Federal money set aside for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations would be redirected to general highway work under this bill. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocated billions through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program for states to build out public charging networks; any funds from that program left unspent would instead go toward road construction, bridge repairs, wildlife crossings, and commercial truck parking lots. Future EV charging grant funds would be treated the same way — distributed to states and spent on traditional highway uses rather than charging stations. States that had been counting on NEVI money to expand their charging networks would lose access to those funds going forward.
Environmental Concerns
- Federal EV charging infrastructure funding — NEVI formula program funds redirected from EV charging networks to general highway projects
- EV and alternative fueling station grants — Future charging-infrastructure grant funds redirected to conventional highway uses
Congressional Summary
Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025This bill effectively eliminates the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program.Specifically, this bill requires states to use unobligated funds under these Department of Transportation (DOT) programs only for certain non-electric vehicle related projects.As background, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy, which directed federal agencies to immediately pause the disbursement of funds for electric vehicle charging stations made available through the NEVI and CFI programs.Under this bill, states may use any of the unobligated funds from these programs for projects that includethe construction or rehabilitation of a federal highway,the replacement or rehabilitation of bridges,improvements that reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions (e.g., wildlife crossing structures), orparking for commercial motor vehicles.DOT must apportion any of its unobligated or future fiscal year funds from these programs to the states based on the current methodology for apportioning federal highway funds.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-06-12
- Date Added
- 2026-06-19
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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