BILJA Grant Program Tracker
The BILJA Grant Program Tracker has been created to assist Tribal Nations with BIIJA programs. Program information will be updated as new information becomes available. If you need assistance, please contact us.
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Name of Program | New or Existing Program | Type | Latest Actions / Upcoming Milestones | Tribes Eligible? | Workforce Funding Eligible Use? | Cybersecurity An Eligible Use? | ||
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| DHS - FEMA | Resilience | Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Funds / Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act | New | Loan | Yes | |||||
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Description: Capitalization grants to State and eligible Tribal governments for the establishment of revolving loan funds to provide hazard mitigation assistance to local governments. Eligible Recipients: A State (includes Puerto Rico and District of Columbia) or a Tribal Government that has received a major disaster declaration during the 5-year period ending on the date of enactment of the STORM Act. Federal Cost Share: 90% Federal/10% Non-Federal; however, if a participating entity provides less than the 10% non-Federal share, the grant will be reduced to 10 times the non-Federal share provided by the participating entity |
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| DHS | Resilience | Probabilistic Analysis of National threats, Hazards, and Risks | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: This program addresses biological, chemical, and hazard knowledge gaps to inform defensive strategies that provide accurate, useful, and defensible knowledge and tools to stakeholders in time to enable risk-informed decision-making pertinent for defense against weapons of mass destruction threats to the homeland. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share: |
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| DOI | Resilience | Contracts and Agreements For Restoration on Federal Lands | New | Yes | ||||||
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Description: Contracts for ecological health restoration, to be enacted on no fewer than 10,000 acres of Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Non-governmental Organizations Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DHS | Resilience | Cyber Response and Recovery | New | Funding triggered by Secretary's determination of a Significant incident | Yes | Yes | ||||
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Description: Establishes the Cyber Response and Recovery Fund that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency can tap into in the event of a significant cyber incident when other resources are insufficient. Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial, public and private entities Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Resilience | Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost saving Transportation (PROTECT) program | New | Competitive | TBD | Yes | ||||
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Description: Supports planning, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal transportation infrastructure Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, tribes, MPOs, certain SPDs or public authorities. Federal Cost Share: 80% Federal / 20% non-Federal except 100% Federal for an Tribe as determined by the Secretary. Waivers are available in some circumstances. |
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| DHS - FEMA | Resilience | Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | Existing | Competitive | NOFO expected Summer 2022 | Yes | ||||
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Description: Makes Federal funds available to States, U.S territories, Federally recognized Tribal governments, and local communities for hazard mitigation activities. Eligible Recipients: State/Local Government/Territories/Tribes Federal Cost Share: 75% Federal / 25% non-Federal; 90 percent Federal / 10% non-Federal for economically disadvantaged rural communities; 100% Federal on management costs for all. |
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| DOI | Resilience | Ecosystem - Fish Passage | Existing | Combination | Yes | |||||
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Description: For the removal of barriers and for technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program. Eligible Recipients: Open, including Tribes Federal Cost Share: |
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| DOI | Resilience | Department of Interior Wildfire Management - Burned Area and Rehabilitation | Existing | Yes | ||||||
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Description: To mitigate the damaging effects of wildfires and set landscapes on a path towards natural recovery and climate resilience through post-fire restoration and rehabilitation activities. Eligible Recipients: Federal Agencies, Tribal Governments, and Businesses Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| DHS | Resilience | Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Oversees activities performed under the IIJA and reports to Congress on the progress of Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research program’s research and development activities. Eligible Recipients: National labs, federally funded research, development centers, academia, industry, etc. Federal Cost Share: |
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| DOI | Resilience | Direct Federal Spending for Invasives | New | Grant, Direct Federal Spending | Yes | |||||
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Description: Funding for invasive species detection, prevention, and eradication on private or public lands. Eligible Recipients: State, Tribal Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| DHS | Resilience | Network & System Security & Investment | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: This program produces the technologies needed to secure information and software that resides on the networks and systems that make up the Internet. It provides analytic tools for the law enforcement community to investigate crimes committed in cyberspace. Eligible Recipients: Academia, Industry, National lands, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Federal Cost Share: |
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| USDOT-Secretary (Build America Bureau) | Roads, bridges and major projects | Surface Transportation Private Activity Bonds | Existing | Loans | Open | |||||
