In school your teacher told you not to take credit for the work of others. If you did it was considered plagiarism or cheating. Apparently Congressman Zack Space missed class that day.In 2005 the SAFETEA-LU Act (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) bill passed Congress and was signed into law. The objective of this bill was “To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.” On April 30th of this year the House of Representatives voted on and passed the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act. Because of the massive size of the original legislation and some needed technical revisions, this legislation was used to make changes to the authorizing language and fix errors in the original bill. Shortly after the April 30th vote Congressman Zack Space put out a press release taking credit for inserting language into the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act to, “release $1 million to improve Horns Hill Road in Newark.” The press release goes on to describe various improvements the funding will provide. “This funding will allow ODOT to widen the existing roadway to create 12-foot-wide lands with curbs and berms, install turn lanes at the major intersections, construct drainage improvements to supplement and replace the current roadside ditches.”   In addition, the release correctly states that, “Former Representative Bob Ney originally obtained funding for the project in the SAFETEA-LU Highway Bill.  However, the funds were unable to be utilized by the city because of wording errors in the Highway Bill.” The press release goes on to say that “… Congressman Space included accurate language in the Technical Corrections bill that passed the House today.” But an analysis by MajorityAP.com finds a different conclusion.  One problem with Space’s assertion is this is not the first round for the technical corrections bill. In June of 2006, five months before Space was elected to Congress, the House of Representatives passed a SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections bill.   This bill was not signed into law, but in preparation for bringing the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections bill to the floor in 2008 the House Transportation Committee used the 2006 version as their working base. This means the legislative items in the 2006 SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections bill were “rolled over” into the 2008 bill.   A review of the legislative language in the 2006 SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections bill shows the following correction for Horns Hill Road, “in item number 770 by striking the project description and inserting ‘Improve existing Horns Hill Road in North Newark, Ohio, from Waterworks Road to Licking Springs Road.’” This legislative language was placed into the bill before Space was elected to Congress. A review of the 2008 SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections bill reveals the following legislative language for Horns Hill Road, “in item number 770 by striking the project description and inserting ‘Improve existing Horns Hill Road in North Newark, Ohio, from Waterworks Road to Licking Springs Road.’”  The legislative language for Horn Hill Road in the 2006 and 2008 SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections bills are identical.  In a bit of irony, Space’s press release about Horn Hill Road goes on to say, “He is working to restore integrity to the office…”