Highway Funding Transferability Improvement Act

This bill increases the amount of federal highway program funds that a state may reallocate annually between designated programs. 

Specifically, for the following programs, the bill allows a state to reallocate up to 75% (currently, 50%) of the annual funding for each program to any of the other programs:

  • National Highway Performance Program;
  • Surface Transportation Block Grant Program;
  • Highway Safety Improvement Program;
  • Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program;
  • National Highway Freight Program;
  • Carbon Reduction Program; and
  • Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation Formula Program (also known as the PROTECT Formula Program).