Transportation, Housing and Urban
February 28, 2022
Development, and Related Agencies
Maggie McCarty
(THUD) Appropriations for FY2022
Specialist in Housing Policy

The respective House and Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
David Randall Peterman
Agencies (THUD) Appropriations subcommittees are charged with providing annual
Analyst in Transportation
appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and
Policy
Urban Development (HUD), and certain related agencies. This report describes action on

FY2022 annual appropriations for THUD, including detailed tables for each major agency and a
brief overview of selected issues.

The annual appropriations process typically begins with the release of the President’s budget request to Congress in early
February. The timing of the THUD budget request for FY2022 was affected by a presidential transition, from the
Administration of President Donald J. Trump to the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden, occurring in late January
2021. As a result of this transition, the full FY2022 budget submission was delayed until May 28, 2021. (A summary of the
request for discretionary funding was submitted to Congress on April 9, 2021). The budget proposed increasing discretionary
funding for THUD agencies by 10% (+$7.5 billion) from FY2021 levels. The bulk of that increase in funding is directed to
HUD (+$7.1 billion), primarily for increased funding for HUD rental assistance programs (+$6.1 billion).
On July 20, 2021, the House Appropriations Committee reported its version of a THUD appropriations bill (H.R. 4550;
H.Rept. 117-99). It included a larger increase in funding for THUD agencies (+11.5%; +$8.7 billion over FY2021) than the
President’s budget. It proposed a larger increase for DOT (+7.3% over FY2021) than the President had requested (+1.6%).
The text of the House Appropriations Committee-reported THUD bill was included as Division G in a broader appropriations
measure, H.R. 4502, which combined the text of several appropriations bills, and was passed by the House on July 29.
While the Senate has not formally considered its own FY2022 THUD legislation, on October 18, 2021, Senator Leahy, Chair
of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released a majority draft of the THUD bill and accompanying draft report language.
According to the Chair, the purpose of this release was to further negotiations toward enacting final full-year appropriations.
Less than a week later, on October 21, 2021, THUD Subcommittee Chair Senator Schatz introduced S. 3045, the
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2022, which appears to be
identical to the draft text released by the full committee chair.
On November 15, 2021, Congress passed H.R. 3684 (P.L. 117-59), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA,
commonly referred to as the bipartisan infrastructure bill or bipartisan infrastructure act). Divisions A-C of this bill included
authorizations for surface transportation programs, and Division J included a supplemental FY2022 DOT appropriations bill
(as well as supplemental appropriations bills for many other federal agencies) providing appropriations for some DOT
programs.
Since final full-year FY2022 appropriations were not enacted before the start of the fiscal year on October 1, a series of
continuing resolutions have been enacted to maintain government operations. The most recent, H.R. 6617, extends funding
through March 11, 2022.
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he respective House and Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations subcommittees are charged with providing
T annual appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and certain related agencies. This report describes
action on FY2022 annual appropriations for THUD, including detailed tables for each major
agency and a brief overview of selected issues.
Current Status: Continuing Resolution
Because final FY2022 appropriations were not enacted before the start of the fiscal year on October 1,
government spending, including for those agencies typically funded under the THUD appropriations bil , has
continued under a series of continuing resolutions (CRs). The first CR was signed into law on September 30, 2021
(Division A of H.R. 5305; P.L. 117-43). It provided continuing appropriations for all 12 annual appropriations acts
(including THUD) through December 3, 2021. Division B of the act provided supplemental disaster funding,
including $2.7 bil ion for DOT and $5 bil ion for HUD Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery
grants.
A second CR was enacted on December 3, 2021, extending the provisions of the first CR through February 18,
2022 (Division A of H.R. 6119; P.L. 117-70). A third CR, which modifies and extends the previous CR through
March 11, 2022, was signed into law on February 18, 2022 (P.L. 117-86).
FY2022 Budget Process
Appropriations for DOT, HUD, and the related agencies typically funded in the THUD bill
happen in the context of the broader annual congressional appropriations process. That process
generally begins with the submission of the President’s budget request, followed by adoption of
congressional spending limits (generally, in a budget resolution) that set the overall level of
spending for that fiscal year’s appropriations bills.
The President’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year is due to be submitted to Congress by
the first Monday in February. However, the FY2022 budget submission occurred during a
presidential transition year—from the presidency of Donald J. Trump to Joseph R. Biden on
January 20, 2021. Recent Presidents have not submitted detailed budget proposals until April or
May of their first year in office, although each has advised Congress regarding the general
contours of their economic and budgetary policies in special messages submitted to Congress
prior to that submission.1 This delay allows time to prepare a proposal that reflects the priorities
of the new administration. On April 9, President Biden submitted to Congress an outline of his
discretionary funding priorities for FY2022.2 This preliminary document provided early
highlights for numerous policy areas. The full budget request was submitted on May 28, almost
four months after its due date.3 As a result, the start of annual appropriations decision-making for
FY2022 also was delayed to allow time for Congress to consider this request.
The framework for budget enforcement under the congressional budget process for the past
decade has had both statutory and procedural elements. The statutory elements have included
limits on discretionary spending established by the Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended
(BCA; P.L. 112-25). However, those discretionary spending limits extended only through
FY2021, meaning no statutory limits on discretionary spending are currently in place for FY2022.