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Description: Provides private surface transportation developers and operators with access to tax-exempt interest rates, lowering the cost of capital significantly and enhancing investment prospects. Eligible Recipients: Private sector Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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| USDOT | Roads, bridges and major projects | Thriving Communities Initiative | New | August 26, 2022 - Comments due in response to Request for Information | Yes | |||||
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Description: Funding to develop and implement technical assistance, planning and capacity building to support communities seeking to advance infrastructure projects that benefit disadvantaged communities Eligible Recipients: Federal Cost Share: |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Provides funding for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of nationally-significant federal lands transportation projects and Tribal transportation projects Eligible Recipients: Any eligible to receive funding under the Tribal Transportation Program, federal Lands Transportation Program, or federal lands access program. In addition, a state, county, or local government may apply if sponsored by an eligible federal lands mana genet agency or Tribe. Federal Cost Share: 90% federal/10% non-federal. Waivers are available for Tribes. |
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| USDOT - FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (set-aside) | Existing | Competitive | September 15, 2022 – Applications close for FHWA’s 2022 Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund | Yes | ||||
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Description: To reduce deaths or serious injuries in transportation-related crashes in Tribal Areas Eligible Recipients: Federally recognized Tribe Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Metropolitan Planning | Existing | Formula | 21/12 FY22 funding released December 2021 | |||||
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Description: IIJA continues the Metropolitan Planning Program, which establishes a cooperative, continuous, and comprehensive program for making transportation investment decisions in metropolitan areas. Oversight is a joint FHWA and FTA responsibility Eligible Recipients: MPOs Federal Cost Share: Typically 80% federal/20% non-federal (for interstate projects, 90% federal/10% non-federal). Waivers are available in some circumstances. |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Strategic Innovation for Revenue Collection (Set-aside) | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: To test the feasibility of a road usage fee and other user-based alternative revenue mechanisms to help maintain the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. Set-aside from Highway Research Program. Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, MPOs Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal (for entities that have not received a grant under this section); 70% federal/30% non federal for other entities. Waivers not available. |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Intelligent Transportation Systems Program | Existing | |||||||
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Description: Fosters innovation in transportation through deploying technology to enhance safety and efficiency while reducing environmental impacts of surface transportation. Eligible Recipients: FHWA Research, Technology, and Education Program Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal for activities under 23 USC 516, otherwise default provisions of 23 USC 120 apply |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Federal Lands Transportation Program (funds for National Park Service) | Existing | Federal spending | ||||||
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Description: Provides access within national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands. Eligible Recipients: National Park Service Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Federal Lands Transportation Program (Funding for U.S. Forest Service) | Existing | Federal spending | ||||||
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Description: Provides access within national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Land Management Agencies Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Federal Lands Transportation Program (Funding for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) | Existing | Federal spending | ||||||
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Description: Provides access within national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Land Management Agencies Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Federal Lands Transportation Program (For other Federal Land Management Agencies) | Existing | Federal spending | ||||||
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Description: Provides access within national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Land Management Agencies (other than US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement Technologies (Set-aside) | Existing | |||||||
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Description: Provides a coordinated and cohesive approach to advance research and development of technologies for highway pavements and the materials from which highway infrastructure is constructed Eligible Recipients: FHWA Research, Technology, and Education Program Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers are available if there is a substantial public interest/benefit |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems (Set-aside) | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Promotes, implements, deploys, demonstrates, showcases, supports and documents the application of advanced digital construction management systems, practices, performance and benefits. Set-aside from Intelligent Transportation Systems Program. Eligible Recipients: FHWA Research, Technology, and Education Program Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers available if substantial public interest/benefit. |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Tribal Transportation Facility Bridges (Bridge Formula Funding Set-Aside) | Existing | Formula | April 2022, Revised FY22 apportionment tables released | Yes | ||||
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Description: 3% set aside from the Bridge Formula Program for Tribal transportation facility bridges Eligible Recipients: Tribes Federal Cost Share: 100% Federal share |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (INFRA) | Existing | Competitive | May 3, 2022, Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Opportunity NOFO (INFRA, MEGA and RURAL programs) closed for FY22 | Yes | ||||
