Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This is the annual appropriations bill for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2025. It funds federal transportation infrastructure (highways, aviation, rail, transit, maritime) and housing programs (public housing, Section 8 vouchers, FHA, homeless assistance). Beyond funding, the bill contains numerous policy riders that restrict how agencies can spend money and prohibit specific regulatory actions.
Who Benefits and How
- Private aviation operators: Protected from real-time flight tracking and FAA fee increases without justification.
- Commercial trucking companies: Exempted from electronic logging device requirements for livestock/insect transport; protected from speed limiter mandates; California meal and rest break rules preempted.
- Oil and gas industry: Benefits from prohibition on greenhouse gas emissions performance measures and social cost of carbon calculations.
- Fossil fuel infrastructure: NYC congestion pricing (Central Business District Tolling) blocked, benefiting drivers and potentially reducing transit revenue.
- Housing landlords receiving federal subsidies: Face enforcement on maintaining properties but benefit from continued Section 8 payments.
Who Bears the Burden and How
- Environmental regulators and climate programs: Cannot enforce greenhouse gas emissions rules or use social cost of carbon in transportation decisions.
- NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority: Loses congestion pricing revenue as a transit funding mechanism is blocked.
- Fair Housing enforcement: Restricted from investigating lawsuits filed as Fair Housing Act violations.
- Affordable housing seekers: Students and certain populations face restrictions on Section 8 eligibility.
- Travelers from Cuba, China, Russia, Iran: No funds for flights to/from those countries.
Key Provisions
- Blocks NYC Central Business District congestion pricing (Section 125)
- Prohibits greenhouse gas emissions performance measures for highways (Section 126)
- Exempts livestock/insect transporters from electronic logging device requirements (Section 131)
- Preempts California meal/rest break rules for truckers (Section 134)
- Restricts Section 8 housing assistance for college students (Section 210)
- Prohibits social cost of carbon in agency decisions (Section 430)
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Appropriates funds for the Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for fiscal year 2025, while imposing numerous policy restrictions on how those funds may be used.
Who Benefits
- Commercial trucking companies (ELD exemptions, speed limiter ban, meal break preemption)
- Private aircraft owners (flight tracking protection)
- Fossil fuel industry (GHG measures blocked, social cost of carbon banned)
Who Bears Costs
- Environmental and climate regulators (multiple prohibitions on climate-related rules)
- NYC transit riders and MTA (lost congestion pricing revenue)
- Fair Housing Act enforcement (investigation restrictions)
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, Aviation, Highways, Rail, Transit, Maritime, Motor Carrier Safety, Housing Finance
Primary Purpose
Appropriates funds for the Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for fiscal year 2025, while imposing numerous policy restrictions on how those funds may be used.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Use appropriations process to block executive branch regulatory initiatives on climate, labor, and social policy while maintaining core transportation and housing program funding"
Legislative Progress
No timeline data available
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, City of Falls Church, City of Minneapolis
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Congressional appropriations committees, DOT Information Technology operations, DOT Office of Tribal Government Affairs, DOT Working Capital Fund, DOT operating administrations, Department of Homeland Security, FAA employees at regional facilities, FAA operations, FAA regional employees, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Treasury, Federal employees receiving transit benefits, Formula grant recipients who were underfunded, HUD Information Technology operations, Indian tribes receiving Community Development Block Grants, Inspectors General, Local governments receiving HUD grants, Maritime Administration, Metropolitan cities receiving CDBG entitlement grants, Native American tribes receiving housing block grants, Public housing agencies, Public housing agencies designated as Moving to Work agencies, Public housing agencies seeking Section 8 administrative contracts
Negative-direction: DOT Human Resources, DOT credit programs, DOT political appointees, DOT programs requiring expert services, DOT programs using drones, Department of Transportation Council on Credit and Finance, Executive branch staffing, FAA, FAA Human Resources/Payroll, FAA employees, FAA political appointees, FAA regional offices and centers, FAA regional operations centers, FAA research programs, Fair housing enforcement, Federal agencies administering contracts, Federal agencies conducting cost-benefit analyses, Federal agencies implementing climate policies, Formula grant recipients who received excess funding, HUD Office of Chief Financial Officer, HUD employees under administrative discipline, HUD program office allotment holders, Local governments relying on camera enforcement revenue, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Transportation, Senior DOT executives, Surface Transportation Board
Airport operators and sponsors, Airports transferring air traffic equipment to FAA, Amtrak Police Department