1 CRS Insight IN11655, Budget Submission After a Presidential Transition: Contextualizing the Biden Administration’s
FY2022 Request.
2 Office of Management and Budget (OMB), The President’s FY2022 Discretionary Request, April 9, 2021, at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fy-2022-discretionary-request/.
3 See https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/.
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The procedural elements of budget enforcement are primarily associated with the budget
resolution. They limit both total discretionary spending available to the Appropriations
committees (commonly referred to as “302(a) allocations”) and spending under the jurisdiction of
each appropriations subcommittee (“302(b) suballocations”).
An FY2022 budget resolution has been agreed to by the House and the Senate. S.Con.Res. 14 was
adopted by the Senate on August 11, 2021, and by the House (without amendment) on August 24.
To provide for 302(a) allocations associated with S.Con.Res. 14, Section 4006 of the budget
resolution provided the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee the authority to enter into the
Congressional Record allocations consistent with the levels in the budget resolution. Those levels
were filed in the Senate on September 23, 2021.4 Section 4006 provided similar authority to the
Chair of the House Budget Committee, and those allocations were filed on October 27, 2021.5 In
addition, S.Con.Res. 14 allowed adjustments to those allocations for emergency requirements,
and other purposes.
Earlier in 2021, the House provided for budget enforcement in the absence of a budget resolution
prior to initial floor consideration of the FY2022 appropriations measures by adopting a deeming
resolution, H.Res. 467, on June 14, 2021.6 This resolution provided for 302(a) allocations to the
House Appropriations Committee at a specified level, provided limits on advance appropriations,7
and allowed adjustments to those allocations for emergency requirements and other purposes.
Pursuant to this resolution, the Chair of the House Budget Committee, Representative Yarmuth,
published in the Congressional Record the House Appropriations Committee allocations on June
24.8 The House Appropriations Committee reported initial 302(b) suballocations for all 12
subcommittees on July 1 (H.Rept. 117-78).9 Table 1 shows the suballocation to the THUD
Subcommittee, compared to the comparable FY2021 enacted and President’s budget figures.
Table 1. FY2022 THUD 302(b) Suballocations in Context
(dollars in billions)
FY2021
President’s FY2022
House
Senate
FY2022

Enacted
Request
FY2022 302(b)
FY2022 302(b)
Enacted
THUD
74.658a
82.913
84.062

Totals
Source: FY2021 enacted from CBO Status of Discretionary Appropriations, FY2021, February 1, 2021
(https://www.cbo.gov/system/files?file=2021-02/FY2021-House-2021-02-01.pdf); President’s FY2022 request
taken from Comparative Statement of Budget Authority, p. 306 of H.Rept. 117-99; House FY2022 302(b) from
H.Rept. 117-91.

