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The bill directs substantial new federal funding and planning support to prioritize repair, multimodal projects, equity, and emissions reductions in transportation, while increasing federal spending and administrative requirements that may advantage better‑resourced jurisdictions and constrain some traditional capacity‑expansion projects.
State, Tribal, and local governments receive $3.0 billion per year (FY2027–FY2031) to plan and build transportation projects, providing substantial new federal capital for infrastructure work.
States and localities can prioritize and fund REPAIR projects through multiple federal highway programs and (when certified) under the Carbon Reduction Program, enabling more road/ connectivity repairs and helping reduce transportation emissions.
Communities gain $750 million per year in planning grants to develop studies and designs needed to compete for construction funding, increasing local capacity to move projects forward.
Taxpayers face increased Highway Trust Fund outlays of $3.0 billion per year, which could crowd out other federal priorities or require higher future user revenues or transfers.
New application, prioritization, and evaluation requirements raise planning and compliance costs and administrative burden, favoring better-resourced applicants and disadvantaging small localities, community-based organizations, and under-resourced State DOTs/MPOs.
The prohibition on funding projects that add travel lanes could limit some congestion‑relief or capacity projects, affecting drivers and jurisdictions seeking traditional highway expansions.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes $3B/year from the Highway Trust Fund (FY2027–FY2031) for REPAIR: $750M planning and $2.25B construction; expands eligibility and adds selection criteria across Title 23 programs.
Official title: To reauthorize and improve the reconnecting communities program, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 11, 2025 by Patrick Ryan · Last progress December 11, 2025
Authorizes $3.0 billion per year from the Highway Trust Fund for FY2027–FY2031 to extend and scale the REPAIR infrastructure program: $750 million annually for planning grants and $2.25 billion annually for capital construction grants. It directs the Secretary of Transportation to administer the grants (including to Tribal governments), extends the program years, updates selection criteria to emphasize multimodal, equitable, and community‑driven projects, and adds REPAIR‑eligible projects to multiple Title 23 grant and formula programs while adding new evaluation and prioritization rules (including a new statutory definition of “divisive roadway infrastructure” and carbon‑certification prioritization for certain funds). The bill is primarily an authorization and statutory amendment package that integrates REPAIR activities across Federal surface‑transportation programs, creates new applicant and project‑evaluation factors (community participation, multimodal access, affordability), and changes how some apportioned funds are prioritized when the Secretary certifies emissions reductions criteria.