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Status of the Highway Trust Fund

The actual receipts, outlays and balances will be posted each month shortly after month-end as the information becomes available.

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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

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
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.

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