Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
LoanFunding Mechanism
Roads, Bridges and Major ProjectsCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$1,250,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program provides Federal credit assistance to eligible surface transportation projects.
Eligible Uses Surface transportation projects, including highway, transit, intercity passenger rail, some types of freight rail, intermodal freight transfer facilities, and some modifications inside a port terminal, and electrification of buses, ferries, trains, and associated infrastructure. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law specifically provides new eligibility under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program for airport projects and expanded authority for transit-oriented development.
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Tribal High Priority Projects Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Roads, Bridges and Major ProjectsCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$45,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description The Tribal High Priority Projects Program provides funding to Tribes or a governmental subdivision of an Tribe whose annual allocation of funding received under the Tribal Transportation Program is insufficient to complete the highest priority project of the Tribe, or to any Tribe that has an emergency or disaster occur on a Tribal transportation facility that renders the facility impassible or unusable.
Eligible Uses Highest priority projects, emergency or disaster related projects
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Tribal Transportation Facility Bridge (Set-aside)

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive grantFunding Mechanism
Roads, Bridges and Major ProjectsCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$200,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description The Bridge Investment Program will support projects to improve bridge (and culvert) condition, safety, efficiency, and reliability.
Eligible Uses 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.
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Tribal Transportation Facility Bridges (Bridge Formula Funding Set-Aside)

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Distributed through the Tribal Transportation ProgramFunding Mechanism
Roads, Bridges and Major ProjectsCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$825,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description The Bridge Formula Program sets aside 3 percent of the funds appropriated for the program for Tribal transportation facility bridges, which shall be administered as if made available under the Tribal Transportation Program
Eligible Uses Funds can be used to plan, design, engineer, or construct bridges; to replace and rehabilitate bridges; and to improve bridges in poor condition.
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Commercial Driver's License Implementation Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grant and Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$297,500,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of award + four years
Program Description The Commercial Driver's License Implementation Program discretionary grant seeks to improve highway safety by supporting Commercial Driver's License Programs on a State and national level. The funding assists grant partners in achieving compliance with the Commercial Driver's License regulations in 49 CFR Parts 383 and 384 by providing funding directly to States and other entities capable of executing national projects to aid States in their compliance efforts.
Eligible Uses To assist the State in complying with the requirements of section 31311; to improve the State's implementation of its commercial driver's license program; research, development and testing, demonstration projects, public education, and other special activities and projects relating to commercial drivers licensing and motor vehicle safety
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Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Training & Support Grant Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grant and Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$25,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of award + four years
Program Description The purpose of this new discretionary grant is to train non-Federal government employees who conduct Commercial Motor Vehicle enforcement activities and to develop related training materials.
Eligible Uses The purpose is to train non-Federal government employees who conduct Commercial Motor Vehicle enforcement activities and to develop related training materials.
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Crash Data

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive Grants and ContractsFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$750,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description Funding will be used pursuant to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law §24108 to improve crash data collections and analysis, specifically: to revise non-motorist data collection to distinguish individual personal conveyances like electric scooters and bicycles, update the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC), collect additional data elements related to vulnerable road users, coordinate with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on national database of pedestrian injuries & fatalities, increase participation in the Electronic Data Transfer (EDT) protocol via new State grant program and internal investment, and expand the Crash Investigation Sampling System by adding sites, broadening scope, and adopting on-scene investigation protocols
Eligible Uses For EDT grants: equipment to upgrade a Statewide crash data repository, adoption of electronic crash reporting by law enforcement agencies, and increasing alignment of State crash data with the latest Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria.
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High Priority Activities Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grant and Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$432,500,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of award + two years or year of award + four years, depending on the priority
Program Description The High Priority Activities grant program is a discretionary (competitive) grant program designed to provide Federal financial assistance to enhance States' commercial vehicle safety plan activities, including commercial vehicle inspections, traffic enforcement, and outreach while supporting innovative technology development and/or new project(s) not included in the commercial vehicle safety plan that will have a positive impact on commercial vehicle safety. Other applicants, such as academia and safety associations are also eligible for these grants that improve safety. Overall this grant supports safety programs and innovative technology deployment with a goal of increasing efficiency improvements in exchanging commercial vehicle safety data.
Eligible Uses The grant program provides financial assistance to carry out activities and projects that augment motor carrier safety which include: supporting participation in performance and registration information systems management; conducting safety data improvement projects; increasing public awareness and education on commercial vehicle safety; targeting unsafe driving in areas identified as high risk crash corridors; improving the safe and secure movement of hazardous materials; improving safe transportation of goods and persons in foreign commerce; demonstrating new technologies to improve commercial vehicle safety; and otherwise improving safety and compliance with commercial vehicle safety regulations; and to support and maintain commercial safety information systems and networks.
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High-Visibility Enforcement

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
ContractFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$201,600,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description Under 23 U.S.C. 404, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration carries out national traffic safety campaigns to reduce alcohol-impaired or drug-impaired driving and to increase the use of seatbelts.
Eligible Uses N/A
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Highway Safety Programs

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Formula GrantFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$1,992,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description Section 402 funds are authorized by Congress and are available to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Territories and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the State and Territorial Highway Safety Offices based on an approved highway safety plan that details problem identification, performance measures, countermeasures and projects using identified countermeasures to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
Eligible Uses To be specified in the implementing regulation.
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Highway Safety Research & Development

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grants, Cooperative Agreements, ContractsFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$970,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description The Highway Safety Research and Development program is authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403. Research and development activities with respect to (1) highway and traffic safety systems and conditions, (2) human behavioral factors and their effect on highway and traffic safety, (3) evaluation of the effectiveness of countermeasures to increase highway and traffic safety, (4) development of technologies to detect drug impaired drivers, (5) driver education programs, State laws on highway and traffic safety; Cooperative research and evaluation to research and evaluate priority highway safety countermeasures; Collaborative research on in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving; Education campaign to reduce incidence of vehicular heatstroke of children; Grant program to develop and implement State processes for informing consumers of recalls; and Evaluation of innovative highway safety countermeasures.
Eligible Uses TBD via Notice of Funding Opportunity
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Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Administrative ExpensesFunding Mechanism
SafetyCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$1,925,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Mixture of Available until expended, but annually appropriated, and 4-year funding
Program Description The Operations and Programs account provides the necessary resources to support program and administrative activities to include salaries and benefits for motor carrier safety personnel.
Eligible Uses Funding supports motor carrier safety and consumer enforcement, along with Federal safety enforcement at U.S. borders to ensure foreign-domiciled trucks entering the U.S. are in compliance with safety regulations. Resources are also provided to fund regulatory development and implementation, investment in research and technology with a focus on research regarding highly automated vehicles and related technology, and information technology and information management.
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