Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
NOFO
Release
NOFO Close
NOFO $
Cyber Response and Recovery
Fund
Competitive/Cooperative
Agreement
$100 million
Allows DHS to declare a Significant Incident
(demonstrable harm to: national security
interests, foreign relations, or economy of U.S.;
or public confidence, civil liberties, or public
health and safety of the people of the U.S.)
following a breach of public and private
network that allows the CISA to provide direct
support to those entities as they respond and
recover from signficant cyberattacks and
breaches.
Recipients: Federal, state, local, Tribal,
public, private sector entities. Funding is
triggered by the Secretary's determination
of significant incident.
DHS
Yes Yes Yes
Funding
triggered by
DHS Sec.
determinatio
n of
significant
incident.
State and Local Cybersecurity
Program
Competitive $1 billion
To address cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity
threats to information systems owned or
operated by, or on behalf of, State, local, or
Tribal governments. Develop, revise, or
implement the Cybersecurity Plan (more details
on plan available). 1% of funds to each state
with any remaining funds apportioned based on
population.
State, local, Tribal Government.
DHS
Yes Yes Yes
States should aim to make
awarded funds available to
local gov'ts 45 days after
receipt.
Flood and Inundation
Mapping and Forecasting,
Water Modeling, and
Precipitation Studies
Various $492 million
NOAA will deliver operational, continental-scale
coastal and inland flood models and mapping
capabilities including flood forecasts and
projections that will provide actionable decision
support services equitably delivered to
communities across the nation
Recipients: States, Counties, Cities, Special
Districts, Tribes, Public or Private Higher-Ed
Institutions, nonprofits
DOC
Yes Yes Yes
Q2 2022
Marine Debris - removal Various $150 million
Removal and cleanup of significant legacy
debris such as abandoned and derelict vessels
and derelict fishing gear, as well as other
priority debris types that pose a threat to Trust
resources, the economy, or navigation.
501c3, State agencies, local government,
municipal government, Tribes, Educational
Institutions, For-Profit orgs
DOC
Yes Yes Yes
Funding available for 2 years
following each annual tranche.
Through NOAA.
Q2 2022
Habitat Restoration Competitive $491 million
Purpose of restoring marine, estuarine, coastal,
and Great Lakes ecosystem habitat as well as
constructing or protecting ecological features
that protect coastal communities from flooding
or coastal storms. Projects: protect and restore
habitat to sustain fisheries, recover protected
species, maintain resilient coastal ecosystems
and communities.
Recipients: 501c3s, state and territorial govt
agencies, local governments, municipal
governments, Tribes, educational
institutions, or commercial orgs.
DOC
Yes Yes Yes
Q2 2022
Fish Passage Competitive $400 million
Restoring fish passage by removing in-stream
barriers and providing technical assistance
pursuant to sec. 117 of MSA. Engineering and
design, future project development phases, and
building the capacity of new and existing
restoration partners to design projects and
manage multi-faceted construction efforts.
501c3, State agencies, local government,
municipal government, Tribes, Educational
Institutions, For-Profit orgs
DOC
Yes Yes Yes
Funding available for 2 years
following each annual tranche.
Through NOAA.
Q2 2022
Marine Debris - research and
education
Competitive $50 million
Research (physical and social science,
engineering, and legal) and increasing capacity
and expertise through education to eliminate
barriers to marine debris prevention and
removal.
States, counties, cities, special districts,
Tribes, Public and private higher ed
institutions, nonprofits, small businesses,
and/or individuals.
DOC
Yes Yes Yes
Funding available for 2 years
following each annual tranche.
Through NOAA.
Q2 2022
Major Rehabilitation for
Rivers and Harbors
Direct Federal $1.5 billion
USACE funding for construction of authorized
coastal navigation projects at ports and harbors,
such as deepening and widding of federal
navigation channels.
In partnership with Port Authorities DOD
Yes No No
Multiple
contract
awards in FY
22
Aquatic Ecosystem
Restoration Projects - USACE
Direct Federal $1.9 billion
Funds the construction of authorized water
resources projects to increase aquatic
ecosystem restoration, including $1 billion for
multipupose projects and programs that include
aquatic ecosystem restoration as a purpose.
