Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rural Upgrades for Road Access and Local Growth Act of 2025”.
Rural Upgrades for Road Access and Local Growth Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend section 173 of title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to set aside certain amounts provided under the rural surface transportation grant program for regional hubs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Rural surface transportation grant program
Section 173 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (k)—
by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
“(4) Regional hubs—The Secretary shall reserve 30 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects located in communities with populations of between 10,000 and 75,000, whether or not 1 or more of such communities are considered part of an urbanized area as designated by the United States Census Bureau.”
in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking “or (3)” and inserting “(3), or (4)”; and
in subsection (l)—
in paragraph (1) by striking “60 days” and inserting “3 days”;
in paragraph (2) by striking “60-day period” and inserting “3-day period”; and
in paragraph (3) by striking “60-day period” and inserting “3-day period”.