The House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee has released bill text for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, entitled the BUILD America 250 Act. The bill includes $580 billion in highway and infrastructure funding, including:

• $392.324 billion for the Federal-Aid Highways programs;  
• $102.74 billion for Public Transportation;  
• $64.656 billion for Railroads/Hazardous Materials programs;  
• $17.75 billion for freight/multimodal transportation programs;  
• $5.675 billion for highway traffic safety programs; and  
• $5.04 billion for motor carrier safety programs. 

BUILD America 250 Act – Key Provisions 5.26.pdf

Attached is an overview summarizing key provisions impacting local governments, transit agencies, and transportation authorities. The House T&I Committee will hold their markup of the BUILD America 250 Act tomorrow, May 21. We will continue to keep you apprised of updates as Congress continues its process advancing the next surface transportation reauthorization bill. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Recently, the House Appropriations Committee released its draft FY27 Transportation-HUD funding bill in advance of tomorrow’s subcommittee markup. Under the draft bill, the Department of Transportation would receive $28.3 billion in discretionary funding—approximately $1.177 billion above the FY26 enacted level—while the Department of Housing and Urban Development would receive $71.38 billion, nearly $6 billion below the FY26 enacted level. The MGS team will provide an analysis of the proposed bill with additional details on policy and funding levels.

Please see below for the press release, as well as the bill text and summaries provided by the majority and minority:

• Majority summary of the bill is available here
• Minority summary of the bill is available here
• Bill text is available here.