Congress funds wildlife crossings, gives tribes full federal support
H.R. 6078 — Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 · Filed by Donald Beyer (D-VA) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill reauthorizes and expands the federal Wildlife Road Crossings Program, allocating $200 million annually through 2031 to fund infrastructure projects that help animals safely cross highways. It increases federal funding for tribal nations to 100% (removing local cost-share requirements), provides technical assistance to help tribes access grants more easily, and allows the Secretary of Transportation to retain up to 0.5% of funds for program administration.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is straightforward: it extends and funds a federal program for wildlife crossing infrastructure. The mechanism is transparent and directly tied to the stated purpose.
What the text implies
- 100% federal cost-share for tribal projects may create political pressure to expand similar provisions to other underserved communities, potentially increasing future appropriations demands.
- Unobligated funds automatically roll forward, which can mask underspending or implementation delays in the program's early years.
- The 0.5% technical-assistance carve-out for tribal entities establishes a precedent for dedicated capacity-building funding that could be replicated in other federal grant programs.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens benefit from reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions (which cause human deaths, injuries, and property damage), improved ecosystem connectivity, and enhanced road safety. The bill's full federal funding for tribal projects addresses historical inequities in infrastructure access and strengthens tribal sovereignty.
Who stands to gain
- construction and engineering firms (wildlife crossing design/build)
- environmental consulting firms
- tribal governments and tribal enterprises
Named in the bill
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 11101 (IIJA), Section 171, Title 23 USC, Section 172, Title 23 USC, Section 144, Title 23 USC, U.S. Department of Transportation, Indian tribes, State governments, Regional entities
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 5 Republicans.
- Nov 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Nov 18, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
7 lobbying clients named this bill on 8 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,480,154 in lobbying spend. A filing names 30 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 86% of bills with at least one filing.
Donald Beyer, the sponsor, reported $633,099 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company — $370,000 on 1 filing
- National Parks Conservation Association — $290,154 on 2 filings
- Humane World Action Fund — $280,000 on 1 filing
- Defenders of Wildlife — $270,000 on 1 filing
- World Wildlife Fund, Inc. — $220,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 23, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jun 8, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 23, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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