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Imposes enhanced risk-management, peer-review, transparency, and TRB study requirements on federally assisted transportation megaprojects costing $2.5B+.
The bill tightens oversight and public transparency for large DOT‑funded projects to reduce overruns and improve accountability, but it imposes administrative burdens, potential start‑up delays, and modest cost increases that may fall on taxpayers and disadvantage smaller agencies.
State and local governments (and taxpayers who fund them) will face lower risk of major cost overruns and schedule delays on DOT-funded megaprojects because project sponsors must prepare risk‑management plans and follow stronger oversight practices.
Project designs and budgets will undergo independent peer review, increasing technical oversight so design or budget problems are more likely to be caught early.
Communities, watchdogs, and taxpayers will have greater access to oversight information because engineer supervisory data and peer‑review reports must be publicly posted, improving accountability.
State and local agencies (and ultimately taxpayers) will face added administrative costs and staffing burdens to prepare risk plans, run peer reviews, and publish oversight materials.
Increased oversight and reporting requirements could modestly raise total project costs, which may be passed through to taxpayers or toll payers.
Projects could be delayed at the start while sponsors recruit qualified peer reviewers and prepare required risk‑management plans, slowing construction timelines and affecting workers and users.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish additional requirements for certain transportation projects with estimated costs of $2,500,000,000 or more, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 4, 2025 by Mark James Desaulnier · Last progress December 4, 2025
Requires stronger oversight, risk controls, transparency, and independent peer review for highway and transportation "megaprojects" with estimated costs of $2.5 billion or more (and other projects the Secretary designates). Recipients seeking federal funds must submit a detailed risk management plan, convene an expert peer review group, publish peer-review reports and engineering oversight information, and comply with regular reporting; the Department must also task the Transportation Research Board to study international best practices and report recommendations within three years. These rules apply to projects authorized for construction one year after enactment.