This bill lets certain unused federal electric vehicle (EV) charging program funds be redirected to highway-related projects. It applies to two programs: the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program. Unobligated amounts as of the date the bill becomes law — and funds made available in future fiscal years — are to be distributed to States based on their regular highway apportionment shares. Those amounts must be used only for: building, reconstructing, resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, or preserving Federal-aid highways; replacing or repairing bridges on the National Bridge Inventory; projects to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions (for example, wildlife crossing structures); parking improvements for commercial motor vehicles eligible under MAP-21; and preliminary engineering or design work directly related to those projects. For NEVI unobligated funds, the bill also directs that set-asides (including amounts for the Joint Office and for additional-assistance grants) be distributed to States and used for the same highway and bridge purposes. NEVI amounts redistributed under the bill are not subject to Federal-aid obligation limitations, remain available for the same period they otherwise would, and are in addition to existing State apportionments. CFI unobligated amounts redistributed under the bill are subject to any applicable obligation limitations, remain available for their original availability period, and are also in addition to existing State apportionments. Funds distributed under the bill are to be administered largely as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, U.S. Code, and remain subject to certain requirements in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and section 120 of title 23.
If enacted, States could receive additional highway and bridge funds derived from unused federal EV charging program money. Those funds would be restricted to specific highway, bridge, safety, parking, and related engineering projects, and could not be used for the programs’ original EV charging purposes.
The bill repurposes unobligated funds rather than creating a new appropriation. The bill text does not include cost estimates or a fiscal score. No publicly available information on the overall budgetary impact beyond the described redistribution of existing funds.
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