Authorized federal aquatic ecosystem
restoration projects and programs. USACE
in partnership with State, local, and Tribal
governments
DOD
Yes Yes Yes
contract
awards
through
2022
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Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
NOFO
Release
NOFO Close
NOFO $
Carbon Capture
Demonstration Projects
Program
Cooperative Agreement $2.5 billion
To establish a carbon capture technology
program for the development of 6 facilities to
demosntrate transformational technologies
that will significantly imrpove the efficiency,
effectiveness, costs, emissions reductions, and
environmental performace of coal and natural
gas use, including in manufacturing and
industrial facilities.
Demo projects: (i) 2 designed to capture
CO2 from a natural gas electric generation
facility; (ii) 2 designed to capture CO2 from
a coal electric generation facility; (iii) 2
designed to capture carbon from an
industrial facility not purposed for electric
generation.
DOE
Yes Yes Yes
Technology developers,
industry, utilities, national
laboratories, engineering and
construction firms, state and
local govts, Tribes,
environmental groups, and
community based
organizations.
Energy Storage
Demonstration Pilot Program
Competitive, Cooperative
Agreements
$335 million
To carry out 3 enery storage system
demonstration projects -- lots of eligible uses
including: improving security of critical
infrastructure and emergency response
systems; improve the liability of transmission
and distribution; integrate renewable energy
resource production; integrate fast charging of
electric vehicles, etc.
Eligible entities: technology developers,
industry, state and local governments,
Tribes, community based organizations,
national labs, universities, utilities.
DOE
Yes Yes Yes
Q3 2022
Program Upgrading Our
Electric Grid and Ensuring
Reliability and Resiliency
Competitive, Cooperative
Agreements
$5 billion
To demonstrate innovative approaches to
transmission, storage, and distribution
infrastructure to harden and enhance resilience
and reliability; and B) to demonstrate new
approaches to enhance regional grid resilience,
implemented through States by public and rural
electric cooperative entitites on a cost-shared
basis.
coordinate and collaborate with electric
sector owners and operators
DOE
Yes Yes Yes
States, combo of 2 or more
states, Tribes; units of local
government, and/or public
utility commissions.
Q4 2022
Clean Hydrogen
Manufacturing and Recycling
Program
Competitive, Cooperative
Agreements
$500 million
Establish a clean hydrogen manufacturing and
recycling program to support a clean hydrogen
domestic supply chain
Priority to projects that increase efficiency
and cost-effectiveness in manufacturing,
use of resources; support domestic supply
chain; operate in partnership with Tribes;
located in economically distressed areas of
major natural gas producing regions
DOE
Yes Yes Yes
DOE to work in crosscutting
manner with National Energy
Technology Lab, National
Renewable Energy Lab, and
Idaho National to carry out
regional hubs and
manufacturing/recycling
program
Regional Clean Hydrogen
Hubs
Competitive $8 billion
New -- establish at least four regional clean
hydrogen hubs to demonstrate the production,
processing, delivery, storage, and end-use of
clean hydrogen
feedstock diversity produced from: fossil
fuels, renewable energy, nuclear energy;
end-use diversity in: electric power
generation sector, industrial sector,
residential and commercial heating sector,
transportation sector. 2 hubs chosen in
regions with the most natural gas
resources.
DOE
Yes Yes Yes
Summer
2022
Energy efficiency and
conservation block grant
program (EECBG)
Competitive $550 million
Projects that reduce energy use, increase
energy efficiency, and cut pollution/fossil fuel
emissions. Eligible uses: develop and
implement an energy efficiency and
conservation strategy; retaining technical
consultant services to assist the eligible entity
in developing such a strategy; conduct
residential and commercial building energy
audits; establish financial incentive programs
for energy efficiency improvements; provision
of grants to nonprofits and govt agencies for
performing energy retrofits; develop and
implement energy efficiency and conservation
programs for building and facilities (more
details avail); develop and implement programs
to conserve energy in transportation (incl. bike
lanes, pedestrian walkways); additional details --
develop, implement, install in/on govt building
renewable energy tech. (++more eligible
projects)
States, Local Government, Tribes DOE
Yes Yes Yes
dkf: is the Port eligible for this
program?
Q2 2022
Ecosystem - Fish Passage Competitive/Federal Direct $200 million
For the removal of barriers and for technical
assistance under the National Fish Passage
Program.
