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S. 1733: Highway Funding Transferability Improvement Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-05-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearings held.

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Highway Funding Transferability Improvement Act

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Highway Funding Transferability Improvement Act This bill increases the amount of federal highway program funds that a state may reallocate annually between designated programs. Specifically, for the following programs, the bill allows a state to reallocate up to 75% (currently, 50%) of the annual funding for each program to any of the other programs: National Highway Performance Program; Surface Transportation Block Grant Program; Highway Safety Improvement Program; Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program; National Highway Freight Program; Carbon Reduction Program; and Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation Formula Program (also known as the PROTECT Formula Program).

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Highway Funding Transferability Improvement Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · 1 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-s1733 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills