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The bill quickly increases flexible highway funding and planning certainty for States, but does so by redirecting program‑specific and NEVI-targeted dollars into formula apportionments—boosting general road and bridge work while reducing targeted support for EV deployment and competitively awarded local priorities.
State governments receive additional apportioned federal highway funds they can use immediately for bridges, highways, parking, wildlife crossings, and related engineering projects, increasing available project funding at the state level.
State and local governments get these distributed amounts on top of existing §104(c) and §165 apportionments, increasing total federal highway dollars without reducing base apportions.
Taxpayers and transportation workers benefit because funds can be used to repair and preserve Federal‑aid highways and bridges, likely improving road safety and reducing future maintenance costs.
Rural communities, disadvantaged areas, and drivers face slower EV charging expansion because NEVI-directed funds are being redirected away from EV charging deployment and Joint Office/grant assistance.
Local governments and jurisdictions that relied on competitive or program-specific grants lose targeted support because shifting program dollars into formula apportionments reduces federal targeting and discretion.
Projects formerly funded under the §151(f) grant program may lose funding because those dollars are being redirected into formula apportionments, reducing resources for the specific program purposes previously supported.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Introduced March 13, 2025 by Cynthia M. Lummis · Last progress March 13, 2025
Redirects unobligated and future funds from the federal electric vehicle charging program (NEVI) and a related grant program so those dollars are apportioned to States for traditional surface-transportation work. The redirected funds may be used only for specified highway and bridge projects, certain commercial truck parking, wildlife‑vehicle collision reduction, and related engineering work, and may not be used for EV charging or other original NEVI purposes. Existing unobligated amounts are to be distributed to States upon enactment; future fiscal‑year amounts are to be distributed to States on October 1 of each fiscal year, and the funds are administered as if they were apportioned under title 23 of the U.S. Code with certain availability and administrative rules preserved.