Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program Expansion Act of 2025
This bill was introduced on May 21, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
SECTION 1. RURAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM
Section 173 of title 23, United States Code, is amended…
- (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
- (2) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘subsection(k)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (k)’’;
- (3) in subsection (k)—
“(3) COVERED COUNTY.—The term ‘covered county’ means a county that has an annual gross agricultural production value of at least $1,000,000,000 and agricultural production of at least $500,000 per square mile, for all crops and livestock sold, adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.”
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(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
“(4) FARM-TO-MARKET ROADS.—The Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects located on farm-to-market roads in any amount.”
ELIGIBLE COVERED COUNTIES
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall create, and annually update, a list of covered counties.