Recipients: open DOI
Yes Yes Yes
Run through USFWS
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Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
NOFO
Release
NOFO Close
NOFO $
Aquatic Ecosystem
Restoration and Protection
Projects - Reclamation
projects
Competitive, Direct Federal $250 million
New program that addresses aquatic
ecosystems in connection to Reclamation
projects. It provides broad authority for
Reclamation to fund fish passage
improvements and aquatic habitat
enhancement, including the removal of dams or
other aging infrastructure if such projects are
supported by a broad multi-stakeholder group
and if it maintains the water security of all
invovled.
Recipients - Open DOI
Yes Yes Yes
Bureau of Reclamation Q3 2022
Railroad Rehabilitation and
Improvement Financing (RRIF)
Loan $320 million
Loan program to finance rail construction and
upgrades. Eligible projects include landside port
infrastructure for seaports serviced by rail
DOT
Yes
Transportation Infrastructure
Finance and Innovation Act of
1998 amendments (TIFIA)
Loan $1.25 billion
Loan program: Amendended to increase
utilization, streamline the application process
for assistance, and increase transprancey in the
vetting process for projects seeking TIFIA funds.
Airport projects now eligible.
For surface transport projects including
highway, transit, intercity passenger rail,
some freight rail, intermodal freight
transfer facilities, some modifications inside
a port terminal, electrification of buses,
ferries, trains, and associated
infrastructure.
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
States, localities, other public
authorities, and private
entities undertaking projects
sponsored by public
authorities. Airport projects
now eligible.
Carbon Reduction Program
for transportation emissions
Formula $6.4 billion
Allocates money to states to invest in low
carbon tech. Among other things, the program
can be used for efforts to reduce environmental
and community impacts of freight movement. It
can also be used for purchasing, installing,
maintaining publicy accessible EV charging
stations and alternative fueling stations.
Transportation emissions = on-road highway
sources of CO2
Eligible projects include a project to
establish or operate a traffic monitoring,
management, and control facility or
program…(more details), infrastructure-
based intelligent transportation systems
capital improvements…and the
development of a carbon reduction
strategy. 2 years after enactment a State,
with an MPO, shall develop a carbon
reduction strategy to supports reducing
GHGs. States can request technical
assistance in development of carbon
reduction strategy.
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
New program; 65% of funding
under this program would be
suballocated by population.
Eligible projects also include
reducing transportation
emissions (on-road highway
sources) at port facilities
through electrification
Dependent
on FY 22
budget
National Highway Freight
Program
Formula $7.15 billion
Increases the number of highway miles a State
may designate as critical urban freight corridors
up from 75 to 150 miles. Raises cap on percent
of program funds that may be used for eligible
multimodal projects from 10% to 30% cap and
adds LOCK, dam, and marine highway projects
as eligible so long as they're connection to the
national highway freight network AND are likely
to reduce on-road mobile source emissions
80% DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Some % apportioned to MPOs;
Port could work/partner
through PSRC
Metropolitan Planning Formula $2.28 billion
for multimodal transportation planning and
programming in metropolitan areas. Planning
includes collection and analysis of data on
demographics, trends, and system
performance; travel demand and system
performance forecasting; ID and prioritization
of transport system improvement needs;
coordination of planning process and decision-
making with public elected officials,
stakeholders.
DOT
Yes No Yes
Funds through PSRC
FY 22
released
Dec. 2021; FY
23 released
Oct. 2022
State of Good Repair Formula $21.6 billion
Assist in funding capital projects for existing
fixed guideway systems (rail, bus rapid transit,
and passenger ferries) and high intensity bus
systems to maintain public transit systems in a
state of good repair.
Capital projects DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Apportioned funds -- States,
counties, cities, special
districts, Tribes
Buses and Bus Facilities Formula $3.16 billion
Capital funding to replace, rehab, purchase or
lease buses and bus-related equipment and to
rehabilitate, purchase, construct or lease bus-
related facilities
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Formula funding
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Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
NOFO
Release
NOFO Close
NOFO $
Highway Safety Research &
Development
Competitive, Cooperative
Agreements
$970 million
Research and development activities with
resprect to highway and traffic safety systems
and conditions, human behavioral factors and
their effect on highway and traffic safety, other
activities on highway and traffic safety
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
States, counties, cities, special
districts, Tribes (Fed/non-Fed
recognized), public or private
higher-ed, nonprofits, small
businesses
Multiple
NOFOs for
specific
elements
anticipated
Transportation Research,
Development, Demonstration,
and Deployment Projects
Competitive, Cooperative
Agreements
$132 million
Funding to assist innovative projects and
activities that advance and sustain safe,
efficient, equitable, climate-friendly public
transportation.
