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Leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today formally introduced in the House of Representatives the BUILD America 250 Act, a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill that invests in America’s roads, bridges, transit, rail transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs.

The Committee also announced it will hold a markup of H.R. 8870, the BUILD America 250 (Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250^th) at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, May 21, 2026, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.

The BUILD America 250 Act emphasizes moving people, goods, and freight safely and efficiently across the country. The bill provides the largest ever investment in America’s bridges, focuses on proven surface transportation infrastructure programs, provides passenger rai investments and reforms, improves rail safety, ensures that transportation projects and programs are more efficient, encourages innovation, provides the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework, and injects the Highway Trust Fund with its first new stream of revenue in over three decades.

The BUILD America 250 Act was introduced by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC), Highways and Transit Subcommittee Ranking Member Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Webster (R-FL).

“I’m proud to introduce what I believe will be the most important surface transportation bill in decades – the BUILD America 250 Act,” said T&I Committee Chairman Graves. “This bill provides the largest investment in America’s bridges in our history, begins shoring up the Highway Trust Fund, cuts federal red tape, promotes transportation innovation and safety, allows states the flexibility to address their unique infrastructure challenges. I look forward to a healthy debate on the bill in Committee this week, and to moving it forward in the House.”

“You can’t have a big-league economy with little-league infrastructure,” said T&I Committee Ranking Member Larsen. “The BUILD America 250 Act makes key investments in the nation’s transportation – from restoring aging bridges and repairing crumbling roads to building out safe, accessible transit and bike infrastructure. A commitment to bipartisan lawmaking means finding compromise; while this bill does not include every priority, I am committed to building on the last bipartisan infrastructure law by creating good-paying transportation jobs, growing the economy and safely transporting people and goods across the country by road and rail. Thank you to Chairman Graves for his partnership. I look forward to marking up this bill on Thursday.”

“Our nation’s infrastructure is the silent engine of American productivity, and it cannot afford to sit idle. The BUILD America 250 Act brings commonsense fundamentals back to the forefront, strengthening our roads, highways, and bridges while ensuring the strategic, responsible use of hard-earned taxpayer dollars to get even more projects delivered,” said Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Rouzer. “This bill is the culmination of years of hard work and input from Members of Congress and the public, including job creators around the nation, to pass a surface transportation bill that meets the fundamental infrastructure needs of the country. I look forward to working with Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, and my other colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get this critical legislation across the finish line.”

“At a time when polarization and partisanship are causing legislative gridlock, I’m pleased that this bipartisan bill includes many victories for the nation and its capital,” said Highways and Transit Subcommittee Ranking Member Norton. “The bill enables critical investments in passenger rail, including making the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation eligible for five significant federal grant programs. It equips the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with the tools needed to protect consumers from predatory household moving company fraud, and it makes ‘blue envelope’ programs, which improve interactions between police officers and drivers with difficulty communicating through speech during traffic stops, eligible for federal transportation grants for the first time. The bill delivers broad investments in our nation’s roads, bridges, transit, and bike infrastructure, which will boost our economy by increasing the country’s capacity to safely transport goods and people. I’m proud of the scope of critical issues this legislation addresses and look forward to voting for its passage out of Committee.”

“America’s transportation infrastructure programs are essential to economic growth, strengthening our supply chains, and ensuring the safe and efficient movement of people and goods across the country,” said Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Webster. “This bill streamlines and reforms key programs that will help improve the safety, efficiency, and long-term reliability of our freight and passenger rail systems. It requires real accountability from Amtrak, strengthens oversight of America’s rail network, and eliminates wasteful grant programs and project spending to ensure taxpayer dollars are invested responsibly. Reforming and investing in our nation’s infrastructure has been a focus of mine since being elected to Congress. This reauthorization marks a historic step toward modernizing America’s transportation and infrastructure programs that will serve the American people for generations to come.”

Note – at Thursday’s markup, the Committee will be considering an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (ANS) to H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250^th Act (BUILD America 250 Act). The text of the ANS the Committee will consider on Thursday is available here, and a live webcast and amendments will also be posted as they become available.