Federal-aid Highways

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These accounts provide necessary resources to support Federal-aid Highways Program activities, Highway Infrastructure Program activities, Emergency Relief activities, and maintain the agency's administrative and oversight functions. Funding will aid in the development, operations, and management of a transportation system that is safe, reliable, and grows the economy. 1/ All fiscal years include FHWA General Operating Expenses (GOE) and transfers to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for administrative activities associated with the Appalachian Development Highway System. All fiscal years do not include amounts for other non-administrative programs for the Emergency Relief Program. In FY 2027, the exempt contract authority split is to be determined. 3/ FY 2025 reflects sequestration of 5.7 percent of contract authority exempt from obligation limitation per Sequestration Order dated March 11, 2024. FY 2026 reflects sequestration of 5.7 percent of contract authority exempt from obligation limitation per Sequestration Order dated May 30, 2025. FY 2027 reflect sequestration of 5.7 percent of contract authority exempt from obligation limitation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 901a(6)(B)(ii). 4/ FHWA anticipates transfers to NHTSA in FY 2027 in amounts to be determined based on State penalty information. 5/ Exhibit does not reflect transfers of obligation limitation for carryover contract authority transferred. 6/ The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, provided $340.5 million in additional funding from the General Fund in FY 2025. billion from FHWA with the remaining transferred from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The FY 2027 Budget requests $770 million in additional funding from the General Fund in FY 2027 for the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program, and $714 million in additional funding from the General Fund in FY 2027 for the 7/ The Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2026, repurposed $1.1 billion from amounts previously provided to FHWA from the General Fund through Division J of the IIJA. New IIJA Division J funding is not reflected in FY 2027 due to the expiration of the IIJA after FY 2026. 8/ The IIJA provided funding for administrative expenses as a takedown from the Highway Infrastructure Programs. Amounts shown reflect the aggregate of 9/ The American Relief Act, 2025, provided $8.1 billion in additional funding from the General Fund in FY 2025 for the Emergency Relief Program. 10/ The Working Families Tax Cut Act, Sections 60019, 60023, and 60024, rescinded the unobligated amounts made available to carry out the following sections of title 23 U.S.C.: Section 177, Neighborhood access and equity grant program; Section 178 Environmental review implementation funds; and Section 179, Low-carbon transportation materials grants. The FY 2027 Budget proposes permanently cancelling a total of $4.2 billion in unobligated balances in FY 2027 from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grants and the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. 11/ FY 2026 reflects staffing reductions resulting from the Deferred Resignation Program. The consolidation of information technology and procurement activities was approved by Congress in FY 2026. Implementation is actively underway. However, resources are not expected to meaningfully shift from FHWA to the Working Capital Fund (WCF) until late in FY 2026. FY 2027 estimates reflect the full consolidation of information technology and procurement, as well as human resources activities within the Office of the Secretary through the WCF. Appropriations, Obligation Limitations, and Exempt Obligations Annualization of FY 2026 pay raise (1 percent) $19,291 -102 Reduction in salaries and benefits -$150,800 Discontinuation of IIJA Division J Funding -$4,223,244 Cancellations of prior year balances -$13,761,110 1/ See Exhibits II-5 for additional item details. Federal-aid Highway Program and Highway Infrastructure Programs What is the request and what funds are currently spent on the program? The FY 2027 budget requests $64.7 billion for the Federal-aid Highway Program (FAHP). The in FY 2025 and FY 2026, respectively, through the Highway Trust Fund. The FY 2027 budget requests $1.5 billion for Highway Infrastructure Programs (HIP) from the General Fund. In FY 2025, $340.5 million was appropriated from the General Fund for HIP. In unobligated IIJA HIP funding was repurposed for other HIP activities. Additionally, the IIJA authorized $9.5 billion in advance appropriations in both FY 2025 and FY 2026 for HIP. The FY 2027 request of $1.5 billion for HIP is comprised of: $770.0 million for the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program (hereafter, Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Program) $713.7 million for the Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection, and What is this program and what does this funding level support? Aside from the two specific FY 2027 HIP requests shown above that are included in the Budget, the details of activities funded by these accounts are dependent upon reauthorization of surface reauthorizations may continue, exact funding amounts, eligibilities, and requirements are all subject to change. The Department of Transportation looks forward to working with Congress to finalize and implement a reauthorization that advances the Department's mission. Details on current programs and funding levels may be found in prior year Budget submissions. What benefits will be provided to the American p

Extracted from FHWA, p. 1. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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1 linked contract. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

Confidence mix · 1 medium

Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.

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