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Provides a targeted $50 million boost and clearer planning timeline for state and local FAST Act projects, but delays implementation until 2027 and carries a modest fiscal cost that could shift funds or increase federal outlays.
State and local governments gain authority to access $50 million for FAST Act programs, enabling permitting work and infrastructure project improvements.
State and local agencies get clearer planning certainty because the bill specifies the dollar amount and delays the effective date to Jan 1, 2027, making it easier to schedule projects.
Delaying the effective date until Jan 1, 2027 may postpone project starts and related work, affecting construction workers and local governments that would have implemented projects sooner.
Allocating $50 million could increase federal outlays or require redirecting funds from other priorities, modestly raising costs for taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Replaces two placeholder dollar amounts in FAST Act text with a fixed $50,000,000 and sets the effective date.
Introduced March 19, 2026 by Chris Deluzio · Last progress March 19, 2026
Amends two Fast Track (FAST Act) statutory provisions to replace placeholder amounts with a specified $50,000,000 in two locations of the existing law, and sets the change to take effect January 1, 2027 (or the date of enactment, whichever is later). The change clarifies the dollar amount used in a definition and in a permitting process improvement provision but does not itself appropriate funds.