Transportation bill

In the United States, the federal transportation bill refers to any of a number of multi-year funding bills for surface transportation programs. These have included:

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 1987
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), 1991
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), 1998
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), 2005
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, 2012
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST), 2015

Previous multi-year highway spending bills were known as Federal-Aid Highway Acts.

Major highway federal statutes in the United States

Federal-Aid Highway Acts (1916–1987)
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (1987)
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (1991)
National Highway System Designation Act (1995)
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998)
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005)
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012)
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (2015)

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