Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Implementation Resources

The National Highway Performance Program provides support for conditions and performance on highways and constructs new facilities. It also provides support for activities to increase the resiliency of the National Highway System to mitigate the cost of damages from sea level rise, extreme weather events, flooding, wildfires, or other natural disasters. Lastly, the program will also ensure that investments of federal-aid funds in highway construction are directed to support progress toward the achievement of performance targets established in a state's asset management plan for the National Highway System.

The Surface Transportation Block Grant Program promotes flexibility in state and local transportation decisions and provides flexible funding to best address state and local transportation needs. It can be used on federal-aid highways, bridges for public roads, and transit capital projects.

The Capital Investment Grants Program funds transit capital investments, including heavy rail, commuter rail, light rail, streetcars, and bus rapid transit. Federal transit law requires transit agencies seeking Capital Investment Grants funding to complete a series of steps over several years. The law also requires projects to be rated by Federal Transit Administration at various points in the process according to statutory criteria evaluating project justification and local financial commitment. IIJA guarantees $8 billion, and authorizes $15 billion more in future appropriations.

IIJA increases funding for the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program by $15 billion with half of that in guaranteed appropriations. Eligible recipients include states, the District of Columbia, any territories or possession of the United States, a unit of local government, public agencies, special purpose districts, or other related organizations. It is a competitive grant program which provides funding for road, rail, transit, and other surface transportation of local and/or regional significance. Selection criteria includes safety, sustainability, equity, economic competitiveness, mobility, and community connectivity.

IIJA provides $10.9 billion over 5 years for the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program which provides competitive grants including highway or bridge projects to add capacity or improve mobility, intermodal or freight projects, and rail-highway grade crossing separation. Approximately $1.55 billion will be given out for FY 2022. Maximum of 85% of the funding will go towards projects larger than $100 million and a minimum of 15% of the funding will go towards projects smaller than $100 million (12 states have a different, lower threshold for large vs. small between $56 million and $95 million instead of the $100 million threshold for the other states).

Eligible applicants include but are not limited to: A state, or group of states; A metropolitan planning organization that serves more than 200,000 individuals (as stated by the Bureau of the Census); and A unit of local government or a group or local governments.

For the National Infrastructure Project Assistance (also known as "Megaprojects" or "MEGA"), IIJA provides $5 billion in competitive grants for states, local governments, tribes, a unit of local government, a political subdivision of a state, a special purpose district, and other related organizations. This programs provides funding for megaprojects that will likely generate national, regional, economic, mobility, or safety benefits. Eligible projects include a highway or bridge project, a freight intermodal or freight project that provides a public benefit, a railway-highway grade separation or elimination project, or an intercity passenger rail project.

For the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program (Rural), IIJA provides $1 billion in competitive grants to states, local governments, tribes, and regional transportation planning organizations. The program will provide funds to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas to increase connectivity, improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, and generate regional economic growth and improve quality of life. $300 million will be given out in FY 2022. A minimum of 90% of all projects have a minimum $25 million rural grant award. There is no award minimum for the other 10%.

The Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program provides $5 billion in competitive grants to support local initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets, commonly referred to as ‘‘Vision Zero’’ or ‘‘Toward Zero Deaths’’ initiatives. An eligible project for funding from this program includes projects to develop a comprehensive safety action plan; to conduct planning, design, and development activities for projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action plan; or to carry out projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action plan. Eligible recipients include metropolitan planning organizations, political subdivisions of a state, federally recognized tribal governments, or a multi-jurisdictional group of entities described here.

There are two types of grants:

• An Action Plan Grant is given to recipients who have yet to create and develop an action plan for preventing death and serious injuries on roads.
• An Implementation Grant is given to recipients who have already developed an action plan and are ready to implement their action plan.

For the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program , IIJA provides $3 billion ($600 million annually) in competitive grants for the mitigation or elimination of hazards at railway-highway crossings. An additional $2.5 billion may be appropriated ($500 million annually).

Eligible recipients include, but are not limited to: States, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other United States
territories and possessions; A political subdivision of a State; Federally recognized Indian Tribes; and A unit of local government or a group of local governments.

