U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Report to Congress Repurposed Earmark Submissions 4th Quarter Fiscal Year 2016 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, directs the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to “submit consolidated reports of the information provided by the States and territories each quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.” Background Section 125 of the Department of Transportation Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, title I of division L, Public Law 114- 113, (hereinafter “Repurposing Provision”) provides the authority for a State or territory (hereinafter “States”) to repurpose any earmark that was designated on or before September 30, 2005, and is less than 10 percent obligated or final vouchered and closed. The repurposed funds may be obligated on a new or existing project in the State within 50 miles of the earmark designation. The project must be an eligible project under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG) (23 U.S.C. 133(b)), or the Territorial and Puerto Rico Highway Program (THP) (23 U.S.C. 165). The Repurposing Provision was available to be applied in Fiscal Year 2016. The repurposed funds must be obligated on the identified projects no later than September 30, 2019. Discussion In March 2016, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued guidance on the Repurposing Provision. Shortly thereafter, FHWA began receiving requests from States to repurpose earmarks. During the 3rd quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, FHWA received requests to repurpose 171 projects totaling $149,790,783.88 from 11 States. During the 4th quarter, FHWA received requests to repurpose 2,074 projects totaling $1,677,138,816.77 from 43 States, District of Columbia, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Through the FY 2016 Repurposing Provision, the States are able to put a total of $1,826,929,600.65 of previously idle earmarked funding to use on critical highway and bridge projects. A similar provision was authorized in FY 2017. Funds repurposed under that provision will be reported in the next required report to Congress. Attachments Attached is a summary of the total number and amounts of earmarked projects that were repurposed by each State and territory during FY 2016. Also attached is a detailed list of earmarked projects that were submitted during the 4th quarter of FY 2016 for repurposing. The FHWA previously submitted a report on 3rd quarter requests for repurposing that contained information on all repurposing requests submitted to FHWA through June 30, 2016. Since the transmittal of the previous report, FHWA has completed processing those 3rd quarter requests, which has resulted in amendments to the prior list of earmarked projects. As such, the amended 3rd quarter list of earmarked projects submitted for repurposing is also attached. Each State has reviewed the list and certified that the earmarks were eligible for repurposing, the projects receiving the funding are within 50 miles of the earmark location within the State, and the funding will be obligated for eligible purposes as required in the Repurposing Provision. List of Repurposed Earmarks The lists are organized by State and shows information pertaining to the original earmark on the left and new project descriptions on the right. For each earmark that was repurposed, the lists provide the description of the original earmark, amount available for repurposing, new project description(s) on which the funds will be used, and the repurposed amount for each of the identified new project descriptions. For example, New York has an earmark for “Westchester County, NY Rehabilitation of June Road Town of North Salem” and $520,767.00 is available for repurposing. New York is repurposing that total amount available for “ADA Sidewalks and Ramps - Upper Westchester.” State Demo ID Project Description Amount Project Description Amount NY NY272 Westchester County, NY Rehabilitation of June Road Town of North Salem 520,767.00 ADA Sidewalks and Ramps ‐ Upper Westchester 520,767.00 In some cases, a State repurposed multiple earmarks and put that funding toward the same project. For example, New York has an earmark for “Reconstruct Main Street in the Town of Lewisboro” and $72,106.00 is available for repurposing. The State also has an earmark for “Improvements to Clark Pl. and Cherry Ln. Rt. 6 and 6 N in Putnam County” and $296,437.00 is available for repurposing. New York is repurposing both of those amounts for “Harlem Valley Rail Trail Extension Town of Millerton to Town of Hillsdale.” State Demo ID Project Description Amount Project Description Amount NY NY301 Reconstruct Main Street in