This bill would block all federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority — the agency that runs Metrorail and Metrobus serving the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region — until the interstate compact is amended to rename WMATA the "Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access" (WMAGA) and rename Metrorail the "Trump Train." Federal contributions to WMATA run in the hundreds of millions of dollars per year and support capital projects, safety upgrades, and operations used by hundreds of thousands of daily riders, including federal workers commuting to government offices. The renaming requires agreement from Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. under the existing compact, so the funding cutoff would persist until all three jurisdictions signed off.
Average Household Impact
- Federal WMATA funding — Cut off until interstate compact is amended to rename the system
Congressional Summary
Make Autorail Great Again ActThis bill prohibits the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) from receiving any federal funding until the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact is amended to rename (1) WMATA as the Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access or the WMAGA, and (2) the Metrorail as the Trump Train.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-05-29
- Date Added
- 2026-04-27
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