For the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Grants, IIJA provides $1.4 billion in competitive grants to states (or a political subdivision of a state), metropolitan organizations, local governments, special purpose districts, tribes, and federal land management agency (applying jointly with states).

PROTECT Grants will support planning, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure. States may use PROTECT Formula Program funds to conduct resilience planning, strengthen and protect evacuation routes, and increase the resilience of surface transportation infrastructure from the impacts of sea level rise. Highway, transit, and certain port projects are eligible.

For the Bridge Formula Program, IIJA provides approximately $26.68 billion in formula grants to states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. This program provides funding for bridge replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, protection, or construction projects on public roads. This program includes three set-asides: 15 percent will be set-aside for use on off-system bridges, 3 percent will be set-aside for use on Tribal Transportation Facility bridges, and 0.5 percent will be set-aside for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration.

For the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, IIJA provides $500 million over 5 years for:

• Planning grants to carry out feasibility studies on the impact of removing or mitigating physical infrastructure barriers, including within communities, to improve accessibility and facilitate economic development at an 80 percent federal share ($150 million); and
• Capital construction grants to owners of eligible facilities including at-grade crossings, limited access highways, and other principal arterial facilities acting as a barrier. Facility owners may partner with a local government to carry out eligible projects.
• Grants greater than or equal to $5 million are for capital construction projects, including the removal and replacement of eligible facilities. Planning grants will be given out at less than or equal to $2 million.

For the Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement Program, IIJA provides approximately $13.2 billion in formula grants to states and the District of Columbia. The program provides flexible funding to state and local governments for transportation projects and programs to help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. It also provides funding to reduce congestion and improve air quality for areas that do not meet the National Ambient Air Quality for ozone, carbon monoxide, or particulate matter.

Eligible uses include transportation projects that reduce congestion and reduce the mobile source emissions for which an area has been designated non-attainment or maintenance for ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter by the Environmental Protection Agency.

For the National Highway Freight Program, IIJA provides $7.15 billion in formula grants for states and the District of Columbia. The program provides funds to improve the efficient movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network. Projects that contribute to the efficient movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network and are identified in a freight investment plan included in the State's freight plan are eligible for funding.

A State may not use more than 30 percent of its total National Highway Freight Program funds each year for freight intermodal or freight rail projects, subject to certain restrictions.

For the Metropolitan Planning Program, IIJA provides $2.28 billion in formula grants to metropolitan planning organizations. The IIJA continues this program, which provides funds for a cooperative, continuous, and comprehensive framework for making transportation investment decisions in metropolitan areas.

Metropolitan planning activities include the collection and analysis of data on demographics, trends, and system performance; travel demand and system performance forecasting; identification and prioritization of transportation system improvement needs; and coordination of the planning process and decision-making with the public, elected officials, and stakeholder groups.

For the Highway Safety Improvement Program, IIJA provides approximately $15.6 billion in formula grants to states and the District of Columbia. The program provides states with critical safety funding that is used to save lives and prevent serious injuries on all public roads. It is also based on a performance-driven process that identifies and analyzes highway safety programs and advances highway safety improvement projects that have the greatest potential to reduce fatalities and serious injuries.

For the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, IIJA provides $1.25 billion in loans to states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, localities, or other public authorities. The act will have a total of $75 billion in lending capacity under the IIJA. The program will provide Federal credit assistance to eligible surface transportation projects.

Eligible projects include highways, transit, intercity passenger rail, some type of freight rail, intermodal freight transfer facilities, and some modifications including a port terminal, and electrification of buses, ferries, trains, and associated infrastructure.

For the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, IIJA provides $50 million of competitive grants, contracts, and allocations to states. This program will provide funds to assist small and disadvantaged firms with building capacity and improving their ability to compete for Federal-aid highway contracts.

For the Bridge Investment Program, IIJA provides $12.2 billion in competitive grants to states, metropolitan planning organizations with more than 20,000 members, local governments, special purpose districts, and tribal governments. The program will support projects to improve bridge and culvert condition, safety, efficiency, and reliability.

Eligible uses include:

• Projects to replace, rehabilitate, preserve or protect one or more bridges on the National Bridge Inventory.
• Projects to replace or rehabilitate culverts to improve flood control and improve habitat connectivity for aquatic species.