Positive-direction: Airport operators and sponsors, Amtrak and rail passengers using Union Station, Amtrak police officers, Apprentice truck drivers (ages 18-20), Aviation navigation product users, Aviation tenants at TFR-affected airports, Commercial trucking companies operating in Pennsylvania, Contract tower operators, Essential Air Service carriers, General aviation airports affected by Presidential TFRs, General aviation ground support services, Heavy truck operators and trucking companies, Livestock haulers and transporters, Private aircraft owners and operators, Private aviation users at Teterboro, Railroad grant recipients, Shippers filing rate complaints with Surface Transportation Board, Small and regional airports seeking contract towers, Teterboro Airport operators, Transit agencies receiving federal apportionments, Transit agencies with older federal funds, Transit agencies with ready-to-go projects, Transit providers, Transportation providers (airlines, transit, rail), Truck drivers, Trucking companies operating in California, Trucking companies participating in apprentice driver program, Trucking companies serving Manhattan, U.S. domestic airlines
Negative-direction: Airports transferring air traffic equipment to FAA, Amtrak employees, Amtrak management, California High-Speed Rail Authority, California truck drivers, Foreign air carriers from EU/Iceland/Norway seeking new U.S. permits, Intercity passenger rail projects, NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority, National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), Transit agencies with delayed Capital Investment Grant projects, U.S. airlines seeking Cuba routes
Future occupants of HUD-financed housing, Homeless individuals, Homeowners with underwater mortgages
Positive-direction: Homeless individuals, Indian families, housing authorities, and tribes, Motor vehicle drivers, Native American veterans, Pennsylvania drivers on Federal-aid highways, Property owners in development areas, Public housing residents in lead-affected units, Section 8 housing tenants, Taxpayers, U.S. citizens with confiscated property claims in Cuba
Negative-direction: Future occupants of HUD-financed housing, Homeowners with underwater mortgages, Non-citizens seeking housing assistance, Underserved communities targeted by equity initiatives, Undocumented immigrants
Construction contractors for Union Station, DOT discretionary grant applicants, High-speed rail construction contractors in California
Positive-direction: Construction contractors for Union Station, Highway construction contractors, Highway construction sector, Home builders constructing HUD-financed housing, Home builders in tribal areas, Lead abatement contractors, Local contractors near federally funded projects, Local workers near federal transportation projects
Negative-direction: DOT discretionary grant applicants, High-speed rail construction contractors in California, INFRA/Mega grant applicants, Infrastructure project developers seeking federal credit assistance, Non-local contractors
Public housing authorities, State DOTs, State and local governments with transit systems
Public housing authorities faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: State DOTs, State and local governments with transit systems, State highway agencies, State highway safety offices, State rail safety inspectors
Negative-direction: State housing finance agencies, State of California, State of California labor enforcement
Automated traffic enforcement camera manufacturers and operators, Clean energy and electric vehicle manufacturers, Domestic manufacturers
Positive-direction: Domestic manufacturers, Domestic manufacturers and suppliers, Domestic steel and iron manufacturers, Heavy-duty truck manufacturers
Negative-direction: Automated traffic enforcement camera manufacturers and operators, Clean energy and electric vehicle manufacturers, Energy efficiency product manufacturers, Foreign manufacturers and importers, Speed limiter device manufacturers
Amtrak passengers, Automobile commuters to Manhattan, College students under 24 seeking Section 8 assistance
Positive-direction: Amtrak passengers, Automobile commuters to Manhattan, Individuals with motor vehicle records, Section 8 tenants in foreclosed or disposed properties, Transportation passengers
Negative-direction: College students under 24 seeking Section 8 assistance, NYC transit riders
Landlords and property owners receiving Section 8 payments, Multifamily housing property owners, Private developers seeking eminent domain for economic development
Positive-direction: Multifamily housing property owners, Real estate industry lobbying groups, Suburban communities with exclusionary zoning, Union Station Redevelopment Corporation
Negative-direction: Landlords and property owners receiving Section 8 payments, Private developers seeking eminent domain for economic development
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Transportation
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (in FAA sections)
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Note: 'The Secretary' refers to Secretary of Transportation in Title I but Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in Title II
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Congressionally directed spending identified in prior law/report administered by FHWA, appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior
As defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for purposes of Section 8 student eligibility restrictions
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