Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Fully Funding Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

The House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee is marking up H.R. ___, the THUD Appropriations Act, 2025 on June 27.

The House THUD Appropriations bill significantly cuts public transit and passenger rail funding, as authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Specifically, the THUD Appropriations bill, together with the IIJA’s advance appropriations, provides a total of $19.6 billion for public transit in FY25, a cut of $1.3 billion (-6.2 percent) from the FY24 enacted level. This total funding is $2.4 billion (-10.8 percent) less than the amount authorized in the IIJA.
 
In addition, the House THUD Appropriations bill and IIJA provide $16.0 billion for passenger and freight rail in FY25, a cut of $262 million (-1.6 percent) from the FY24 enacted level. This total funding is $4.6 billion (-22.4 percent) less than the amount authorized in the IIJA. The bill cuts the General Fund appropriation for Amtrak by $303 million (-12.5 percent), while increasing funding for Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grants by $99.6 million (50.0 percent) from the FY24 enacted levels.
 
The bill also includes several troubling policy riders, such as prohibiting actions on equity action plans and greenhouse gas emissions measures.
 
After the Subcommittee markup, the House Committee on Appropriations is expected to consider the bill in the near future. In addition, the Senate Committee on Appropriations is expected to consider its THUD Appropriations bill in July.

Read more in APTA’s Legislative Alert.
 
APTA strongly encourages you to contact your Members of Congress and urge them to honor the promise of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by fully funding public transit and passenger rail in the FY25 THUD Appropriations bill.

View APTA’s CIG Project Pipeline Dashboard.
 
View APTA’s Public Transit Funding Table of the THUD Appropriations bill.

View APTA’s Passenger Rail Funding Table of the House THUD Appropriations bill.

See October 13, 2022, APTA Comment on FHWA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure (87 FR 42401).
 
View the House Committee on Appropriations Summary of the THUD Appropriations bill.

View the House THUD Appropriations bill.