Explore novel approaches to improve public
transportation service--especially for transit-
dependent individuals; other activities that
help transit agencies meet equity, safety,
climate change and transformation goals
for a safer, cleaner, socially just and
connected public transport
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
States, counties, special
districts, Tribes, public
transport agencies, private or
nonprofit orgs, Institutions of
higher education, tech or
community colleges
Strategic Innovation for
Revenue Collection
Competitive, Cooperative
Agreements
$75 million
Requires DOT to test the feasibility of a road
usage fee and other user-based alternative
revenue mechanisms to help maintain the long-
term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund
through pilot projects at the State, local, and
regional level
Road usage fee and other user-based
alternative revenue mechanisms
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
States, MPOs, local
government
Healthy Streets Program Competitive $500 million
Goal to mitigate urban heat islands, improve air
quality, and reduce the extent of impervious
surfaces, storm water runoff and flood risks,
and heat impacts to infrastructure and road
users. Funds can be used to assess hot
spots/heat islands; tree canopy assessment;
tree equity assessment
Deploy cool pavements and porous
pavements and to expand tree cover.
Priority to projects in low-income or
disadvantaged communities; entities with
community benefits agreement, partnering
with youth or civilian corps. Eligible entities:
State, MPO, unit of local govt, Tribe,
nonprofit working with above entity.
80% DOT
Yes? Yes Yes
Federal share up to 100%
possible for economic
hardship.
Electric Vehicle Charging and
Fueling Infrastructure
Program (Corridor Charging)
Competitive $1.25 billion
Deploy electric vehicle charging and alternative
fueling infrastructure along designated
alternative fuel corridors and in communities.
Acquisition and installation of pubicly
accessible EV charging or alternative fueling
infrastructure (hydrogen, propane, natural
gas), acquisition and installation of traffic
control devices.
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Sometime in
2022
Electric Vehicle Charging and
Fueling Infrastructure
Program (Community
Charging)
Competitive $1.25 billion
To install electric vehicle charging and
alternative fuel in locations on public roads,
schools, parks, and in publicly accessible
parking facilities.
Applications must include a description of
how the eligible entity has considered
public accessibility relative to the proposed
project, collaborative engagement with
stakeholders, the location of the proposed
project, responsiveness to technology
advancements, and the long-term
operation and maintenance of the
proposed project. Priority: projects that
expand access in rural areas, low- and
moderate-income neighborhoods,
communities with low ration of private
parking spaces to households or a high ratio
of multi-unit dwellings to single family
homes. Geographic diversity between rural
and urban and meets current or anticipated
market demands for charging or fueling
infrastructure.
up to 80% DOT
Yes Yes Yes
FHWA: Eligible entity: State or
local authorities (plus MTOs,
Tribes, special purpose gov)
that own publicly accessible
transportation facilities.
Projects related to propane
infrastructure are limited to
infrastructure for medium-
and heavy-duty vehicles.
Sometime in
2022
Port Infrastructure
Development Program (PIDP)
Competitive
$2.25 billion (10
years)
Funds the resiliency, modernization and
expansion of U.S. ports while reducing impacts
to nearby communities. Long list of eligible
projects in addition to those specified in statute
incl. resiliency (sea-level rise, earthquakes),
reducing GHGs: electrification, hydrogen, cargo-
handling equipment; development of
microgrid; worker training to support
electrification; install bunkering facilities for
OGV fuel; Planning OK
up to 80% DOT
Yes No No
MARAD: Adds funds to
existing program.First round
of funding available $475
million (see Biden Admin
release on early ports action
plan).
2/14/2022
5/16/2022
$450
million
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Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
NOFO
Release
NOFO Close
NOFO $
Reduction of Truck Emissions
at Port Facilities
Competitive $400 million
Study technology and strategies to reduce idling
truck emissions at ports and fund projects to
reduce truck emissions, including electrification
Awards are intended to test, evaluation,
and deploy projects that reduce port-
related emissions
0.8 DOT
Yes
New program, on hold
pending a full-year budget. No
specific recipients identified.