Large Bridge Projects that receive a BIP award of not less than $100 million are eligible for multi-year grants, in which DOT can award available funds to a project over the course of several years in accordance with an agreement and in alignment with its schedule.

In selecting Bridge Projects and Large Bridge Projects, FHWA will consider the extent to which BIP funds leverage non-Federal contributions from sponsors and stakeholders involved in the planning, design, and construction of eligible projects.

For the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, & Removal Grant, IIJA provides $1 billion in competitive grants to states, units of local governments, or tribes. The program provides supplemental funding for projects that replace, remove, and/or repair culverts or weirs.

Eligible projects include projects that would meaningfully improve or restore fish passage for anadromous fish, improve or restore infrastructure to facilitate fish passage around or over the weir, and weir improvements.

For the Advanced Transportation Technologies & Innovative Mobility Development, IIJA provides $900 million in competitive grants, cooperative agreements, and other contracts to state or local governments, transit agencies, metropolitan planing organizations or a multi-jurisdictional group or academic institutions.

This program will make funds available to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies. Eligible uses are for projects that improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment.

For the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects, IIJA provides $275 million in competitive grants to any entity eligible to receive funding under the Tribal Transportation Program, Federal Lands Transportation Program, or Federal Lands Access Program. In addition, a state, county, or local government may apply if sponsored by an eligible Federal land management agency or Indian tribe.

The program provides funding for the construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of nationally-significant of Federal lands transportation projects and Tribal transportation projects. Eligible projects are projects that are on a Federal lands transportation facility, a Federal lands access facility, or a Tribal transportation facility.

For the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants, IIJA provides $36 billion in competitive grants ($7.2 billion annually) to fund capital projects that reduce the state of good repair backlog, improve performance, or expand or establish new intercity passenger rail service, including privately operated intercity passenger rail service if an eligible applicant is involved. An additional $7.5 billion may be appropriated ($1.5 billion annually).

Potential recipients include, among others: States, including the District of Columbia; A group of States; An Interstate Compact; A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States; or. A political subdivision of a State.

For the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Grants, IIJA provides $5 billion ($1 billion annually) in competitive grants to fund projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail. An additional $5 billion may be appropriated ($1 billion annually).

Potential recipients include:

•States, including the District of Columbia.
•A group of States.
•An Interstate Compact.
•A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States.
•A political subdivision of a State.
•Amtrak and other rail carriers providing intercity rail passenger transportation.
•Class II/III Railroads and associations that represent Class II/III Railroads.
•Rail carriers & equipment manufacturers, in partnership with at least 1 of the
first 5 entities above.
•Federally recognized Indian Tribes.
•Transportation Research Board.
•University Transportation Centers engaged in rail-related research.
•Non-profit labor organizations representing rail employees.

Eligible projects include a wide range of freight and passenger rail capital, safety technology deployment, planning, environmental analyses, research, workforce development, and training projects.

For Rail Vehicle Replacement Grants, IIJA provides $1.5 billion in competitive grants to state and local government authorities. $300 million will be provided for FY2022.

This program provides funding for capital projects for the replacement of rail rolling stock. Not more than three new competitive awards to eligible projects may be announced each fiscal year. FTA may select projects for multi-year awards.

Through Low or No Emission Bus Grants, the IIJA provides approximately $5.62 billion of competitive grants. $1.1 billion is available for FY of 2022. Funding is available for states, counties, cities/townships to help transit agencies purchase or lease low or no-emission buses.

For Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grants, the IIJA provides approximately $1.97 billion of competitive grants for bus and bus facilities. $372 million is available for FY of 2022. Funding is available for states, counties, and cities/townships to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses, bus-related equipment, and bus-related facilities.

The Urbanized Area Formula Grants provides approximately $33.4 billion in formula grants to states, counties, cities/townships, special districts, and tribes. This program makes federal resources available to urbanized areas and to governors for transit capital and operating assistance in urbanized areas and for transportation-related planning. 

• Approximately $3.3 billion will also be provided from the Growing States and High-Density states formula factors. (total funding).
• Approximately $6.9 billion was made available for FY 2022.
  

