Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Wireless EV Charging Grant Program Act directs the Transportation Secretary, in coordination with the Energy Secretary, to run competitive grants for wireless electric vehicle charging infrastructure and technology. Eligible entities include state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, metropolitan planning organizations, public authorities with transportation functions, and transit agencies. Projects may cover roads, parking lots, airports, coastal and inland ports, light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles, fleets, public transit, federal fleets, performance testing, safety, electromagnetic compatibility, and interoperability. Grants can pay up to 80 percent of project cost and no more than $25 million per grant. The bill prioritizes low-income, underserved, and disadvantaged communities; cost-effective, energy-efficient, sustainable, interoperable, safe, weather-ready projects; inclusive workforce and business practices; nonfederal leverage; medium- and heavy-duty fleets; and battery-life benefits. It applies Davis-Bacon, labor neutrality and NLRA notices, Buy America requirements, annual reporting, technical assistance, and $250 million available until expended.
Who Benefits and How
State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments benefit from new competitive funding for wireless EV charging projects. Transit agencies and public fleets benefit because buses, fleet vehicles, federal fleets, and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are explicitly eligible use cases. Wireless EV charging companies benefit from federally funded deployment, testing, interoperability, and safety work. Low-income, underserved, and disadvantaged communities benefit from priority criteria steering projects toward historically underinvested areas. Construction workers benefit from Davis-Bacon wage protections and workforce-development eligibility.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Transportation must administer grants, reports, technical assistance, project selection, and compliance monitoring. The Department of Energy must coordinate technical and energy aspects of the program. Grant recipients must satisfy Buy America, labor neutrality, reporting, outreach, safety, interoperability, and nonfederal match obligations. Federal taxpayers fund the $250 million authorization and up to 80 percent of project costs.
Key Provisions
- Creates DOT competitive grants for wireless EV charging infrastructure and technology coordinated with DOE.
- Authorizes eligible public entities, transit agencies, roads, parking lots, airports, ports, fleets, and public transit projects.
- Limits grants to an 80 percent federal share and $25 million per grant.
- Requires annual reports, technical assistance, Davis-Bacon, labor neutrality, Buy America compliance, and community-focused priority criteria.
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a $250 million DOT grant program, coordinated with DOE, for wireless electric-vehicle charging infrastructure and technology, with eligible public entities, an 80 percent federal share, a $25 million grant cap, Buy America and Davis-Bacon conditions, labor neutrality, and priority criteria for underserved communities, interoperability, fleet uses, and domestic supply chains.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Electric Vehicles, Energy, Grants
Primary Purpose
Creates a $250 million DOT grant program, coordinated with DOE, for wireless electric-vehicle charging infrastructure and technology, with eligible public entities, an 80 percent federal share, a $25 million grant cap, Buy America and Davis-Bacon conditions, labor neutrality, and priority criteria for underserved communities, interoperability, fleet uses, and domestic supply chains.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- State transportation agencies
- Transit agencies
- Wireless EV charging companies
- Disadvantaged communities
- Construction workers
Identified Costs
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Energy
- Grant recipients
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Stevens (for herself, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Dingell, and Ms. …
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
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