S4796-118

Reported

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.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 25, 2024

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

Appropriates funds for Department of Transportation and HUD for FY2025. Establishes transparency requirements and administrative provisions for fund usage.

Who Benefits and How

Transportation and housing programs receive funding. Federal transit employees benefit from transit pass program. Federal agencies receive operating funds.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Taxpayers fund appropriations. DOT must post Council on Credit and Finance meeting schedules. Agencies must follow reprogramming notification rules.

Key Provisions

  • Appropriates THUD funds for FY2025
  • Requires posting of credit council meeting schedules
  • Authorizes transit benefit distribution through working capital fund

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Makes appropriations for Transportation and HUD for fiscal year 2025

Who Benefits

  • DOT
  • HUD
  • Federal employees

Who Bears Costs

  • Taxpayers

Key Policy Areas

Appropriations, Transportation, Housing

Primary Purpose

Makes appropriations for Transportation and HUD for fiscal year 2025

Policy Domains

Appropriations Transportation Housing

Legislative Strategy

"Annual appropriations for transportation and housing"

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 25, 2024

Mr. Schatz, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
70 mentions across 65 clauses
+34 positive -35 negative ?1 uncertain

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT Administrative Working Capital Fund, DOT Working Capital Fund

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, FAA, Federal agencies funded by this Act, HUD face effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT Administrative Working Capital Fund, DOT Working Capital Fund, DOT operating administrations, FAA regional office employees, FAA regional operations center employees, FHWA and FRA, FTA, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal employees using transit benefits, Federally recognized Indian Tribes, Federally recognized Tribes, HUD IT systems, HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD government corporations, Indian Tribes receiving CDBG grants, Indian families seeking homeownership, Indian families with Section 184 loan modifications, Indian housing authorities, Inspectors General, Maritime Administration, Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients from FY2005, Tribal homeless assistance programs

Negative-direction: DOT senior executives, Executive Branch, FAA employees, Federal agencies, Federal agencies subject to IG oversight, Federal employees, HUD allotment holders, HUD employees under discipline, Office of Secretary of Transportation, Surface Transportation Board

Transportation
19 mentions across 16 clauses
+14 positive -4 negative ?1 uncertain

Airport sponsors, Airports applying for contract tower program, Airports transferring equipment to FAA

Amtrak faces effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Airport sponsors, Airports applying for contract tower program, Amtrak employees, Amtrak long-distance routes, Aviation navigation product users, Domestic transit vehicle manufacturers, Essential Air Service carriers, Lessees of MARAD property, Livestock transporters, Motor carriers in apprenticeship pilot, Private aircraft owners and operators, Rail rate complaint filers, Teterboro Airport operators

Negative-direction: Amtrak employees earning overtime, Chinese state-owned transit manufacturers, Foreign air carriers from EU/Iceland/Norway

Real Estate
13 mentions across 13 clauses
+10 positive -3 negative

Affordable housing providers, Family self-sufficiency program administrators, Mainstream and family unification voucher administrators

Positive-direction: Affordable housing providers, Family self-sufficiency program administrators, Mainstream and family unification voucher administrators, Moving to Work public housing agencies, Multifamily housing project owners, Owners of at-risk multifamily properties, Public housing agencies, Public housing agencies under receivership, Public housing authorities with jobs-plus programs, Small multifamily property owners

Negative-direction: Private developers benefiting from eminent domain, Public housing agency executives, Section 8 multifamily property owners

State & Local Government
12 mentions across 11 clauses
+9 positive -2 negative ?1 uncertain

Fund recipients handling motor vehicle records, HUD AFFH grantees, Kansas Department of Transportation

Positive-direction: HUD AFFH grantees, Kansas Department of Transportation, Local housing agencies, Metropolitan cities receiving CDBG, Prior grant award recipients, Rural and small states with bridge deficiencies, State housing finance agencies, State transportation departments

Negative-direction: Fund recipients handling motor vehicle records, State/local governments using eminent domain on mortgages

Households
12 mentions across 12 clauses
+11 positive -1 negative

Affordable housing residents, Disabled housing program recipients, Individuals with DMV records

Positive-direction: Affordable housing residents, Disabled housing program recipients, Individuals with DMV records, Jobs-plus program participants, Property owners subject to eminent domain, Public housing residents exposed to lead, Public housing stakeholders, Rural communities with air service, Rural communities with passenger rail, Section 8 tenants, Section 8 tenants in foreclosed properties

Negative-direction: Young college students seeking housing assistance

Transit
10 mentions across 8 clauses
+10 positive

Bus and bus facilities programs, Elderly and disabled transit programs, Midway Crossing project

Professional Services
5 mentions across 5 clauses
+2 positive -3 negative

Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development, Contractors and grantees, DOT personal services contractors

Positive-direction: MAHRAA participating administrative entities, Section 8 contract administrators

Negative-direction: Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development, Contractors and grantees, DOT personal services contractors

All Industries
5 mentions across 5 clauses
+1 positive -4 negative

Entities convicted of Buy American violations, Federal grant recipients, HUD formula grant recipients with overpayments

Positive-direction: Federal grant recipients

Negative-direction: Entities convicted of Buy American violations, HUD formula grant recipients with overpayments, HUD grant applicants, Underperforming contractors

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sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Appropriations
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of Transportation

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