The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Program provides approximately $799.4 million in formula grants to states and metropolitan planning organizations. This program will provide funding for work elements that result in a balance and comprehensive intermodal transportation planning for the movement of people and goods in the metropolitan area.

The Statewide Transportation Planning Program provides approximately $167 million in formula grants to states and metropolitan planning organizations. The funding for this program can be used for comprehensive planning, engineering, design, and evaluation of public transportation projects and studies involving modes other than transit when performed as part of the metropolitan transportation planning process.

The Pilot Program for Transit Oriented Development provides approximately $68.9 million in competitive grants to state or local government authorities that are Federal Transit Administration grant recipients. This program will help support the FTA's mission of improving public transportation for America's communities by providing funding to local communities to integrate land use and transportation planning with a new fixed guideway or core capacity transit capital investment. Grants ma be used for site specific and comprehensive planning funded through the program. But, it must examine ways to improve economic development and ridership, foster multimodal connectivity and accessibility, improve transit access for pedestrian and bicycle traffic, engage the private sector, identify infrastructure needs, and enable mixed-use development near transit stations.

The Passenger Ferry Grant Program provides $150 million in competitive grants to states, counties, cities, townships, special districts and tribal governments. This program will provide funds for projects that support passenger ferry systems in urbanized areas.

The Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program makes federal resources available to states to ensure basic essential ferry service is provided to rural areas. These funds are limited to ferry services that operated a regular service at any time during the five-year period ending Marching 1, 2020 and that served no less than two rural areas located more than 50 nautical miles apart.

The Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities provides approximately $2.2 billion in formula grants to states, counties, cities/townships, special districts, tribes and nonprofits. These grants will provide financial assistance in meeting the transportation needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities where public transportation services are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate.

Formula Grants for Rural Areas provides approximately $4.1 billion in formula grants to states, counties, cities, townships, special districts, tribal governments, and other organizations. This program will provide funds to improve, initiate, or continue public transportation service in non-urbanized areas (rural areas and small cities under 50,000 in population) and to provide technical assistance for rural transportation providers.

The Rural Transportation Assistance Program provides approximately $91.6 million in formula grants to states. This program provides funding to states for transportation research, technical assistance, training, and related support services in rural areas.

The Appalachian Development Public Transportation Assistance Program provides approximately $137.4 million in formula grants to states, counties, cities, townships, special districts, tribal governments and other nonprofit organizations. This program provides funding for states in the Appalachian region to support the provision of public transit services in rural areas.

State of Good Repair Grants provides approximately $21.6 billion in formula grants to states, counties, cities, townships, special districts, and tribal governments. This program provides funding to assist in capital projects for existing fixed guideway systems (including rail, bus rapid transit, and passenger ferries) and high intensity motorbus systems (buses operating in high-occupancy vehicle lanes) to maintain public transportation systems in a state of good repair and to ensure public transportation operate safely, efficiently, reliably, and sustainably so that communities can offer balanced transportation choices that helps to improve mobility, reduce congestion, and encourage economic development.

Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Project provides approximately $132.2 million in competitive grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to states, cities, townships, special districts, tribes, and other institutions.

This program provides funding to assist innovative projects and activities that advance and sustain, safe, efficient, equitable, climate-friendly public transportation.

Eligible research and demonstration under this program explore novel approaches to improve public transportation service - especially for transit-dependent individuals; advance vehicle and system technologies for safety, energy efficiency, and operational performance; use date for enhanced insights; and undertake other activities that help transit agencies meet equity, safety, climate change and transformation goals for a safer, environmentally cleaner, socially just and connected public transportation system.

Congestion Relief Program provides $250 million in competitive grants to states, metropolitan planning organizations, cities, or municipalities. This program will advance innovative, integrated, and multimodal solutions to reduce congestion and the related economic and environmental costs in the most congested metropolitan areas with an urbanized area population of 1 million+.

Eligible uses include:

• Deployment and operation of integrated congestion management systems, systems that implement or enforce high occupancy vehicle toll lanes or pricing strategies, or mobility services
• Incentive programs that encourage carpooling, non-highway travel during peak periods, or travel during non-peak periods.
• Subject to certain requirements and approval by the Secretary, provides for tolling on the Interstate System as part of a project carried out with a grant under the program.

Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants provides $500 million in competitive grants to states, political subdivisions of a state, tribal governments, public transit agencies or authorities, public toll authorities, metropolitan planning organizations, or a group of 2 or more eligible entities described before.

The program provides supplemental funding grants to rural, mid-sized, and large communities to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems in a variety of communities to improve transportation safety and efficiency.

In general, a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant may be
used to carry out a project that demonstrates at least one of the following:

• Coordinate Automation
• Connected Vehicles
• Intelligent, sensor-based infrastructure
• Systems integration
• Commerce delivery and logistics
• Leveraging use of innovative aviation technology
• Smart grid
• Smart technology traffic signals.

The All Stations Accessibility Program provides $1.75 billion in grants to state and local government authorities. This program provides capital funding to upgrade the accessibility of legacy rail fixed guideway public transportation systems for people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs.

The Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program provides $350 million in grants (over five years) to state highway agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, regional transportation authority, special purpose districts or public authorities with a transportation function, tribes, and Federal land management agencies.

The Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program will support projects that seek to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions, and in carrying out that purpose, improve habitat connectivity.

The Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Terminals Program provides competitive grants for airport terminal development projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation’s airports. These grants will fund safe, sustainable and accessible airport terminals, on-airport rail access projects and airport-owned airport traffic control towers. Projects may also include multimodal development.

The Port Infrastructure Development Program Grants provides $2.25 billion for this program through competitive grants. $450 million is available for the FY of 2022. It provides grants for addressing sea-level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, earthquakes, and tsunami inundation. It also funds projects that reduce or eliminate pollutants and greenhouse gases in ports.

Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities provides $912 million in formula grants to states and eligible ferry operations.

• The Federal Highway Administration requests $80 million for FY2022.
• This program provides funding for ferry services that are important links in the network of Federal-aid highways, and in many cases, are the only reasonable form of transportation.

Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities will study and award competitive grants to reduce truck idling and emissions at ports, including through the advancement of port electrification. Competitive grants are intended to test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions.

The Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Program provides $250 million in competitive grants to a variety of recipients. An additional $250 million is subject to appropriation and can be made available in Division C of the IIJA for a total of $500 million over 5 years.

This program establishes an electric or low-emitting ferry pilot program that makes federal funding available to support the transition of passenger ferries to low or zero emission technologies.

Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grants provides $2.5 billion in competitive grants to states, political subdivision of states, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, special purpose districts, public authorities with a transportation function, tribes, or territories.

Program funds will be made available each fiscal year for Community Grants, to install electric vehicle charging and alternative fuel in locations on public roads, schools, parks, and in publicly accessible parking facilities. It also uses funds to deploy electric vehicle charging and hydrogen/propane/natural gas fueling infrastructure along designated alternative fuel corridors and in communities.

These grants will be prioritized for rural areas, low-and moderate-income neighborhoods, and communities with low ratios of private parking, or high ratios of multi-unit dwellings.

Eligible uses of funds include the acquisition and installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging or alternative fueling infrastructure, operating assistance (for the first 5 years after installation), acquisition and installation of traffic control devices.

The Clean School Bus Program provides $5 billion in grants and rebates to state or local governments, eligible contractors, and nonprofit school transportation associations.

• Fifty percent of the funds are authorized for zero-emission school buses and fifty percent of the funds are authorized for alternative fuels and zero-emission school buses.
• Funds may be prioritized for rural or low-income communities and entities that have matching funds available.
• The Environmental Protection Agency Administrator is authorized to provide funds to cover up to 100 percent of the costs for the replacement of the bus.

Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program IIJA Appropriates $42.45 billion for states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to utilize for broadband deployment, mapping, and adoption projects.

