Number: RL30304 Title: Federal Excise Tax on Gasoline and the Highway Trust Fund: A Short History Authors: Pamela J. Jackson, Government and Finance Division Abstract: President Bush recently signed the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) on July 29, 2005. This act provides a six-year extension of the Highway Trust Fund excise taxes that were scheduled to expire in 2005. Thus, the gasoline excise tax is now scheduled to expire after September 30, 2011. The act also established a Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement Advisory Commission. Among the Commission's duties will be to review motor fuel revenue collections, investigations related to motor fuel taxes and to help develop and review legislative proposals with respect to motor fuel taxes. Pages: 13 Date: April 4, 2006