Authorize $580 billion to fund transportation infrastructure through Fiscal Year 2031?
This bill will authorize funding of over $580 billion for federal-aid highways, bridges, highway safety programs, transit and rail programs, and other transportation infrastructure development starting in fiscal year 2027 and ending in fiscal year 2031. This bill would reauthorize funding that was distributed through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was signed in 2021. This bill emphasizes safety and efficiency in the transportation of people, goods, and freight across the country.
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Graves (Republican, Missouri, District 6)
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Opponents say
• "I am deeply concerned that this bill fails to adequately prioritize rail and transit infrastructure, systems that are essential not only to my district, but to the economic strength of the nation. For example, the Amtrak Northeast Corridor carries more than 800,000 passenger trips each day and serves as a backbone of interstate travel and commerce. Yet this bill falls short of the investment needed to modernize aging infrastructure, improve accessibility, address deferred maintenance, and ensure long-term reliability and resilience. … this bill continues to lean toward highway expansion at the expense of stronger investment in rail and transit, an approach that is shortsighted and out of step with our transportation and economic needs. Rail and transit must be treated not as secondary priorities, but as core national investments. I am deeply concerned that this bill fails to adequately prioritize rail and transit infrastructure, systems that are essential not only to my district, but to the economic strength of the nation." Source: Rep. Jerry Nadler (Democrat, New York, District 12) Office of Rep. Nadler
• "While Americans are struggling to put food on the table, fill their gas tanks, and pay for medical care, the House Transportation Committee is focused on advancing legislation to provide giveaways to billion-dollar corporations at the expense of the very people they represent. What could have been a bipartisan package to make Americans safer on the road has become an unprecedented attempt to give immunity to companies responsible for sexual assault, life-altering injuries, and deaths. The surface transportation reauthorization bill passed by the Committee tonight would let powerful corporations dodge accountability to victims and survivors, and deliver bailouts to companies including immunity for Uber and other rideshare platforms when passengers are sexually assaulted or catastrophically hurt, corporate protections for vehicle rental companies that continue using outdated vehicles, and a provision to shield Turo and other peer-to-peer car rental companies from accountability when they put dangerous drivers and unsafe cars on the road." Source: Linda Lipsen, CEO of the American Association for Justice AAJ Statement
Proponents say
• "Every day is Infrastructure Day in Northwest Washington. “The BUILD America 250 Act will employ women and men in my district building roads, bridges, highways, transit, culverts and more. You can’t have a big-league economy with little-league infrastructure, and the investments made by the BUILD America 250 Act will upgrade Northwest Washington’s infrastructure and upgrade our economy." Source: Rep. Rick Larsen (Democrat, Washington, District 2) Office of Rep. Larsen
• "I believe the BUILD America 250 Act is the most important surface transportation bill since President Eisenhower built the Interstate Highway System. Like the America 250 celebration this year, this bill is not simply about honoring our past – it’s about moving forward and building upon the legacy of our nation’s infrastructure. I’m extremely proud of the historic level of investment in America’s bridges – at more than $50 billion, it’s the largest such investment in our history. And the BUILD America 250 Act ensures that electric vehicle owners begin paying their fair share for the use of our roads. The bill also makes smart and targeted reforms to our surface transportation programs, focuses on strengthening our core infrastructure system, drives innovation, bolsters safety, ensures states have the flexibility they need, and cuts red tape to get projects built faster." Source: Rep. Sam Graves (Republican, Missouri, District 6) Office of Rep. Graves