• This is a program to get all Americans online by funding partnerships between states or territories, communities, and stakeholders, to build infrastructure where we need it to and increase adoption of high-speed internet.
• While funding goes directly to states, it is intended to support planning efforts including building capacity in state broadband offices and outreach and coordination with local communities.
• Each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico will receive an allocation of at least$100 million and the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will each receive $25 million.
• Example eligible uses of funds include:
  o   Planning for deployment of internet
  o   Deploying or upgrading internet
  o   Installing internet in multi-tenant buildings
  o   Implementing adoption and digital equity problems
  o   Workforce and job training

Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program establishes and funds a $1 billion program for the construction, improvement or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure.

• Eligible applicants include (among others) States, political subdivisions, public utility districts, and regional planning councils.
• The purpose of the program is to expand and extend middle mile infrastructure to reduce the cost of
  connecting unserved and underserved areas to the internet backbone.
• Middle mile infrastructure refers to the mid-section of Internet infrastructure that carries large amounts of data at high speeds over long distances and connects the “backbone” of internet infrastructure to the “last mile”, which connects to end users.
• Example uses of funds include:
  o   Construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment
  o   Engineering design, permitting, and work related projects
  o   Personnel costs, including salaries and benefits
  o   Other costs necessary to program’s activities

Digital Equity Act Programs There are three programs that provide funding to promote digital inclusion and advance equity for all. They aim to ensure that all communities can access and use affordable, reliable, high-speed internet to meet their needs and improve their lives.

• State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program: $60 million formula grant program for states and territories to develop digital equity plans.
• State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program: $1.44 billion formula grant program for states and territories distributed via annual grant programs over 5 years to implement digital equity projects and support the implementation of digital equity plans.
• Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program: $1.25 billion discretionary grant program distributed via annual grant programs over 5 years to implement digital equity projects. Eligible applicants include (among others) specific types of political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of a state.
  
• Example eligible uses of funds include:
  o   Developing digital equity plans; states must develop a plan to be eligible for state capacity grants
  o   Making awards to other entities to help make digital equity plans
  o   Improving accessibility and inclusivity of public resources
  o   Implementing digital equity plans and related activities
  o   Providing digital literacy and digital skills education
  o   Facilitating the adoption of high-speed internet

Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program: Reconnect Program provides $1.93 billion in grants, direct loans, or a combination of the two to states, local governments, or any other related organization for the Reconnect Program. The program receives funds to build infrastructure and install equipment that provides modern, reliable high-speed Internet service in rural America.

The program can be used to fund the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service capable of delivering 100 Mbps symmetrical service and the acquisition of an existing system not currently providing sufficient access to broadband service, under certain circumstances, and with restrictions.

Up to five percent of the award may be used for preapplication expenses.

Lead Service Line Replacement (through Drinking Water State Revolving Funds) IIJA provides $15 billion (49 percent of funds will be provided to communities as grants or principal forgiveness loans; 51 percent of funds will be available to communities for low-interest loans).

Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program provides $5 billion in grants. States initially receive funding, then provide funds through grants to water utilities and other eligible entities in small and/or underserved/disadvantaged communities. Tribes and territories are also eligible to receive funds under this program.

This grant program provides grants to public water systems in small and underserved/disadvantaged communities that are unable to finance activities needed to comply with drinking water regulations.

The IIJA prioritizes the funding to focus on small and disadvantaged communities in addressing emerging contaminants, including PFAS.

The Watershed Rehabilitation Program provides $118 million in technical and financial assistance to local sponsors or legal subdivisions of state or tribal governments. This program provides planning, design, and construction for Department of Agriculture assisted dams to extend their service life and meet current safety requirements.

• Eligible Sponsors: cities, counties, towns, conservation districts, or tribes.
• It also rehabilitates high hazard watershed dams previously installed under the four following authorities: PL 83-566, PL 78-534, RC&D, and Pilot Program.

The Water & Groundwater Storage, and Conveyance Program provides $1.15 billion to states and local governments.

Water storage, groundwater storage, and conveyance projects with existing feasibility study or construction authorization are eligible for funding. The project must be found feasible and with benefits proportionate to federal investment. Funding will be provided through a combination of internal formulation and competitive grant processes.

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants (including PFAS) IIJA provides $4 billion in grants for this program.

States initially receive funding, then provide funds to water utilities and/or municipal and other eligible entities. Tribes and territories are also eligible to receive a portion of State revolving funds. Drinking Water State Revolving Fund funding as described in the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program, with eligible projects limited to those that address emerging contaminants, such as PFAS.