4 “Publication of Budgetary Material,” Congressional Record, daily edition, Vol. 167, No. 165 (September 23, 2021),
pp. S6667-S6668.
5 Publication of Budgetary Material,” Congressional Record, daily edition, Vol. 167, No. 189 (October 27, 2021), pp.
H5956-H5957.
6 For a discussion of budget enforcement through methods such as H.Res. 467, see CRS Report R44296, Deeming
Resolutions: Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution.
7 Advance appropriations become available for obligation one or more fiscal years after the budget year covered by the
appropriations act. The FY2022 LHHS appropriations bill generally would contain advance appropriations for FY2023
and FY2024 for certain programs and activities. For further information, see CRS Report R43482, Advance
Appropriations, Forward Funding, and Advance Funding: Concepts, Practice, and Budget Process Considerations.
8 “Publication of Budgetary Material,” Congressional Record, daily edition, Vol. 167, No. 110 (June 24, 2021), p.
H3130.
9 Suballocations are commonly adjusted through the appropriations cycle to account for changing priorities. For
FY2022, the House Appropriations Committee reported revised suballocations on July 16 (H.Rept. 117-91).
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a. An additional $718 mil ion provided for THUD by P.L. 116-260 was deemed an emergency requirement,
and is thus excluded for purposes of calculating the total subject to discretionary spending limits under the
BCA, as amended, and is not shown in this table.
FY2022 THUD Appropriations Process
Two factors make the FY2022 THUD appropriations process different than in most years. One is
the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The FY2021 Consolidated
Appropriations Act provided supplemental coronavirus relief funding, including $27 billion for
DOT in FY2021. Additionally, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA; P.L. 117-2)
appropriated $54 billion in mandatory COVID-19 relief and response via programs and activities
typically funded in the THUD appropriations bill. These funds affected total spending on
activities normally funded by the THUD appropriations bill, but were provided outside of the
annual appropriations process, and thus are outside the scope of this report. (For more
information on ARPA funding, see Appendix A-1 of CRS Report R46465, Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations for FY2021.)
Second, the Biden Administration announced a proposed infrastructure investment package—
referred to as the American Jobs Plan—that would provide significant additional funding for
housing and transportation programs and activities. Portions of that package, the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58), was enacted on November 15, 2021; Division J of
the act provided supplemental emergency appropriations for FY2022 for a number of agencies,
including (in Title VIII) $36.8 billion for DOT. Other provisions from the American Jobs Plan
were included in the Build Back Better Act, which proposes nearly $150 billion in additional
mandatory funding for various HUD-administered housing programs and activities. The Build
Back Better Act passed the House (H.R. 5376), but has not been considered by the Senate.
These additional mandatory funds are outside of the regular annual appropriations process, and
are thus not discussed in this report. (For more information about the American Jobs Plan, see
https://www.whitehouse.gov/american-jobs-plan/.)
President’s Budget
The President’s FY2022 budget proposed an increase of 10% (+$7.5 billion) in discretionary
funding for THUD agencies relative to FY2021, with HUD proposed to receive the vast majority
of that increased funding (+$7.1 billion). (For more information about the President’s budget
request for HUD, see CRS Report R46849, Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD): FY2022 Budget Request Fact Sheet.)
House Action
The House Committee on Appropriations ordered reported its FY2022 THUD appropriations bill
on July 16, following subcommittee markup on July 12. The bill was reported as H.R. 4550,
accompanied by H.Rept. 117-99, on July 20. It included a larger increase in funding for THUD
agencies than requested by the President (+$8.6 billion, +11.5% relative to FY2021).
The text of H.R. 4550, as reported, was included in an amended version of H.R. 4502 that
combined several other appropriations acts for House floor consideration (THUD is Division
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G).10 A number of THUD-related amendments were approved before the bill was passed by the
House on July 29.
Senate Action

The FY2022 THUD bill has not received subcommittee, full committee, or initial floor action in
the Senate. Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released a majority
draft of each of the outstanding appropriations bills, including the THUD bill, and accompanying
draft report language on October 18, 2021. According to the Chair, the purpose of this release was
to further negotiations toward final enactment of FY2022 full-year appropriations.11 On October
21, Senator Schatz, Chair of the Senate Appropriations THUD Subcommittee, introduced an
FY2022 THUD bill (S. 3045).This bill, which appears identical to the Chair’s draft, was referred
to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Because these draft figures released by the Chair may
be used for purposes of negotiations on FY2022 full-year appropriations, they are provided in this
report, although they are labeled “draft.”
Return of Earmarks
In the 112th Congress (2011-2012), the House and Senate began observing what has been referred to as an
“earmark moratorium" or "earmark ban,” which was articulated in party rules and committee protocols. This ban
limited the ability of directing spending, tax, or tariff benefits to specific entities outside of statutory or
administrative formulas or competitive award processes. Prior to the instatement of the earmark ban, accounts in
both DOT’s and HUD’s budget were frequent sources of congressionally directed spending, or earmarks. The
earmark ban was effectively lifted in the 117th Congress, although earmark disclosure requirements adopted by
both the House and the Senate during the 110th Congress remain in effect.
For a list of disclosed earmarks contained in the FY2022 House Appropriations Committee-reported THUD bil —
referred to as congressionally-requested projects—see “Incorporation of Community Project Funding” table,
beginning on p. 167 of H.Rept. 117-99. A similar list is also available in the Senate Appropriations Committee
Chair’s draft report on p. 196 (available at https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/
THUDREPT_FINAL4.pdf).
For more information about earmark disclosure rules, see CRS Report RS22866, Earmark Disclosure Rules in the
House: Member and Committee Requirements.

