This legislative proposal aims to restructure federal transportation funding by eliminating the Carbon Reduction Program and the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program . In their place, it establishes a new National Bridge Program , dedicating the freed-up funding to bridge infrastructure. The primary purpose of this new program is to provide support for the replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, protection, and construction of bridges, both on and, at a state's discretion, off Federal-aid highways. Funds for the National Bridge Program would be apportioned to states using a new formula. Seventy-five percent of the funding would be distributed based on a state's proportion of the total deck area of Federal-aid highway bridges nationwide. The remaining twenty-five percent would be allocated based on the proportion of a state's total deck area of Federal-aid highway bridges classified as being in poor condition , utilizing data from the National Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 2024.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Transportation and Public Works
National Bridge Funding Reform Act
USA119th CongressHR-7442| House
| Updated: 2/9/2026
This legislative proposal aims to restructure federal transportation funding by eliminating the Carbon Reduction Program and the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program . In their place, it establishes a new National Bridge Program , dedicating the freed-up funding to bridge infrastructure. The primary purpose of this new program is to provide support for the replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, protection, and construction of bridges, both on and, at a state's discretion, off Federal-aid highways. Funds for the National Bridge Program would be apportioned to states using a new formula. Seventy-five percent of the funding would be distributed based on a state's proportion of the total deck area of Federal-aid highway bridges nationwide. The remaining twenty-five percent would be allocated based on the proportion of a state's total deck area of Federal-aid highway bridges classified as being in poor condition , utilizing data from the National Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 2024.