[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6078 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildlife Road Crossings Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. WILDLIFE CROSSINGS PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 11101(d) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``Pilot'' and inserting 
        ``Additional'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the heading by striking ``pilot''; and
                    (B) by striking ``pilot program under'' and 
                inserting ``program under''; and
            (3) by striking ``United States Code'' and all that follows 
        through the period at the end and inserting ``United States 
        Code, $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 
        2031''.
    (b) Wildlife Crossing Safety.--
            (1) In general.--Section 171 of title 23, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the heading by striking ``Pilot'';
                    (B) by striking ``pilot program'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Program'';
                    (C) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
                subsections (l) and (m), respectively; and
                    (D) by inserting after subsection (g) the 
                following:
    ``(h) Federal Cost Share for Indian Tribes.--In the case of a grant 
submitted by a entity described in subsection (c)(6), the Federal share 
of the cost of the project shall be 100 percent.
    ``(i) Tribal Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may use an amount equal to 
        not more than \1/2\ of 1 percent of the funds authorized under 
        this section to improve the ability of entities described in 
        subsection (c)(6) to access funding for projects under this 
        subsection in an efficient and expeditious manner by providing 
        to such entities application assistance, technical assistance, 
        and assistance in reducing the period of time between the 
        selection of the project and the obligation of funds for the 
        project.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--Amounts used under paragraph (1) may 
        be expended--
                    ``(A) by the Secretary; or
                    ``(B) through contracts with--
                            ``(i) a Federal, Tribal, regional, or State 
                        government entity;
                            ``(ii) a private entity; or
                            ``(iii) a nonprofit entity.
    ``(j) Grant Administration.--The Secretary may retain not more than 
a total of \1/2\ of 1 percent of the funds made available to carry out 
this section to--
            ``(1) review applications for grants under this section;
            ``(2) obligate and administer grant awards selected under 
        this section; and
            ``(3) carry out the requirements of--
                    ``(A) section 172 of title 23, United States Code; 
                and
                    ``(B) subsections (b)(6) and (i)(3) of section 144 
                of title 23, United States Code.
    ``(k) Unobligated Funds.--If for any fiscal year the total of all 
obligations to carry out this section is less than the amount 
authorized to be obligated for the fiscal year, the unobligated balance 
of that amount shall--
            ``(1) remain available until expended; and
            ``(2) be in addition to amounts otherwise available to 
        carry out this section for each year.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to section 171 
        in the analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
        is amended by striking ``pilot''.
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