take some or all of the following actions:
These are some of the possible actions FHWA might take in the event of a cash shortfall. The specific actions would depend on the exact nature of the shortfall.