Congress quietly redirects EV charging funds to highway repair
H.R. 3972 — Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025 · Filed by Dusty Johnson (R-SD) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 12, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill redirects unspent federal electric vehicle charging infrastructure funds—originally allocated under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—toward traditional highway repair, bridge maintenance, and wildlife crossing projects instead. States would receive these redirected funds based on their existing highway apportionment formulas, effectively converting EV infrastructure money into general transportation funding.
Why we flagged it
The bill's stated purpose is 'flexibility,' but its actual mechanism is to strip dedicated EV charging funds and convert them into general highway money—a functional defunding of the EV infrastructure program created by the 2021 bipartisan law.
What the text implies
- Unobligated EV charging funds (likely billions) are permanently redirected away from their original purpose, effectively repealing part of the 2021 Infrastructure law without explicit repeal language.
- States gain discretion to use EV funds for traditional highway projects, creating a perverse incentive to deprioritize charging infrastructure in favor of road widening and maintenance—reversing federal EV policy.
The full analysis lists 5 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
highway construction contractors; asphalt and concrete suppliers; bridge repair firms