From APTA
Last week, the Senate passed H.R. 1968, the “Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025”. This FY2025 Continuing Resolution (CR) has averted a government shutdown and solidified funding expectations for the current fiscal year. The bill previously passed in the House by a vote of 217-213. In general, the full-year CR funds government programs, including programs of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Act, through September 30 at the same levels as Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.
The CR, together with Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) advance appropriations, provides $20.9 billion for public transit and $16.2 billion for passenger rail in FY 2025. Under the bill, total public transit investment increases less than one percent and total passenger rail funding decreases less than one percent. The bill eliminates all funding that was designated for earmarks in the FY 2024 THUD Appropriations Act.
The public transit funding reflects an increase of $82 million (0.4 percent) from the FY 2024 enacted level. This total funding represents 95 percent of the amount authorized in the IIJA. In addition, the 5339 program funding levels will stay in place as originally authorized and appropriated in the IIJA’s budgetary process. Importantly, this includes the $1.05 billion in pre-appropriated 5339c Low & No Emissions grants. The CR includes a special provision to allow public transit formula and competitive grant funding (i.e., contract authority funded by the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund) to increase by $289 million as provided in the IIJA.
The bill and IIJA also provide $3.8 billion for Capital Investment Grants (CIG), equal to the FY 2024 enacted level.
View APTA’s Public Transit Funding Table for FY 2025.
For more information, Congress Passes Transportation (THUD) Appropriations Bill – American Public Transportation Association