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Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015

114th Congress · Approved Jul 31, 2015 · 129 Stat. 443

An Act

To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services, 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; Reconciliation of Funds; Table of Contents.

(a)
Short Title.— This Act may be cited as the “Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015”.
(b)
Reconciliation of Funds.— The Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the amount apportioned or allocated for a program, project, or activity under this Act in fiscal year 2015 by amounts apportioned or allocated pursuant to the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 and the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, including the amendments made by such Acts, for the period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on July 31, 2015.
(c)
Table of Contents.— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; reconciliation of funds; table of contents.

TITLE I— SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION

Subtitle A— Federal-Aid Highways

Sec. 1001. Extension of Federal-aid highway programs.

Sec. 1002. Administrative expenses.

Subtitle B— Extension of Highway Safety Programs

Sec. 1101. Extension of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration highway safety programs.

Sec. 1102. Extension of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration programs.

Sec. 1103. Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.

Subtitle C— Public Transportation Programs

Sec. 1201. Formula grants for rural areas.

Sec. 1202. Apportionment of appropriations for formula grants.

Sec. 1203. Authorizations for public transportation.

Sec. 1204. Bus and bus facilities formula grants.

Subtitle D— Hazardous Materials

Sec. 1301. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II— REVENUE PROVISIONS

Sec. 2001. Extension of Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority.

Sec. 2002. Funding of Highway Trust Fund.

Sec. 2003. Modification of mortgage reporting requirements.

Sec. 2004. Consistent basis reporting between estate and person acquiring property from decedent.

Sec. 2005. Clarification of 6-year statute of limitations in case of overstatement of basis.

Sec. 2006. Tax return due dates.

Sec. 2007. Transfers of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts.

Sec. 2008. Equalization of Highway Trust Fund excise taxes on liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and compressed natural gas.

TITLE III— ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 3001. Service fees.

TITLE IV— VETERANS PROVISIONS

Sec. 4001. Short title.

Sec. 4002. Plan to consolidate programs of Department of Veterans Affairs to improve access to care.

Sec. 4003. Funding account for non-Department care.

Sec. 4004. Temporary authorization of use of Veterans Choice Funds for certain programs.

Sec. 4005. Modifications of Veterans Choice Program.

Sec. 4006. Limitation on dialysis pilot program.

Sec. 4007. Amendments to Internal Revenue Code with respect to health coverage of veterans.

Sec. 4008. Emergency designations.