Highway Formula Fairness Act
This bill, known as the Highway Formula Fairness Act, changes how the federal government distributes highway funding to states starting in fiscal year 2027. Instead of using current population or other metrics, the new formula bases each state's share on the amount of highway funding it received in 2012, relative to the total given to all states that year. The bill also includes a floor provision ensuring no state receives less than 95% of what its share would be based on its proportion of highway user tax payments to the federal Highway Trust Fund. These changes directly affect how billions of dollars in federal highway, safety, and infrastructure funds are allocated to state transportation departments.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 3, 2026
Last action Mar 3, 2026
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Committee
1
Mar 3, 2026
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ted Cruz
RRepublican
Co
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
Mark Kelly
DDemocratic
Co
Ruben Gallego
DDemocratic
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