HR8231-119

In Committee

Highways First Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 9, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Highways First Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H380193687B474B6FB03E1B23F3107BD4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Highways First Act.
  • Section HEB3F8152674A44E0ABED4569E69D4882: 2. Transfer of highway and transit funds Section 104(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— by striking paragraph (1); and by redesignating paragraphs...
  • Section H42F44BABB7184EDA9F176EDDFA807C27: 3. Transfer of amounts and non-Government share Section 5334(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking (1) Amounts and all that follows...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Highways First Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Highways First Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
transportation operators and travelers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
transportation operators and travelers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 9, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Apr 9, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 9, 2026

Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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