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Railway-Highway Crossings Program (RHCP)

  FAST Act (extension) Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
Fiscal year (FY) 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Contract authority $245 M $245 M $245 M $245 M $245 M $245 M

Note: Except as indicated, all references in this document are to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117-58 (Nov. 15, 2021).

Program Purpose

The BIL continues the Railway-Highway Crossings Program (RHCP), which provides funds for safety improvements to reduce the number of fatalities, injuries, and crashes at public railway-highway grade crossings.

Statutory Citations

Funding Features

Except as specified above and below, the BIL continues all funding features that applied to the RHCP under the FAST Act.

Type of Budget Authority

Apportionment of Funds

Transferability to and from Other Federal-aid Apportioned Programs

Federal Share

Program Features

Except as specified above and below, the BIL generally continues all requirements that applied to the RHCP under the FAST Act.

Incentive Payments

Limitation on funds for data analysis

Annual Report

Additional Information and Assistance

Page last modified on April 29, 2022
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