Urge Congress to Support the THUD Appropriations Act
3/7/2024
On March 3, U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations committee leaders released the final, bipartisan Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (THUD Appropriations Act) (H.R. 4366, Division F) as part of a minibus bill of six appropriations acts, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024.
The House is expected to consider the minibus bill March 6. Under the expected House procedure, it will take a two-thirds vote to pass the bill. The Senate will consider the bill after House passage. The goal is to get the bill to the President’s desk by March 8. Under the existing Continuing Resolution (P.L. 118-40), USDOT funding expires March 8.
The final, bipartisan THUD Appropriations Act provides the overwhelming majority of public transit and passenger rail investments authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and APTA strongly supports the bill.
The THUD Appropriations Act, together with the IIJA’s advance appropriations, provides $20.9 billion for public transit in FY24, which is $364 million (two percent) less than the FY23 enacted level. This total funding represents 96 percent of the amount authorized in the IIJA.
In addition, the FY24 THUD Appropriations bill and IIJA provide $16.3 billion for passenger and freight rail in FY24, which is $383 million (two percent) less than the FY23 enacted level. This total funding represents 80 percent of the amount authorized in the IIJA.
APTA strongly encourages you to contact your Members of Congress and urge them to support the THUD Appropriations Act before funding expires this week.