House T&I Committee Advances Budget Reconciliation Proposal

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I), on a party-line vote, adopted its budget reconciliation proposal April 30. The bill imposes an electric-vehicle fee, rescinds certain USDOT unobligated funds, and provides additional funding for the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control system and the US Coast Guard.

The committee held the markup in accordance with reconciliation instructions from the FY25 Budget Resolution to recommend changes within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by $10 billion, on net, over the next 10 years. The committee will now send the proposal to the House Committee on the Budget to be combined with provisions from other committees for a larger Budget Reconciliation bill.

The T&I proposal imposes new electric- and hybrid-vehicle fees and deposits those funds into the Highway Trust Fund. However, unlike all Highway Trust Fund revenues enacted since 1982, the T&I proposal does not specify that it will honor the traditional 80-20 split between the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

APTA is urging its members to contact their elected representatives to insist that any new dedicated revenue stream to the Highway Trust Fund must contribute at least 20 percent to the Mass Transit Account.