Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025 changes how unobligated and future federal EV charging infrastructure funds may be used. For the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, the bill requires unobligated funds and future fiscal-year funds to be distributed to states by formula and used only for Federal-aid highway construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, or preservation; National Bridge Inventory bridge replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, or protection; wildlife-vehicle collision reduction projects such as wildlife crossings; eligible commercial motor vehicle parking projects; or related preliminary engineering, engineering, or design services. It bars those funds from being used for the existing NEVI charging infrastructure purposes.
The bill applies a similar rule to the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant program under title 23. Unobligated and future program funds must be distributed to states based on the proportion of each state's section 104(c) and section 165 apportionments, and must be used for the same highway, bridge, wildlife crossing, truck parking, and engineering purposes rather than charging or fueling infrastructure grant purposes.
Who Benefits and How
State departments of transportation benefit from greater formula-based access to money that had been reserved for EV charging infrastructure. Highway contractors, bridge contractors, wildlife crossing project sponsors, and commercial motor vehicle parking projects benefit from new funding eligibility. Truck drivers and motorists may benefit if states use the funds for safer highways, repaired bridges, wildlife crossings, or truck parking capacity.
Who Bears the Burden and How
EV charging infrastructure developers and communities expecting NEVI or Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grants lose access to those funding streams for charging projects. Federal Highway Administration program staff and state transportation agencies must redistribute and administer funds under the new restrictions. EV drivers and charging site hosts could face slower deployment of public charging stations if funds are shifted to general highway uses.
Key Provisions
- Requires unobligated NEVI Formula Program funds to be used only for highways, bridges, wildlife crossings, commercial motor vehicle parking, or related engineering.
- Prohibits redirected NEVI funds from being used for existing EV charging infrastructure program purposes.
- Directs future NEVI funds to be distributed to states on October 1 of each fiscal year by Federal-aid highway apportionment shares.
- Requires unobligated Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant funds to be distributed to states under the same apportionment formula.
- Limits redirected Charging and Fueling Infrastructure funds to the highway, bridge, wildlife crossing, truck parking, and engineering uses listed for NEVI funds.
- Provides that redirected funds remain available for the original availability period and are generally administered like chapter 1 title 23 highway funds.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Redirects unobligated and future National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant funds away from EV charging purposes and into state-distributed Federal-aid highway, bridge, wildlife crossing, commercial motor vehicle parking, and related engineering projects.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Highways, Electric Vehicles, Federal Grants
Primary Purpose
Redirects unobligated and future National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant funds away from EV charging purposes and into state-distributed Federal-aid highway, bridge, wildlife crossing, commercial motor vehicle parking, and related engineering projects.
Policy Domains
Sections 2 and 3 redirected EV charging funds for highway, bridge, wildlife crossing, and truck parking uses
Identified Gains
- State departments of transportation
- Highway construction contractors
- Commercial motor vehicle parking projects
- Wildlife crossing project sponsors
Identified Costs
- EV charging infrastructure developers
- Federal Highway Administration EV program staff
- State EV charging program offices
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Shreve, and …
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
State EV charging program offices, State departments of transportation
Positive-direction: State departments of transportation
Negative-direction: State EV charging program offices
Bridge rehabilitation contractors, Highway construction contractors
Commercial motor vehicle parking projects, Wildlife crossing project sponsors
EV charging grant applicants, EV charging infrastructure developers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "state"
- → State transportation agency
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Transportation
- "cfi_program"
- → Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant program
- "nevi_program"
- → National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The grant program under section 151(f) of title 23 whose unobligated and future funds the bill redistributes to states for non-charging highway purposes.
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