Table 2 tracks FY2022 THUD funding at the bill title level.

10 House Committee On Rules, “Amendment Process Announcement for LHHS, Agriculture, Energy and Water,
FSGG, Interior, Environment, MilCon/VA, and THUD Appropriations Act, 2022,” press release, July 17, 2021, at
https://rules.house.gov/news/announcement/amendment-process-announcement-lhhs-agriculture-energy-and-water-
fsgg-interior.
11 The text of the Senate majority draft THUD bill and accompanying committee report is linked to the press release,
“Chairman Leahy Releases Remaining Nine Senate Appropriations Bills,” October 18, 2021, at
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/chairman-leahy-releases-remaining-nine-senate-appropriations-
bills. See also “Shelby: Democrats’ Partisan Bills Threaten FY22 Appropriations Process,” October 18, 2021,
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/shelby-democrats-partisan-bills-threaten-fy22-appropriations-process.
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Table 2. THUD Appropriations by Bill Title, FY2021-FY2022
(dollars in millions)
FY2022
Senate
Cmte.
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022

FY2021 Enacted
Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Title I: DOT
86,709
87,047
105,740
90,453

Discretionary
25,317
25,728
27,175
29,127

Mandatory
61,392
61,320
78,565
61,326

Title II: HUD
49,648b
56,785
56,471
53,419

Title III: Other Independent
Agencies
388
400
416
400

Title IV: General Provisions
23c
—
-5d
—e

Total Discretionary
75,376
82,913
84,062
82,946

Total Discretionary (excluding
emergency designated
74,658f
82,913
84,062
82,946

funding)
Total Mandatory
61,392
61,320
78,565
61,326

Total
136,768
144,232
162,627
144,272

Emergency Appropriations
(discretionary)
27,718g
—
—
—
7,700h
Emergency Appropriations
43,170i
(mandatory)
—
—
—
36,836j
Source: FY2021 enacted, FY2022 President’s Request and FY2022 House figures are taken from Comparative
Statement of Budget Authority table, beginning on p. 288 of H.Rept. 117-99; Senate majority draft figures taken
from Comparative Statement of Budget Authority table, beginning on p. 225 of the Senate Appropriations
Committee Chair’s draft report, available at https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/
THUDREPT_FINAL4.pdf.
Notes: Totals may not add or exactly match source materials due to rounding. The totals include both
discretionary budget authority and contract authority (a type of mandatory budget authority provided to DOT
that is not included in the bil ’s discretionary budget authority figure).
b. Of this amount, $695 mil ion for the tenant-based rental assistance account was designated as being for an
emergency requirement by Section 420 of Division L.
c. This additional amount for Essential Air Services under DOT was provided in Section 421 of Division L,
instead of Title I, and was designated as being for an emergency requirement.
d. This rescission from “the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading ``Maritime
Administration—Maritime Security Program’’ in any prior Act ...” was added as part of H.Amdt. 79 to H.R.
4502.
e. While Title IV of the Senate Appropriations Committee Chair’s draft bil does not include any
appropriations of funding, Section 419 does contain a reauthorization of the HUD housing programs
authorized under the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) through FY2023.
The draft also contains a Title V, which is text of the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, to authorize the use
of Community Development Block Grants for disaster recovery.
f.
As noted in Table Notes a and b, $718 mil ion of the total provided for THUD was deemed an emergency
requirement and was thus excluded from the total for purposes of calculating the total subject to
discretionary spending limits under the BCA, as amended.
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g. Of this amount, $27 bil ion is for coronavirus-related supplemental emergency funding for DOT, as
provided in Division M of P.L. 116-260. The remaining $718 mil ion is designated “emergency” for budget
enforcement purposes, as described in Table Notes a-c, but is not related to COVID-19.
h. Reflects FY2022 disaster relief supplemental funds provided to DOT and HUD by Division B, Title VII of the