States apply for a capitalization grant with no state match required. The states provide loans with principal forgiveness or grants to fund drinking water infrastructure projects to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS.

Clean Water State Revolving Fund - Emerging Contaminants IIJA provides $1 billion in grants for this program. States initially receive funding, then provide funds to water utilities and/or municipal and other eligible entities. Tribes and territories are also eligible to receive a portion of State revolving funds. Clean Water State Revolving Fund funding as described in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, with eligible projects limited to those that address emerging contaminants, such as PFAS.

States apply for a capitalization grant with no state match required. The states provide loans with principal forgiveness or grants to fund drinking water infrastructure projects to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS.

The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program provides $1 billion administered through the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for state and local governments to address cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats to information systems that they own or operate.

The Pollution Prevention Grant provides $100 million in grants to states, state-sponsored institutions, tribes, and tribal institutions. This program will guarantee the delivery of technical assistance to businesses - including those communities with environmental justice concerns - to identify and adopt source reduction practices and technologies that benefit businesses, communities, and local economies. 

The Carbon Reduction Program provides approximately $6.42 billion in formula grants to states and the District of Columbia. This program will provide grants to reduce transportation emissions or the development of carbon reduction strategies. Eligible projects include the construction, planning, and design of trail facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other non-motorized forms of transportation; public transportation projects; and congestion management technologies.

The Watershed and Flood Prevention Operation provides $500 million in technical and financial assistance to local sponsors or legal subdivisions of state or tribal governments. Eligible sponsors include cities, counties, towns, conservation districts, and/or tribes.

This program provides planning, design, and construction of measures that address resource concerns in a watershed. Eligible uses include flood prevention, watershed protection, public recreation, public fish and wildlife, agriculture water management, municipal and industrial water supply, or water quality management.

Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Grants provide $5 billion in competitive grants to states, tribes, and entities that operate or are involved with electricity. This program aims to prevent outages and enhance the resilience of the electric grid

Eligible uses include carrying out activities that are supplemental to existing hardening efforts and reduce the risk of power lines causing a wildfire, or reduce the likelihood and consequence of disruptive events.

Flood and Inundation Mapping and Forecasting, Water Modeling, and Precipitation Studies provides $492 million through various funding mechanisms to states, counties, cities, townships, special districts, tribes, educational institutions, and nonprofits.

This program will allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to transform water prediction by delivering operational, continental-scale coastal and inland flood models and mapping capabilities. Mapping capabilities include flood forecasts and projections that will provide actionable decision support services equitably delivered to communities across the nation.

Eligible uses include coastal, inland flood, and inundation mapping and forecasting and next-generation water modeling activities - including modernized precipitation frequency and probable maximum studies.

Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants provides $3.5 billion in grants to states, local governments, tribes, territories, and local communities to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures.

For Emergency Preparedness Grants, the IIJA provides approximately $234.1 million in states, counties, territories, tribes, cities, townships, non-profit businesses, emergency response organizations, and hazardous materials enforcement organizations.

The Hazardous Materials Grants Program is comprised of the following grants:

• Hazardous Materials Emergency Program
• Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training
• Hazardous Materials Instructor Training
• Supplemental Public Sector Training

Eligible uses include developing, improving, and carrying out emergency plans including ascertaining flow patterns of hazardous materials; deciding on the need for regional hazardous material emergency response teams; training public sector employees to respond to accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials; and training hazardous materials safety employees to become instructors to extend the reach of hazardous materials training.

For the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, the IIJA provides $550 million of block and competitive grants to states, local governments, and tribes.

This program provides funds to assist states, local governments, and tribes to reduce energy use, reduce fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency.

For Building Codes Implementation for Efficiency and Resilience, the IIJA provides $225 million in grants to states and state partnerships.

This is a competitive grant program that will enable sustained, cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes to save customer's money on their energy bill.

