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Funding Federal-aid Highways
This FHWA publication, typically updated following the enactment of new highway or surface transportation acts, was most recently released in January 2017 and reflects changes made by the FAST Act. The report details the process of authorization act passage, enacting changes to the Federal-Aid Highway Program, Federal-aid financing procedures, and appropriating funding.
The most recent authorization act is the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law enacted November 2021.
The following are authorization acts and significant Federal transportation legislation prior to the FAST Act and since the passage of ISTEA in 1991.
- MAP-21 (2012)
Federal surface transportation authorization for fiscal years 2013 and 2014
- SAFETEA-LU (2005)
Federal surface transportation authorization for fiscal years 2005 through 2009
- TEA-21 (1998)
Federal surface transportation authorization for fiscal years 1998 through 2003
- NHS Designation Act of 1995
Expanded upon innovative finance tools introduced in ISTEA and under TE-045
- TE-045 (1994)
Introduced a number of non-traditional financing and cash flow tools including state infrastructure banks, reimbursement of bond financing costs (early enabler of GARVEEs), advance construction, and federal-aid matching strategies
- ISTEA (1991)
Federal surface transportation authorization for fiscal years 1992 through 1997