On hold
pending a
full-year
budget
Infrastructure for Rebuilding
America (INFRA) also
Nationally Significant
Multimodal Freight and
Highway Program (NSMFHP)
Competitive $7.25 billion
For use on projects that improve freight
movement, including multimodal connections
with regional or national significance. Adds
wildlife crossings, surface transport
improvements functionally connected to an int'l
border crossing, projects on the National
Multimodal Freight Network, and marine
highway projects functionally connected to
national highway freight network as eligible
activities.
Eligible entity: States, MPO, unit of local
govt, political subdivision of a state of local
gov, special purpose district; Tribe,
multijurisdictions together. Adds
enhancement of freight resilience to
natural hazards or other disasters (high
winds, flooding, rockslides) as an additional
consideration when making grants. Criteria:
eval based on how projects address climate
change, environmental justice, and racial
equity
60%/80% DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Federal share depends on
project type. NOFO
anticipated Q1 2022. $750 m
set aside for States, MPOs,
special purpose district, port
authorities with transport
function, local govt
anticipated
Q1 2022
Rebuilding American
Infrastructure with
Sustainability and Equity
(RAISE)
Competitive $7.5 billion
Supports surface transportation projects with
significant local or regional significance
Incl: surface transportation components of
certain eligible airport projects; replace or
rehab culverts;
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
$5 billion set aside for
multimodal projects
1/14/2022
4/14/2022
$1.5B
Consolidated Rail
Infrastructure and Safey
Improvements (CRISI)
Competitive $5 billion
Projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and
reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail.
wide range of freight and passenger rail
capital, safety technology deployment,
planning, environmental analyses, research,
workforce development and training.
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Existing program. States,
group of states, Interstate
compact, political subdivision
of a state, Amtrack or other
rail providing intercity rail,
Class II/III railroads, Tribes,
TRB
Final
selections in
progress for
Spring 2022.
Railroad Crossing Elimination
Program
Competitive $3 billion
Dedicated funding to eliminate at-grade
railroad crossings (highway-rail or pathway-rail)
where there is a conflict with the community;
focus on improving the safety and mobility of
people and goods
Grade separation or closure, track
relocation, improvement or installation of
protective devices or measures to improve
safey, other means to improve safety.
Planning, environmental review, and design
of an eligible project type
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
NEW. States, political
subdivision of State, Tribe,
local government or group of
local govts, public port
authority, MPO, group of
above entities.
FY 22 funds
released in
Dec. 2021;
FY23
released Oct.
2022
Promoting Resilient
Operations for
Transformative, Efficient, Cost-
saving Transportation
(PROTECT) - Discretionary
Competitive $1.4 billion
Support planning, resilience improvements,
community resilience and evacuation routes,
and at-risk coastal infrastructure. Planning,
strengthen and protect evacuation routes,
increase resilience of surface transportation
infrastructure from the impacts of sea level rise,
flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events,
other natural disasters.
Eligible entities: State, MPO, local
government, special purpose district or
public authority with transportation
function, Tribe. Different eligibilities for at-
risk coastal infrasture grants. Highway,
transit, and certain port projects eligible
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
"certain port projects eligible" TBD
Advanced Transportation
Technologies & Innovative
Mobility Deployment
Competitive $900 million
To deploy, install, and operate advanced
transportation technologies
Should improve safety, mobility, efficiency,
system performance, intermodal
connectivity, and infrastructure return on
investment
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
State or local government,
transit agency, MPO, or multi-
jurisdictional group
Strengthening Mobility and
Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART)
Competitive $500 million
Supports demonstration projects to improve
transportation efficiency and safety, including
innovative technological solutions for efficient
goods movement. Projects could include
autonomous or connected vehicles, intelligent
transportation systems, use of GPS data,
reduced emissions
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
State, political subdivision,
Tribe, public transit
agency/authority, public toll
authority, MPO, 2 or more
groups together.
Q3 2022
National Culvert Removal,
Replacement, and Restoration
Competitive $1 billion
For the removal, replacement, and restoration
of culverts to address flow of water through
roads, bridges, railroad tracks, and trails
Priority to projects that: improve passage
for anadromous fish stocks listed as
threatened or endangered; those that
might become threatened, etc.; prey for
other endangered species (SRKW); stocks
identified as climate resilient.
