Highway Infrastructure Programs

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For the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program under September 30, [2029]2030, and shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for making annual appropriations: Provided, That the funds made available under this heading shall be derived from the general fund of the Treasury and shall be in addition to any funds provided for such program for fiscal year [2026]2027 in this or any other Act: Provided further, That subsections (e) and (i)(1) and (2) of section 117 of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to the funds made available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall reserve not less than 25 percent of the funds made available under this heading in this Act for projects located in rural areas, unless there is an insufficient number of qualified projects located in rural areas to fully utilize this reserve, in which case the excess funds can be used for other qualified projects. **Reason for including: The FY 2027 Budget proposes $770 million in FY 2027 for the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program.** For a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, $713,650,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030, and which shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction programs set forth in this or any other Act: Provided, That the funds made available under this heading shall be derived from the general fund of the Treasury, shall be in addition to any other funds provided for such purpose for fiscal year 2027, and shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in this or any other Act: Provided further, That, except as otherwise provided under this heading, the funds made available under this heading shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That a project funded with funds made available under this heading shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway: Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this heading for a fiscal year, 3 percent shall be set aside to carry out section 202(d) of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That funds set aside under the preceding proviso to carry out section 202(d) of such title shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available to carry out such section and shall be administered as if made available under such section: Provided further, That for funds set aside under the fourth proviso under this heading to carry out section 202(d) of title 23, United States Code, the Federal share of the costs shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That, for the purposes of funds made available under this heading: (1) the term ``State'' has the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 23, United States Code; (2) the term ``off-system bridge'' means a highway bridge located on a public road, other than a bridge on a Federal-aid highway; and (3) the term ``Federal-aid highway'' means a public highway eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, other than a highway functionally classified as a local road or rural minor collector: Provided further, That, after setting aside funds under the fourth proviso under this heading the Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds made available under this heading among States so that each State receives an amount equal to the proportion (A) the amount apportioned to the State for fiscal year 2026 to carry out the bridge replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, protection, and construction program under the heading "Federal Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs" in division J of Public Law 117-158; bears to (B) the total amount of funds apportioned to all States for fiscal year 2026 under such heading to carry out such program: Provided further, That, subject to the following proviso, funds made available under this heading that are distributed to States shall be used for replacing or rehabilitating bridges that are classified as in poor condition and on a Federal-aid highway: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading that are distributed to a State, 15 percent shall be set aside for use on off-system bridges for the same purposes as described in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That if a State demonstrates that it does not have sufficient bridge replacement or rehabilitation needs for off-system bridges, the funds set aside in the preceding proviso may be used for replacing or rehabilitating bridges that are classified as in poor condition and on a Federal-aid highway: Provided further, That, except as provided in the following proviso, for funds made available under this heading that are distributed to States, the Federal share shall be determined in accordance with section 120 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That for funds made available under this heading that are distributed to States and used on an off-system bridge that is owned by a county, town, township, city, municipality or other local agency, or federally-recognized Tribe the Federal share shall The unobligated balances and any adjustments and deobligations of funds or recoveries or refunds of funds made available in fiscal years 2022 through [2025] 2026 under the heading "Federal Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs" in division J of Public Law 117-58 for the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program, including from any funds for such program transferred to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation[, and all such funds made available for fiscal year 2026,] are hereby permanently cancelled: Provided, That no such amounts may be cancelled from any funds provided in fiscal years 2022 through [2025] 2026 for which a project has an executed grant agreement regardless of whether that agreement is fully obligated except for projects that have been closed and for which payments have been made under a final **Reason for including: The FY 2026 President's Budget proposed cancelling unobligated balances and FY 2026 funding for the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program. The FY 2027 Budget proposes to cancel unobligated balances for the National (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; and (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts-- (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under section (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in a previous (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be

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