Eligible uses:

• To create or enable State or regional partnerships to provide training and materials
• To collect and disseminate quantitative data on construction and codes implementation, including
  code pathways, performance metrics, and technologies used
• To develop and implement a plan for highly effective codes implementation, including measuring
  compliance
• To address various implementation needs in rural, suburban, and urban areas
• To implement updates in energy codes

For Habitat Restoration, the IIJA provides $491 million in grants to state and territorial governments agencies, local governments, municipal governments, tribes, or other organizations.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Habitat Conservation will implement the habitat restoration funds through a competitive grants process with the 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.

For Coastal Zone Management, the IIJA provides $207 million in grants to states (including the District of Columbia), territories, institutions of higher education, and hospitals.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's Office for Coastal Management will implement these funds through Coastal Zone Management competitive and noncompetitive grants with the purpose of restoring and protecting coastal ecosystems through direct investment by coastal states and territories in ecologically significant habitats.

To develop Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, the IIJA provides $8 billion in grants to state and local governments as well as a variety of other organizations and institutions that may utilize or develop clean hydrogen hubs.

This program provides funding to support the development of at least 4 regional clean hydrogen hubs to improve clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, storage, and end use. Clean hydrogen hubs are networks of clean hydrogen producers, potential clean hydrogen consumers, and connective infrastructure located in close proximity.

For Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Grants the IIJA provides $3 billion in grants to state and local governments, institutions of higher education, national laboratories, non-profit and for-profit private entities, or a combination of these entities.

This program will provide grants to ensure that the United States has a viable domestic manufacturing and recycling capability to support a North American battery supply chain. Eligible uses include demonstration projects, construction of commercial-scale facilities, retrofitting and retooling of existing facilities for battery component manufacturing, advanced battery manufacturing, and recycling.

Rehabilitation of High Hazard Dams Program provides $585 million in grants to states. The Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Program makes available federal funds to eligible states for pass through to non-federal governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations for the rehabilitation of dams.

Eligible activities include repair, removal, or any other structural or nonstructural measures to rehabilitate an eligible high hazard potential dam.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams grant program provides technical, planning, design, and construction assistance for eligible rehabilitation activities that reduce dam risk and increase community preparedness.

The Energy Storage Demonstration Pilot Grant Program provides $355 million in grants or cooperative agreements to state and local governments, tribal organizations, community based organizations, and higher ed institutions.

This project provides funds to carry out energy storage system demonstration projects.

The Carbon Utilization Program provides approximately $310 million in grants to states, local governments, and utilities. This program provides funds to procure and use products derived from captured carbon oxides. An eligible entity shall use a grant received under this paragraph to procure and use commercial or industrial products that:

• use or are derived from anthropogenic carbon oxides
• demonstrate significant net reductions in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to incumbent technologies, processes, and products.

The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program provides $1 billion in grants to states, local governments, tribes, and territories for hazard mitigation activities.

Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide financial assistance to eligible Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities applicants for the following activities:

• Capability and Capacity-Building
• Mitigation Projects
• Management Costs

The Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program For at-Risk Communities provides $1 billion in grants to communities at risk from wildfire. Eligible applicants include state forestry agencies, local governments, tribal communities, private forest owners, and other nonprofit organizations.

This program will provide grants to communities at risk from wildfire to develop or revise their community wildfire protection plans and carry out projects described within those plans. It will include a mix of formula and competitive grants.

The Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Funds/Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation provides $500 million in grants to a state or Indian tribal government that has received a major disaster declaration during the 5-year period ending on the date of enactment of the STORM Act.

This program provides capitalization grants for the establishment revolving loan funds to provide hazard mitigation assistance to local governments.

The National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund provides $492 million in grants to state and territorial government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, tribal government and organizations, educational institutions, and other organizations.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund will significantly increase annual investments to the National Coastal Resilience Fund, which restores, increases, and strengthens natural infrastructure to protect coastal communities while also enhancing habitat for fish and wildlife. This program will be administered and competed by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

The Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund provides approximately $11.29 billion in grants to states and tribes.

This program provides funding to administer a program to provide grants to eligible states and tribes to clean up abandoned coal mines and related programs.

Eligible uses include: cleaning up abandoned coal mine sites and related problems, as specified in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, that pose a threat to public health and safety, and restoring land and water resources degraded by the effects of past coal mining, and addressing emergency projects.