Extending Funding and Delivery Emergency Assistance Act, 2021 (P.L. 117-43).
i.
Provided in Title VII of ARPA (P.L. 117-2) to “prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.” This
legislation was enacted through the budget reconciliation process; as a result, funding provided in this act is
classified as mandatory spending, and does not appear in accounts showing discretionary appropriations.
j.
FY2022 supplemental funds provided to DOT by Division J, Title VIII of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58), which was passed via budget reconciliation, and thus the appropriations are
categorized as emergency mandatory funding.
Department of Transportation
The majority of DOT’s annual funding is established by two periodic authorization acts, one for
surface transportation programs and one for aviation programs. Most of the funding for the
programs in those acts is drawn from the DOT Highway Trust Fund and the Aviation and Airways
Trust Fund, respectively. Highway Trust Fund revenues come largely from fuel taxes and
increasingly from transfers from the general fund of the Treasury. Aviation and Airways Trust
Fund revenues come largely from taxes on passenger tickets and aviation fuel and some general
fund money.
The appearance of COVID-19 in the United States in the spring of 2020 disrupted the finances of
airlines and transit agencies. Airline and transit patronage dropped to a fraction of its usual level,
as did passenger fare revenues. This was due not only to the impact of the pandemic on the
economy, but also to public concern about the risk of transmission of the virus in the confined
spaces of airplanes and transit vehicles. As of summer 2021, airline travel has rebounded to a
considerable degree, but transit usage is still significantly below the pre-pandemic level.
Administration Budget Request
The Administration’s FY2022 budget requested nearly the same amount of funding (less than 1%
increase) for DOT as it received through the FY2021 appropriations process. Within that nearly
level funding, the notable variations in funding requested compared to FY2021 appropriations
include
 Federal Highway Administration: a 4% (+$2 billion) decrease in discretionary
funding;
 Federal Railroad Administration: a 72% (+$418 million) increase in funding for
rail grants programs, including a new Passenger Rail Improvement,
Modernization, and Expansion (PRIME) program;
 Amtrak: a 35% (+$700 million) increase in funding for grants to Amtrak; and
 Federal Transit Administration: a 23% (+$460 million) increase in funding for
capital investment grants (including New Starts and Small Starts projects).
H.R. 4550
The House Appropriations Committee recommended $105.7 billion for DOT, a 22% (+$19
billion) increase over the FY2021 enacted amount of $86.709 billion (which was virtually the
same as the FY2020 enacted amount). Every agency within the department would receive an
increase compared to FY2021. The largest percentage increases would be for the Federal Railroad
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Administration (+46%, or +$1.3 billion), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(+30%, or +$300 million), the Office of the Secretary (+28%, or +$404 million), and the Federal
Highway Administration (+27%, or +$13.4 billion). Details of the recommended funding can be
found in Table 3.
Table 3. Department of Transportation, FY2021-FY2022 Detailed Budget Table
(dollars in millions)
FY2022
Senate
Cmte
Department of Transportation
FY2021
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022
Selected Accounts
Enacted Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Office of the Secretary (OST)
National infrastructure investment
1,000
1,000
1,200
1,090

(BUILD/TIGER)
Thriving Communities
—
110
100
—

Cyber Security Initiatives
22
39
39
39

Payments to air carriers (Essential Air
142
248
248
318

Service)a
Transportation Demonstration Program
100
—
—
—

Electric Vehicle Fleet
—
11
11
11

Building Resilient Infrastructure Through
—
—
—
300

Innovative Solutions
Safe and Accessible Roadways for All
—
—
—
50

RRIF Cohort 3 Modifications Cost
—
—
—
10

All other accounts
183
190
206
245

Total, OST
1,443
1,634
1,847
2,063

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Operations
11,002
11,434
11,434
11,434

