Tribal Roads Get Paperwork Green Light: No Surprises Here
Published Date: 1/23/2026
Notice
Summary
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is renewing its paperwork for the Tribal Transportation Program without any changes. This affects tribal communities who use the program to manage transportation projects. You’ve got until February 23, 2026, to share your thoughts, but no new costs or rules are coming—just a smooth continuation of the current process.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Paperwork Burden and Time
The renewal estimates an average of 281 annual respondents, 1,504 annual responses, an estimated 20,928 total annual burden hours, and a per-response time varying from 0.5 hours to 40 hours; estimated annual nonhour burden cost is $0.
Mandatory Reports Affect Funding
Certain submissions are mandatory for Tribes—inventory updates (25 CFR 170.444), a long-range transportation plan (25 CFR 170.411 and 170.412), a Tribal transportation improvement program (25 CFR 170.421), and an annual report (25 CFR 170.420)—and those mandatory items are used to determine how Tribal Transportation Program funds will be allocated.
Renewal of Tribal Transportation Paperwork
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is renewing the Tribal Transportation Program information collection (OMB Control Number 1076-0161) without change, meaning the current paperwork process will continue and no new costs or new rules are being added.
Some Submissions Are Voluntary
Some information is voluntary, for example a request for an exception from design standards under 25 CFR 170.456 is voluntary rather than required.
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