the Town of Lewisboro 72,106.00 Harlem Valley Rail Trail Extension Town of Millerton to Town of Hillsdale 72,106.00 NY NY302 Improvements to Clark Pl. and Cherry Ln. Rt. 6 and 6 N in Putnam County 296,437.00 Harlem Valley Rail Trail Extension Town of Millerton to Town of Hillsdale 296,437.00 In some scenarios, a State repurposed one earmark and put that funding toward multiple projects. For example, New York has an earmark for “Construct Northern State Parkway and LIE access at Marcus Ave. and Lakeville Rd. and associated Park and Ride” and $1,362,006.00 is available for repurposing. New York is repurposing that amount for three different projects: $500,000.00 for “Complete Plandome Rd Culvert reconstruction project, Town of North Hempstead,” $838,142.00 for “Complete 1.7 mile segment of the Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, Town of North Hempstead,” and $23,864.00 for “Ocean Pkwy Shared Use Path Phase 3 Tobay to Captree in Babylon, Islip, Oyster Bay towns.” State Demo ID Project Description Amount Project Description Amount NY NY587 Construct Northern State Parkway and LIE access at Marcus Ave. and 1,362,006.00 Complete Plandome Rd Culvert reconstruction project, Town of North 500,000.00 Lakeville Rd. and associated Park and Ride Hempstead Complete 1.7 mile segment of the Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, 838,142.00 Town of North Hempstead Ocean Pkwy Shared Use Path Phase 3 Tobay to Captree in Babylon, Islip, 23,864.00 Oyster Bay towns Repurposed Earmarks FY 2016 3rd and 4th Quarter Summary State # of Earmarks Repurposed Total Amount Repurposed Alabama 31 86,766,184 Alaska 44 49,616,886 Arizona 22 30,405,489 Arkansas 39 18,064,929 California 184 197,922,100 Colorado 14 7,254,394 Connecticut 29 53,834,554 Delaware 16 16,362,418 District of Columbia 2 3,938,058 Florida 59 41,884,968 Georgia 100 96,676,929 Hawaii 11 11,338,114 Idaho 1 2,403,540 Illinois 196 53,149,172 Indiana 54 20,323,283 Iowa 28 37,524,119 Kansas 1 2,004,683 Kentucky 43 38,428,894 Louisiana 37 43,708,844 Maine 3 2,684,820 Maryland 5 9,453,924 Massachusetts 20 24,879,282 Michigan 95 53,202,441 Minnesota 27 14,921,231 Mississippi 15 9,463,413 Missouri 49 72,593,291 Montana 14 10,070,511 Nebraska 34 29,192,530 New Hampshire 15 6,710,781 New Jersey 120 103,921,634 New Mexico 39 38,662,025 New York 162 125,364,773 North Carolina 40 30,871,896 Ohio 70 44,775,398 Oklahoma 10 4,110,062 Oregon 9 3,860,011 Pennsylvania 197 128,091,091 South Carolina 20 31,371,930 South Dakota 32 29,628,257 Tennessee 102 75,528,022 Texas 18 36,183,537 Utah 15 5,802,189 Vermont 18 13,180,413 Virginia 63 60,907,567 Washington 126 46,319,394 West Virginia 2 577,222 Wyoming 8 588,364 American Samoa 5 732,062 U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1,673,972 Total 2,245 1,826,929,600.65 Repurposed Earmarks FY 2016 4th Quarter Report to Congress Summary State # of Earmarks Repurposed Total Amount Repurposed Alabama 31 86,766,184.24 Alaska 44 49,616,886.18 Arizona 22 30,405,488.67 Arkansas 39 18,064,929.00 California 184 197,922,100.33 Colorado 14 7,254,394.00 Connecticut 29 53,834,553.63 Delaware 16 16,362,417.55 District of Columbia 2 3,938,057.62 Florida 59 41,884,967.67 Georgia 100 96,676,928.50 Hawaii 11 11,338,113.87 Illinois 196 53,149,172.22 Indiana 54 20,323,283.14 Iowa 28 37,524,118.72 Kentucky 43 38,428,894.25 Louisiana 37 43,708,844.15 Maine 3 2,684,820.00 Maryland 4 5,448,024.00 Massachusetts 20 24,879,282.00 Michigan 94 52,963,484.42 Minnesota 26 14,766,939.85 Mississippi 15 9,463,413.00 Missouri 49 72,593,291.12 Montana 14 10,070,510.99 Nebraska 34 29,192,530.20 New Hampshire 15 6,710,780.66 New Jersey 79 54,344,501.15 New Mexico 39 38,662,025.11 New York 162 125,364,773.00 North Carolina 39 30,357,034.60 Ohio 70 44,775,398.16 Oklahoma 10 4,110,062.26 Oregon 9 3,860,011.01 Pennsylvania 197 128,091,090.75 South Carolina 20 31,371,930.02 South Dakota 24 22,076,545.93 Tennessee 3 1,437,424.58 Texas 18 36,183,536.97 Utah 15 5,802,188.60 Vermont 3 4,508,524.81 Virginia 63 60,907,566.99 Washington 126 46,319,394.16 Wyoming 8 588,364.48 American Samoa 5 732,062.21 U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1,673,972.00 Total 2,074 1,677,138,816.77 Repurposed Earmarks FY 2016 4th Quarter Report to Congress Alabama From To State Demo ID Project Description Amount Project Description Amount AL AL019 Construct the Decatur Southern Bypass (FY 1998) 4,100,399.00 Resurfacing on I‐65 from I‐565 to SR‐2 (US 72) 4,100,399.00 AL AL021 Dothan I‐10 Connector Alabama (FY2003) 4,966,882.78 Add lanes on SR‐12 (US‐84) from east of SR‐87 to east of CR‐507 4,966,882.78 AL AL023 Construct repairs to viaducts connecting downtown and midtown areas 455,431.40 Sign rehab, On I‐20 from I‐59 to the St.