United States HR 6078: Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025

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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 6078
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the
wildlife crossings program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 2025
Mr. BEYER (for himself and Mr. ZINKE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to
reauthorize the wildlife crossings program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildlife Road Cross-4
ings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. WILDLIFE CROSSINGS PROGRAM. 6
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 7
11101(d) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 8
(23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended— 9
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(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘PILOT’’ and in-1
serting ‘‘ADDITIONAL’’; 2
(2) in paragraph (1)— 3
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; 4
and 5
(B) by striking ‘‘pilot program under’’ and 6
inserting ‘‘program under’’; and 7
(3) by striking ‘‘United States Code’’ and all 8
that follows through the period at the end and in-9
serting ‘‘United States Code, $200,000,000 for each 10
of fiscal years 2026 through 2031’’. 11
(b) WILDLIFE CROSSING SAFETY.— 12
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 171 of title 23, 13
United States Code, is amended— 14
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; 15
(B) by striking ‘‘pilot program’’ each place 16
it appears and inserting ‘‘Program’’; 17
(C) by redesignating subsections (h) and 18
(i) as subsections (l) and (m), respectively; and 19
(D) by inserting after subsection (g) the 20
following: 21
‘‘(h) FEDERAL COST SHARE FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 22
In the case of a grant submitted by a entity described in 23
subsection (c)(6), the Federal share of the cost of the 24
project shall be 100 percent. 25
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‘‘(i) TRIBAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 1
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use an 2
amount equal to not more than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of 3
the funds authorized under this section to improve 4
the ability of entities described in subsection (c)(6) 5
to access funding for projects under this subsection 6
in an efficient and expeditious manner by providing 7
to such entities application assistance, technical as-8
sistance, and assistance in reducing the period of 9
time between the selection of the project and the ob-10
ligation of funds for the project. 11
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts used under 12
paragraph (1) may be expended— 13
‘‘(A) by the Secretary; or 14
‘‘(B) through contracts with— 15
‘‘(i) a Federal, Tribal, regional, or 16
State government entity; 17
‘‘(ii) a private entity; or 18
‘‘(iii) a nonprofit entity. 19
‘‘(j) GRANT ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may 20
retain not more than a total of 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the 21
funds made available to carry out this section to— 22
‘‘(1) review applications for grants under this 23
section; 24
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‘‘(2) obligate and administer grant awards se-1
lected under this section; and 2
‘‘(3) carry out the requirements of— 3
‘‘(A) section 172 of title 23, United States 4
Code; and 5
‘‘(B) subsections (b)(6) and (i)(3) of sec-6
tion 144 of title 23, United States Code. 7
‘‘(k) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—If for any fiscal year 8
the total of all obligations to carry out this section is less 9
than the amount authorized to be obligated for the fiscal 10
year, the unobligated balance of that amount shall— 11
‘‘(1) remain available until expended; and 12
‘‘(2) be in addition to amounts otherwise avail-13
able to carry out this section for each year.’’. 14
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 15
to section 171 in the analysis for chapter 1 of title 16
23, United States Code, is amended by striking 17
‘‘pilot’’. 18
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