Last week, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released its draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill.
Breakdown from the American Public Transit Association (APTA):
The Senate THUD Appropriations bill appropriates the overwhelming majority of public transit and passenger rail authorizations of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Specifically, the THUD Appropriations bill, together with the IIJA’s advance appropriations, provides a total of $21.1 billion for public transit in FY 2023, an increase of $565 million (3 percent) from the FY 2022 enacted level. In addition, the THUD Appropriations bill and IIJA provide $16.9 billion for passenger and freight rail in FY 2023, an increase of $325 million (2 percent) from the FY 2022 enacted level.
The Senate THUD Appropriations bill and IIJA provide $21.1 billion for public transit in FY 2023, an increase of $565 million (3 percent) from the FY 2022 enacted level. This total appropriation is $621 million less than the House THUD Appropriations bill and $204 million less than the total amount authorized in the IIJA.
The Senate THUD Appropriations bill fully funds the public transit contract authority of $13.6 billion as provided by the IIJA. The THUD Appropriations bill, together with the IIJA advance appropriations, provides $4.1 billion for Capital Investment Grants (CIG), $489 million less than the IIJA authorization. The THUD bill’s $2.5 billion CIG appropriation includes $1.9 billion for New Starts, $100 million for Core Capacity projects, $411 million for Small Starts, and $100 million for the Expedited Project Delivery for CIG Pilot Program. Unlike the House THUD Appropriations bill, the Senate THUD Appropriations bill does not include a set aside for projects with existing Full Funding Grant Agreements.
The Senate THUD Appropriations bill also provides an additional $527 million for specific initiatives, including: $220 million for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Grants; $135 million for Low-No Emission Bus Grants; $40 million for Passenger Ferry and Rural Ferry Grants; and $98 million for congressionally directed spending on designated public transit projects.
To view APTA’s Public Transit Funding Table of the THUD Appropriations bill, please click here.