0.8 DOT
Yes Yes Yes
State, unit of local
government, Tribe
Urbanized Area Passenger
Ferry Program
Competitive $150 million
Passenger ferry capital projects in urbanized
areas
States, counties, cities, special districts,
Tribes
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Spring 2022
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Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
NOFO
Release
NOFO Close
NOFO $
Pilot Program for Transit
Oriented Development
Competitive $68 million
Provides funding to lcoal communities to
integrate land use and transportation planning
with a new fixed guideway or core capacity
transit capital investment
Grants may be made for site specific and
comprehensive planning must examine
ways to improve economic development
and ridership, foster multimodal
connectivity and accessibility, improve
transit access for pedestrian and bicycle
traffice, engage the private sector, identify
infrastructure needs, and enable mixed-use
of development near transit stations.
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
State or local government
authorities that are FTA grant
recipients (Port?)
Reconnecting Communities
pilot progam
Competitive $1 billion
New pilot program through which eligible
entities may apply for planning funds to study
the feasibility and impacts of removing
retrofitting, or mitigating an existing
transportation facilities that create barriers to
mobility, access, or economic dev, and for
construction funds to carry out project to
remove, mitigate, eligible facility with new
facility. $150M for planning grants; $350M for
capital construction grants
Eligible entities: Planning = State, unit of
local govt', Tribe, MPO, nonprofit; Capital
Contruction = owner of eligible facility +
partnered with any of the above. Eligible
facility: limited access highway; viaduct;
other principal arterial
Up tp 80% DOT
Yes Yes Yes
FHWA. Unit of local gov't? Q2 2022
National Infrastructure
Project Assistance (AKA -
Megaprojects or MEGA)
Competitive $5 billion
Provide single or multi-year grants to projects
generating national or regional economic,
mobility, or safety benefits for large and smaller-
scale projects. Multi-modal, multi-jurisdictional.
Eligible projects include highway or bridge
projects, freight intermodal or freight rail
projects, railway-highway grade separatio or
elimination, intercity passenger rail, and certain
public transportation project
Eligible projects: highway or bridge on nat'l
multimodal freight network, national hwy
systems, a freight intermodal (incl. public
ports) or freight rail project that provides
public benefit; railway-highway grade
separation; intercity passenger rail; public
transport project related to any of the
above.
up to 80% DOT
Yes Yes Yes
State (or group of states),
MPO, local govt, political
subdivision, special purpose
district/public authority with
transport function/port
authority; Tribe, partnership of
any of the above, any of the
above w/Amtrak
~Feb 2022
Federal-State Partnership for
Intercity Passenger Rail
Grants
Competitive $36 billion
Authorizes $1.5 billion a year for the Federal-
State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail
grants program. Program is expanded beyond
just Amtrak/State-owned assets to allow
expansion of or construction on new intercity
passenger rail routes, in addition to capital
projects that address state-of-good-repair.
Planning, environmental review, and final
design of an eligible project or group of projects
is eligible.
Preference to projects for which Amtrak is
not the sole applicant; that improve the
financial performance reliability, service
frequency, or address the state of good
repair of an Amtrack route; identified in,
consistent with, a corridor inventory
prepared under the Corridor Indentification
and Development Program.
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
States or group of states,
political subdivision of a state,
public agency or publicly
chartered authority, Amtrak,
Tribe. At least 45% of funds
dedicated to the NE corridor,
and 20% for the National
Network must benefit a long-
distance route.
Summer
2022
Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive $1.96 billion
Assists in financing buses and bus facilities
capital projects incl: replacing, rehabilitating,
purchasing, or leasing buses or related equip;
rehab, purchase, construct or lease bus-related
facilities. Increases minimum allotment for
States from $1.75m to $4m and encourages
utilization of innovative procurement practices.
Lower-emission buses and vehicles are eligible
for at least 25% of funds. Zero emission vehicle
grant apps must include a zero-emission fleet
transition plan, including a workforce transition
plan, and provides funding for such activities.
Eligible applicants: designated recipients
that allocate funds to fixed route bus
operators, State or local govt that operate
fixed route bus service, Tribes.
80% DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Funding starts at $447m in
2022 increasing to $490m in
2026.
Expected in
Q1 2022
Low or No Emission Bus
Grants
Competitive $5.6 billion
Provides capital funding to replace, rehab,
purchase, or lease buses and bus related
equipement and to rehab, purchase, construct,
or lease bus-related facilities.
