Highway Trust Fund News Updates

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Transportation Groups Push for Big-Picture Highway Bill

Transportation groups are coalescing around familiar priorities: safety, stable highway funding and efficient integration of emerging technologies.

April 1, 2026
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DHS Funding Clash Snares Progress on Transportation Issues

Key transportation priorities have remained sidelined with lawmakers deadlocked in a funding standoff over the Department of 91ÊÓÆµland Security.

March 31, 2026
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Transportation Panel Embraces ‘Back to Basics’ Highway Plan

Policymakers in the House of Representatives will prioritize traditional surface transportation projects when they kick off negotiations on a multiyear highway policy bill.

July 10, 2025
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Congressional Republicans Push Reconciliation Bill

House Republicans recently took a major step in their quest to approve as early as this month a comprehensive tax and budget measure supported by the Trump White House.

May 5, 2025
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FHWA Releases $134M for Hurricane Helene Road Repairs

The emergency funding aims to expedite recovery in North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina, which are grappling with widespread destruction left by Hurricane Helene.

October 10, 2024
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FHWA Fund Redistribution Causes Consternation for States

AASHTO reiterated concern as to the time frame over FHWA's annual redistribution of unspent highway funds among states and the states lacking time to allocate the money.

September 5, 2024
GovernmentSafety

House Transportation Lawmakers Spotlight Highway Trust Fund

Transportation leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives recently raised awareness about the funding needs of an account central to highway projects.

October 25, 2023
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Senators Propose EV Fee for Highway Trust Fund

Legislation to ensure electric vehicles contribute to a federal highway funding account was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate.

October 5, 2023
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Gas Tax Pause Would Have Little Effect on Road Funds, Biden Says

President Joe Biden and a top economic aide preemptively defended a potential suspension of the federal gasoline tax, saying it wouldn’t hurt road-building projects and that savings would be passed on to consumers — the latest signal Biden is leaning toward urging Congress to pause the levy.

June 21, 2022
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ATA Commends Caucus’ User Fee Funding Approach

A U.S. House caucus’ legislative funding strategy that considers an increase to fuel taxes for infrastructure systems garnered praise from the country’s premier trucking association.

May 5, 2021

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