Rural Upgrades for Road Access and Local Growth Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
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Summary
This bill would create a new regional hubs category in the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program to channel federal road funding to smaller towns and speed up grant timelines.
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- Smaller communities (10,000–75,000 residents): get a dedicated grant channel and a reserved 30% share of the program’s amounts each fiscal year, even if listed as part of an urbanized area. That focuses money on local growth and road access in mid-size rural towns.
- Project sponsors and local governments: face much faster procedural deadlines because certain timing windows shrink from 60 days to 3 days. Shorter windows could require faster paperwork and planning.
- Program administrators and the Secretary of Transportation: must add the new regional hubs subcategory in 23 U.S.C. §173 and reserve funds accordingly. The law also redesignates and renumbers existing paragraphs to insert the new regional hubs provision.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More road grants for small towns
The bill would create a new “regional hubs” set-aside in the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program. It would reserve 30% of the program’s funds each year for projects in communities with 10,000 to 75,000 people. This would apply even if those places are inside a larger urbanized area. If enacted, this would take effect upon enactment and could steer more grant money to small towns and small cities.
Faster timelines for rural road grants
The bill would shorten several deadlines in the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program from 60 days to 3 days. It would change the time limits in subsection (l), paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). If enacted, applicants, recipients, and administrators would need to act much faster, but decisions could come sooner. The change would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Wied
WI • R
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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