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119-hr-4399119th CongressWALLET

Resilient Transit Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a new federal grant program to harden public transit against climate threats. It funds projects that protect buses, rail, and transit facilities from sea level rise, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, and other natural disasters.

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  • Transit agencies can get grants to pay for flood mitigation, backup power, temperature-control equipment, sensors, replacement of flood-prone gear, and system vulnerability assessments. These grants may cover standalone resilience projects or components of larger projects.
  • The program targets environmental justice and underserved areas and requires public reporting on projects that benefit disadvantaged neighborhoods, including areas where 30 percent or more of households receive SNAP. That focus aims to steer resilience money to communities with higher climate and social risk.
  • Funding is apportioned under a set formula that directs 97.15% and 2.85% of program dollars in specified ways. The Secretary must publish yearly implementation reports and recommendations to improve administration.

*Authorizes roughly $600 million in baseline increases to related transit funding and adds $300 million for fiscal year 2026, raising federal commitments by about $900 million.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Higher funding for transit programs

If enacted, the bill would raise a key transit funding authorization from $14.642 billion to $14.942 billion. This would add $300 million to support public transportation programs.

Resilience grants for public transit

If enacted, the government would create a new grant program to harden buses, subways, and rail against floods, heat, and storms. State and local transit agencies could fund flood barriers, sensors, backup power, and resilience planning. $300 million would be available in fiscal year 2026 for these grants. Of program funds, about 97.15% would go out by the main formula and 2.85% by a set-aside. The bill would aim help at environmental justice and medically underserved areas using tools like EJSCREEN and the EJ Index. DOT would publish a yearly report on funded projects and who benefits.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 7/15/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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