On May 22, 2026, the Committee marked up and approved the BUILD America 250 Act – Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th Act by a vote of 62 to 2.
The BUILD America 250 Act is the Committee's bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill that invests in America’s roads, bridges, transit, rail transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs. Fundamentally, the bill emphasizes moving people, goods, and freight safely and efficiently across the country.
The legislation provides the largest ever investment in America’s bridges, focuses on proven surface transportation infrastructure programs, cuts red tape in the infrastructure project process, allows states the flexibility to prioritize their most critical needs, encourages innovation, provides the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework, reforms passenger rail programs, and improves highway, motor carrier, and rail safety.
The bill also strengthens the Highway Trust Fund by ensuring all highway users pay their share for the use and improvement of the nation’s roads. As a result, the BUILD America 250 Act injects the Highway Trust Fund with its first new stream of revenue for infrastructure in over three decades.
More Information:
May 22, 2026: T&I Committee Approves BUILD America 250 Act
May 20, 2026: What They Are Saying about the BUILD America 250 Act
May 19, 2026: T&I Committee Leaders Introduce the BUILD America 250 Act; Committee to Hold Markup this Thursday
May 17, 2026: Graves & Larsen Announce Deal on Bipartisan, Five-Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization – the BUILD America 250 Act
The text of the BUILD America 250 Act is available here
A section by section summary of the BUILD America 250 Act is available here
Committee Activity:
May 21, 2026: Full Committee Markup of the BUILD America 250 Act
May 6, 2025: America Builds: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Rail Assistance
April 29, 2025: America Builds: The Need for a Long-Term Solution for the Highway Trust Fund
April 9, 2025: America Builds: A Review of Our Nation’s Transit Policies and Programs
March 26, 2025: America Builds: How Trucking Supports American Communities
February 12, 2025: America Builds: A Review of Programs to Address Roadway Safety
January 23, 2025: America Builds: Examining America’s Freight and Passenger Rail Network
January 22, 2025: America Builds: Highways to Move People and Freight
January 15, 2025: America Builds: The State of the Nation’s Transportation System
Additional Resources:
Chairman Graves in the Washington Times: "End Permitting Purgatory"
Chairman Graves in Washington Times: Let's build America's critical surface transportation infrastructure