States, counties, cities, special districts,
Tribes
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Q1 2022
Bridge Investment Program Competitive $12.2 billion
Support projects to improve bridge and culvert
condition, safety, efficiency, and reliability.
$100m set aside for planning, feasibility
analysis, revenue forecasting.
Projects to replace, rehab, preserve or
protect one or more bridges on the
National Bridge Inventory. Projects to
replace or rehab culverts to improve flood
control and improve habitat connectivity
for aquatic species.
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
State, MPO, local govt, special
purpose govt or public
authority with transportation
function
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Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
NOFO
Release
NOFO Close
NOFO $
Pilot Program for Enhanced
Mobility
Competitive $24 million
Competitive program to improve coordinated
access and mobility
Capital projects DOT
Yes Yes Yes
States, Counties, special
districts, Tribes (federally and
non-federally recognized),
nonprofit orgs,
Surface Transportation
Private Activity Bonds
$500 million
Increases the current cap on these bonds from
15B to $30B to allow state and local
governments to enter into additional public-
private partnerships to supplement future
surface transportation projects with private
investment
State and local government DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Drinking water State revolving
fund
Formula
$11.7 billion/$40
million (to WA)
Provides below market-rate loans and grants to
fund water infrastructure improvements to
protect public health and the environment.
Reduces the cost share for the first two year to
10%.
EPA
Yes Yes Yes
States run a competitive
process for replacing lead
service lines. $152.9m total
across multiple programs.
Formula allocations:
https://www.epa.gov/system/
files/documents/2021-12/fy-
2022-bil-srfs-allotment-
summary-508.pdf
Superfund Remedial
Competitive/Cooperative
Agreement
$3.5 billion
Additional funding for the Hazardous Substance
Superfund
Recipients: industry partners, federal,
states, local governments, special districts,
Tribes
EPA
Yes Yes Yes
Ongoing
Pilot Programs for Alternative
Water Source Projects
Competitive $125 million
Reauthorizes existing grant program for
alternative water source projects - engineering,
design, construction, and final testing of alt.
water source projects to meet critical needs.
Provides alternative sources of water through
conserving, managing, reclaiming, or reusing
water, wastewater, or stormwater for
groundwater recharge, potable resuse, or other
purposes
EPA
Yes? Yes
Consumer Recycling
Education and Outreach Grant
Program
Competitive $75 million
Program to help EPA educate household
consumers about their residential and
community recycling program and help
decrease contamination in the recycling stream
and support recycling infrastructure. Eligible
entities include a State, unit of local
government, Tribe, nonprofit org, public-private
partnership.
EPA
Yes? Yes Yes
"Unit of local government" =
special purpose govt/port?
National Estuary Program -
Puget Sound
Competitive $89 million
Following the Puget Sound National Estuary
Program's approved Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan;
ecosystem and wetland restoration,
stormwater treatment and control, nature-
based infrastructure, community resilience,
resilient shorelines, and environmental
eduation, Tribal support.
EPA
Yes Yes Yes
"Broad eligibilities" for funding
recipients
TBD
Airport Infrastructure Grants Formula
$15 billion (SEA =
$240 million)
Airport Improvement Projects such as runways
and taxiways, terminal development projects,
noise, multimodal, or airport-owned towers.
FAA
Yes
Dec. 2021
$45.3M
to SEA
Airport Terminal Program Competitive $5 billion
Capital improvements for airport terminal
development; access roads servicing airport
traffic; walkways that lead directly to or from an
airport passenger terminal building; multimodal
terminal development; projects for on-airport
rail access. As well as projects for relocating,
reconstructing, repairing or improving an
airport-owned control tower.
Recipients: public agency, private entity,
state, Tribal Governement owning a public
use National Plan of Integrated Air Systems
airport.
80% FAA
Yes Yes No
2/22/2022
3/28/2022
$1B
Building Resilient
Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC) Program
Competitive $1 billion
A pre-disaster mitigation program supporting
states, local communities, Tribes and territories
undertaking hazard mitigation projects to
reduce the risks they face from disasters and
natural hazards. Capability and capacity-
building; mitigation projects; management
costs.
Must submit application through the State
as a sub-applicant
FEMA
Yes Yes Yes
Note that applicants apply
through the State as sub-
applicants. See:
https://mil.wa.gov/emergency-
management-division. BRIC
prioritizes programs with
partnerships
FY 22
applications
in Fall 2022
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