Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025

Hozzl · 2025-07-09T02:02:54Z

Explore the details of House Bill 3972 Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Transportation and Public Works. Stay informed on legislative developments.

7/9/2025, 2:02 AM

Summary of Bill HR 3972

This bill, H.R. 3972 of the 119th Congress, introduced on June 12, 2025, aims to authorize funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure programs that can also be utilized for other highway projects, among other purposes.

Congressional Summary of HR 3972

Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025

This bill effectively eliminates the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program.

Specifically, this bill requires states to use unobligated funds under these Department of Transportation (DOT) programs only for certain non-electric vehicle related projects.

As background, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy, which directed federal agencies to immediately pause the disbursement of funds for electric vehicle charging stations made available through the NEVI and CFI programs.

Under this bill, states may use any of the unobligated funds from these programs for projects that include

the construction or rehabilitation of a federal highway,
the replacement or rehabilitation of bridges,
improvements that reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions (e.g., wildlife crossing structures), or
parking for commercial motor vehicles.

DOT must apportion any of its unobligated or future fiscal year funds from these programs to the states based on the current methodology for apportioning federal highway funds.

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Current Status of Bill HR 3972

Bill HR 3972 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since June 12, 2025. Bill HR 3972 was introduced during Congress 119 and was introduced to the House on June 12, 2025. Bill HR 3972's most recent activity was Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. as of June 12, 2025