Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes and expands the wildlife crossings program with higher funding, higher federal cost shares for certain applicants, and dedicated application assistance.
Who Benefits and How
States, Tribes, and project sponsors building wildlife crossings could receive more grant funding and easier access to federal support.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal transportation administrators would commit more funding and administer new technical-assistance and oversight set-asides.
Key Provisions
- Extends wildlife crossings program funding at $200 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2031.
- Provides a 100 percent federal share for certain grants.
- Allows set-asides for application assistance and federal review and administration.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes and expands the wildlife crossings program with higher funding, higher federal cost shares for certain applicants, and dedicated application assistance.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Infrastructure, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Reauthorizes and expands the wildlife crossings program with higher funding, higher federal cost shares for certain applicants, and dedicated application assistance.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- States, Tribes, and project sponsors building wildlife crossings
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal transportation funding and administration supporting the expanded program
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mr. Beyer (for himself and Mr. Zinke) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
States, Tribes, and project sponsors building wildlife crossings
Federal transportation funding and administration supporting the expanded program
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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