WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2023 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation funds agencies and programs in the Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
For 2023, the bill provides funding of $90.9 billion, an increase of $9.9 billion – more than 12 percent – above 2022. This includes an increase of $8.9 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and $837 million for the Department of Transportation. In total, the bill provides $168.5 billion in total budgetary resources, an increase of $11.5 billion above 2022. The legislation:
“The current challenges and needs in our communities require us to think boldly about the future of infrastructure in our nation,” Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David E. Price (D-NC-04) said. “This year’s T-HUD bill builds upon the successes of President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, providing critical funding to augment this once-in-a-generation investment. It provides increased funding for rental assistance, expands housing vouchers, expands housing opportunities for the elderly and persons with disabilities, and includes new investments for manufactured housing. Additionally, this Fiscal Year 2023 T-HUD bill furthers our efforts to modernize and make more equitable our nation’s infrastructure by building upon the recent investments to remedy inequities in our transportation and housing systems, bolster our resiliency to a more extreme climate, and address our nation’s affordable housing and homelessness crises. I look forward to its advancement in the appropriations process.”
“With the historic investments included in the 2022 federal spending package and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we are improving our roads, bridges, and transit systems, but Americans across the country are still living with the consequences of our crumbling transportation infrastructure and aging housing stock. Our annual duty to the American people to ensure we pay our transportation workers, improve the safety of our roads, and improve housing remains,” Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) said. “These investments are essential pathways to the American Dream and will help grow opportunity for the middle class through homeownership and closing the gap on rent burdens while supporting the vulnerable by preserving affordable housing. This bill makes the critical investments families need to build better futures.”
A summary of the draft fiscal year 2023 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill is below. The text of the draft bill is here . The subcommittee markup will be webcast live and linked on the House Committee on Appropriations website .
Department of Transportation (DOT) —For fiscal year 2023, the bill provides a total of $105.4 billion in budgetary resources for DOT – an increase of $2.4 billion above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level and $942 million above the President’s 2023 budget request. The legislation:
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)— For fiscal year 2023, the bill provides a total of $62.7 billion for HUD – an increase of $9 billion above fiscal year 2022 and $1.1 billion above the President’s 2023 budget request. The legislation:
Related Agencies— The bill provides $431.8 million for the related agencies in the bill, including $185 million for NeighborWorks to support unique solutions to expand affordable housing options and strengthen economic development. To strengthen the Federal coordination of assistance to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, the bill includes $4.6 million for the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.