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The bill directs substantial new federal funding and planning support toward repairing and rethinking road networks to advance multimodal access and emissions reductions, but it increases federal spending and adds planning/certification requirements that favor better-resourced jurisdictions and limit traditional lane-expansion options.
State, Tribal, and local governments receive a new, dedicated federal funding stream ($3.0B/year FY2027–FY2031) plus substantial planning grants ($750M/year) so communities can plan and build transportation projects.
Smaller communities, rural areas, and U.S. territories gain expanded eligibility to use multiple federal highway programs for REPAIR projects, increasing access to federal dollars for roads and local connectivity improvements.
The bill shifts federal priorities toward multimodal, affordable, and safe transportation (and away from adding travel lanes), encouraging investments that improve access to jobs and services in underserved neighborhoods and reduce sprawl and vehicle dependence.
Taxpayers face about $3.0B/year in additional Highway Trust Fund outlays (FY2027–FY2031), increasing federal transportation spending that could crowd out other priorities or require higher user revenues later.
New application, certification, and prioritization requirements increase planning, compliance, and administrative burdens for State DOTs, MPOs, and smaller localities, advantaging better-resourced applicants and intermediaries (e.g., those with CDFI partnerships).
The prohibition on funding projects that add travel lanes may limit options to expand highway capacity, constraining congestion-relief projects that rely on lane additions and affecting drivers and freight movement.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes $3B/year (FY2027–FY2031) from the Highway Trust Fund for REPAIR planning and construction grants and makes REPAIR projects eligible across several title 23 programs.
Introduced December 11, 2025 by Patrick Ryan · Last progress December 11, 2025
Provides $3.0 billion per year from the Highway Trust Fund (excluding the Mass Transit Account) for fiscal years 2027–2031 to continue and expand the REPAIR infrastructure program, splitting annual funds into $750 million for planning grants and $2.25 billion for capital construction grants. It directs the U.S. Department of Transportation to administer the program, extends and removes the “pilot” label from the program, and treats Tribal governments for administration as if funds were allocated under title 23. Adds new selection criteria and application factors emphasizing affordable and multimodal transportation, community participation and partnerships (including with community development financial institutions), and other local benefits. It also makes projects eligible under the REPAIR program across multiple surface-transportation programs in title 23 (e.g., NHPP, STBG, HSIP, CMAQ, Carbon Reduction) and creates a new statutory definition and evaluation requirement for “divisive roadway infrastructure.” For the Carbon Reduction Program, it conditions certain prioritization on a Secretary certification tied to transportation-emissions reductions metrics.