Late January, the House committee on transportation and infrastructure with the House majority leadership introduced a five-year infrastructure investment proposal totaling $760 billion for fiscal years 2021 through 2025. The proposal, entitled “Moving America and the Environment Forward,” would package together several infrastructure related funding proposals including surface transportation reauthorization and road, transit, rail, aviation, port, broadband, brownfields, wastewater, and drinking water projects. 

Top level funding in the proposal includes:

  • Surface Transportation: $434 billion; $129 billion increase over FAST Act, including:
    • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): $319 billion, $93 billion increase over FAST Act levels; $32 billion increase over S. 2302
    • Federal Transit Administration (FTA): $105 billion, $44 billion increase over FAST Act
    • Federal Railroad Administration (FRA): $55 billion, $44.6 billion increase over FAST Act 
  • Airports: $30 billion, currently authorized at $97 billion over FY 2019 – 2023 under the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254)
  • Ports: $19.7 billion
  • Water Resources: $60.5 billion
  • Clean Water: $59.7 billion
  • Broadband: $98 billion

Bill text is not yet available, but is expected in the spring of 2020. The National Association of Counties (NACo) released an analysis of the committee’s framework shortly after its release. To view NACo’s full analysis, click here.

Contributed by: Megan Chuinard | Public Affairs Associate