Federal-aid highway obligations capped at $62,657,105,821
What the document says“Funds available for the implementation or execution of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not exceed total obligations of $62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 2026”
Division D caps obligations for authorized federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs at $62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 2026. The cap applies only to contract authority from the Highway Trust Fund other than the Mass Transit Account. A separate line provides $63,396,105,821 from that fund to pay the obligations incurred.
What the document actually says“Funds available for the implementation or execution of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not exceed total obligations of $62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 2026”
Money for road and road safety building may not go past one figure this year. The figure is about 62.7 billion dollars.
A cap on obligations limits what can be promised, not what is paid out. The money comes from a fund fed by fuel taxes.
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