Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

Long title	An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	TEA-21
Nicknames	BESTEA bill, TEA 21 bill, Transportation Reauthorization bill
Enacted by	the 105th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 105–178 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	112 Stat. 107
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 2400 by Bud Shuster (R–PA) on September 4, 1997 Passed the House on April 1, 1998 (337-80) Passed the Senate on April 2, 1998 (unanimous consent, in lieu of S. 1173) Reported by the joint conference committee on May 22, 1998; agreed to by the House on May 22, 1998 (297-86) and by the Senate on May 22, 1998 (88-5) Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on June 9, 1998

The United States federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) is a federal transportation bill enacted June 9, 1998, as Pub. L. 105–178 (text) (PDF) and 112 Stat. 107. TEA-21 authorized federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for a 6-year period from 1998 to 2003. Because Congress could not agree on funding levels, the Act, which had continued past 2003 by means of temporary extensions, was allowed to lapse.