Equipment
Maintenance Allowance Rate History
(E.M.A.)
Date
|
Basic
Rate +/-
|
EMA
Rate
|
Gasoline
Escalator
|
|
|
By
Act of Congress
|
|
|
|
1896
– 1924* |
|
.00 |
*No
EMA Authorized |
|
Jan
1, 1925 |
4.0
cents |
4.0
cents |
|
|
Jul
1, 1934 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
|
|
Dec
17, 1943 |
1.0 |
6.0 |
|
|
Apr
1, 1948 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
|
|
Nov
1, 1949 |
1.0 |
8.0 |
|
|
Jul
1, 1951 |
1.0 |
9.0 |
|
|
Jun
14, 1958 |
1.0 |
10.0 |
|
|
Oct
13, 1962 |
2.0 |
12.0 |
|
|
|
By Contract |
|
|
|
Jul
20, 1973 |
2.0 |
14.0 |
|
|
Mar
2, 1974 |
1.0 |
15.0 |
|
|
Jun
8, 1974 |
|
15.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
21, 1975 |
1.5 |
17.0 |
|
|
Jul
21, 1976 |
1.0 |
18.0 |
|
|
May
7, 1977 |
|
18.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
22, 1978 |
.50 |
19.0 |
|
|
Feb
10, 1979 |
|
19.5 |
½
cent |
|
May
19, 1979 |
|
20.0 |
½
cent |
|
Jun
16, 1979 |
|
20.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
21, 1979 |
|
21.0 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
21, 1979 |
1.0 |
22.0 |
|
|
Aug
17, 1979 |
|
22.5 |
½
cent |
|
Sep
8, 1979 |
|
23.0 |
½
cent |
|
Oct
20, 1979 |
|
23.5 |
½
cent |
|
Nov
17, 1979 |
|
24.0 |
½
cent |
|
Feb
9, 1980 |
|
24.5 |
½
cent |
|
Mar
8, 1980 |
|
25.0 |
½
cent |
|
Apr
19, 1980 |
|
26.0 |
1.0
cent |
|
May
17, 1980 |
|
26.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
19, 1980 |
1.0 |
27.5 |
|
|
Mar
21, 1981 |
|
28.0 |
½
cent |
|
Apr
18, 1981 |
|
29.0 |
1.0
cent |
|
May
16, 1981 |
|
29.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
25, 1981 |
.50 |
30.0 |
|
|
Jul
24, 1982 |
1.0 |
31.0 |
|
|
Jul
23, 1983 |
.50 |
31.5 |
|
|
Mar
16, 1985 |
|
31.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
Jul
20, 1985 |
|
31.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
20, 1985 |
1.0 |
32.5 |
|
|
Apr
12, 1986 |
|
32.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
May
10, 1986 |
|
31.0 |
-
1.0 cent |
|
Jun
7, 1986 |
|
30.0 |
-
1.0 cent |
|
Jul
19, 1986 |
|
30.5 |
½
cent |
|
Sep
13, 1986 |
|
30.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
Oct
11, 1986 |
|
29.5 |
-
½ cent |
|
May
9, 1987 |
|
30.0 |
½
cent |
|
Sep
12, 1987 |
|
30.5 |
½
cent |
|
May
7, 1988 |
|
30.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
Oct
8, 1988 |
|
30.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jun
13, 1989 |
|
31.0 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
1, 1989 |
|
31.5 |
½
cent |
|
Nov
4, 1989 |
|
31.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
Oct
6, 1990 |
|
32.0 |
1.0
cent |
|
Nov
3, 1990 |
|
32.5 |
½
cent |
|
Dec
1, 1990 |
2.5 |
35.0 |
|
|
Mar
9, 1991 |
|
34.5 |
-
½ cent |
|
Apr
16, 1991 |
|
33.5 |
-
1 cent |
|
May
14, 1991 |
|
33.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
Aug
10, 1991 |
|
33.5 |
½
cent |
|
Nov
30, 1991 |
.50 |
34.0 |
|
|
Mar
14, 1992 |
|
33.5 |
-
½ cent |
|
Aug
8, 1992 |
|
34.0 |
½
cent |
|
Nov
28, 1992 |
.50 |
34.5 |
|
|
Oct
30, 1993 |
|
34.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
Oct
11, 1994 |
|
34.5 |
½
cent |
|
Nov
21, 1995 |
.50 |
35.0 |
|
|
Jun
8, 1996 |
|
35.5 |
½
cent |
|
Jul
6, 1996 |
1.0 |
36.5 |
|
|
Jul
5, 1997 |
|
36.0 |
-
½ cent |
|
Jul
4, 1998 |
|
35.5 |
-
½ cent |
|
Not
Known |
|
36.0 |
½
cent |
|
Jan
1, 2000 |
1.0 |
37.0 |
|
|
Jul
1, 2000 |
2.0 |
39.0 |
|
|
Oct
7, 2000 |
|
38.5 |
-
½ cent |
|
Dec
30, 2000 |
|
39.5 |
1.0
cent |
|
Jun
30, 2001 |
|
40.5 |
1.0
cent |
|
Oct
6, 2001 |
|
39.0 |
-1
½ cents |
|
Dec
29. 2001 |
|
38.0 |
-1.0
cent |
|
Jul
13, 2002 |
|
39.0 |
1.0
cent |
|
Jan
11, 2003 |
|
39.5 |
½
cent |
|
Apr
5, 2003 |
|
40.5 |
1.0
cent |
|
Jul
12, 2003 |
|
40.0 |
-
1/2 cent |
|
Jan
10, 2004 |
|
39.0 |
-1.0
cent |
|
Apr
3, 2004 |
|
40.0 |
1.0
cent |
|
Jul
10, 2004 |
|
41.5 |
1.5
cents |