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Description: Competitive grants for multi-modal freight and highway projects of national or regional significance. Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, tribes, certain MPOs, certain SPDs or public authorities etc. Federal Cost Share: 60% federal/40% non federal except for certain small projects where federal share will be 80% and a grant under the state incentive pilot program (50 federal/50 non-federal) |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Tribal Transportation Facility Bridge (Set-aside Bridge Investment Program) | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Set-aside from the competitive Bridge Investment Program Eligible Recipients: Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | State Incentives Pilot Program (Set-aside within INFRA) | New | Competitive | May 3, 2022, Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Opportunity NOFO (INFRA, MEGA and RURAL programs) closed for FY22 | Yes | ||||
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Description: Set-aside pilot program as part of the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, Tribal government, MPOs, certain SPDs or Port Authorities Federal Cost Share: 50% federal/50% non-federal. May not use federal assistance to satisfy non-federal share, except for fund from a secured loan if it is repayable from non-federal funds. Waivers not available. |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Puerto Rico Highway Program | Existing | Formula | 22/01 – FY funding released | |||||
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Description: Provides funding to carry out a highway program in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Eligible Recipients: Puerto Rico Federal Cost Share: Typically 80% federal/20% non-federal (for interstate projects, 90% federal/10% non-federal). Waivers are available in some circumstances. |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | On-the-Job Training Program | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Helps develop capacity of the Nation's current and future highway construction industry workforce by providing the development and diversity of skilled labor Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers available in some circumstances |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | National Motor Vehicle Per-Mile User Fee Pilot (set-aside) | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/ 20% non-federal |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Highway Use Tax Evasion Projects | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Funding to carry out intergovernmental enforcement, along with training and research, to reduce evasion of payment of motor fuel and other highway use taxes. Eligible Recipients: States, IRS Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Disadvantaged Business Enterprises | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Assists small and disadvantaged firms with building capacity and improving third ability to compete for Federal-aid highway contracts Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Federal Lands Access Program | Existing | Formula | ||||||
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Description: Supports transportation facilities that provide access to lands owned and operated by the Federal Government. Eligible Recipients: States Federal Cost Share: Up to 100% federal contribution |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Grants for Planning, Feasibility Analysis, and Revenue Forecasting (Bridge Investment Program Set-aside) | New | Competitive | July 25, 2022 - Bridge Planning Applications closed | Yes | ||||
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Description: Planning, feasibility analysis and revenue forecasting associated with the development of a project that would subsequently be eligible to apply for the Bridge Investment Program Eligible Recipients: States, certain MPOs, local governments, Tribal government, certain SPDs or public authorities etc. Federal Cost Share: Not to exceed Federal share under 23 U.S.C. 120; 90% Federal share for off-system bridges |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Tribal High Priority Projects Program | Reinstatement | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Provides funding to supplement the Tribal Transportation Program or for Tribes that have an emergency or disaster occur on a Tribal transportation facility Eligible Recipients: Sovereign federally-recognized Tribal governments Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Advanced Transportation Technologies and Innovative Mobility Deployment | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Competitive grants to deploy, install and operate advanced transportation technologies. Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, transit agencies, MPOs etc. Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers not available |
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| USDOT-Secretary | Roads, bridges and major projects | National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant Program | New | Competitive | NOFO expected Summer 2022 | Yes | ||||
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Description: Funds for projects that replace, remove, and/or repair culverts or weirs. Eligible Recipients: States, local governments, tribes Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal cost share for urban projects and up to 100% Federal funding for projects located in rural areas or historically disadvantaged communities |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Congestion Relief Program | New | Competitive | ||||||
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Description: Competitive program to advance innovative, integrated solutions to reduce congestion in the most congested metropolitan areas with an urbanized area population of 1+ million Eligible Recipients: States, MPOs, cities or municipalities Federal Cost Share: 80% federal/20% non-federal. Waivers are not available |
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| USDOT-Secretary | Roads, bridges and major projects | Local and Regional Project Assistance (RAISE) Grants | Existing | Competitive | April 14, 2022 – Applications closed for FY22 | Yes | ||||
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Description: Supplemental funding for projects that will have a significant local/regional impact. Includes highways, bridges, public transportation, passenger rail or freight rail, port infrastructure etc. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, D.C., local governments, multi-state entities, certain SPDs or public authorities, Tribal government, Amtrak in partnership with the above. Federal Cost Share: Grant can provide up to 60% of total project cost. Total Federal funding up to 80% of total project cost. Waivers are not available. |
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