Facilities & equipment
3,015
3,410
3,416
3,200

Research, engineering, & development
198
259
261
259

Grants-in-aid for airports (Airport
3,350
3,350
3,350
3,350

Improvement Program) (limitation on
obligations)
Airport Discretionary Grants
400
—
400
603

Total, FAA
17,965
18,453
18,861
18,846

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal-Aid Highways (limitation on
47,104
47,104
61,882
47,104

obligations + exempt contract authority)
Federal-Aid Highways: discretionary funding
2,000
—
592
2,840

Total, FHWA
49,104
47,104
62,474
49,944

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FY2022
Senate
Cmte
Department of Transportation
FY2021
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022
Selected Accounts
Enacted Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Motor carrier safety operations and
328
288
380
288

programs
Motor carrier safety grants to states
390
388
506
394

Total, FMCSA
748
676
886
682

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Operations and research
349
401
426
376

Highway traffic safety grants to states
623
623
855
623

(limitation on obligations)
Impaired driving/highway-rail grade crossing
17
—
7
—

safety
Total, NHTSA
989
1,024
1,289
999

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Safety and Operations
235
248
248
243

Railroad Research and Development
41
59
54
41

Passenger Rail Improvement,
—
625
625
—

Modernization, and Expansion
Federal-state Partnership for State of
200
—
—
220

Good Repair
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and
375
375
500
523

Safety Improvements
Magnetic Levitation Program
2
—
5
—

Restoration and Enhancement grants
5
—
—
2

Amtrak

Northeast Corridor grants
700
1,300
1,200
969

National Network
1,300
1,400
1,500
1,731

Subtotal, Amtrak grants
2,000
2,700
2,700
2,700

Rescission
—
—
-15
-15

Total, FRA
2,821
4,007
4,116
3,714

Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Administrative Expenses
121
132
133
132

Formula Grants (M)
10,150
10,150
12,150
10,150

Transit Infrastructure Grants
516
550
580
757

Transit Research
—
30
—
18

Technical Assistance and Training
8
8
8
8

Capital Investment Grants (New Starts)
2,014
2,473
2,473
2,248

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FY2022
Senate
Cmte
Department of Transportation
FY2021
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022
Selected Accounts
Enacted Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Grants to Washington Metropolitan Area
150
150
150
150

Transit Authority
Rescission
-2
—
-7
-7

Total, FTA
12,957
13,492
15,487
13,456

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
38
38
40
38

Corporation
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Maritime Security Program
314
318
318
318

Cable Security Fleet
10
—
10
10

Tanker Security Fleet
—
60
60
60

Operations and Training
156
172
171
172

State Maritime Academy Operations
433
358
363
433

Assistance to Small Shipyards
20
20
20
20

Ship Disposal
4
10
8
10

Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program
3
3
3
3

Port Infrastructure Development Program
230
230
300
240

Total, MARAD
1,170
1,130
1,253
1,225

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
Subtotal
260
282
278
279

Emergency preparedness grants (M)
28
—
28
28

Offsetting user fees
-145
-155
-155
-155

Total, PHMSA
288
282
306
307

Office of Inspector General
98
103
103
103

DOT Totals
Appropriation (discretionary funding)
25,696
25,770
27,196
29,191

Limitations on obligations (M)
61,392
61,320
78,565
61,326

Subtotal—new funding
87,088
87,089
105,762
90,517

Rescissions
-379
-42
-22
-64

Net new discretionary funding
25,317
25,728
27,175
29,127

Net new budget authority
86,709
87,047
105,740
90,453

Supplemental emergency funding
27,000b
—
—
—
36,836c
Additional appropriations (mandatory)
43,170d
—
—
—

Net new budget authority
156,879
87,047
105,740
90,453

(incl. emergency)
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Sources: Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority, pp. 264-273 in H.Rept. 117-99 accompanying H.R.
4550; Division G of H.R. 4502, as passed by the House; and Senate majority draft bil and report as posted at
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/chairman-leahy-releases-remaining-nine-senate-
appropriations-bil s.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. In addition to its appropriation, the Essential Air Service program receives funding from overflight fees. For
FY2021, those fees were expected to provide an additional $153 mil ion to the program, and the CARES
Act (Division M of P.L. 116-260 ) provided an additional $23 mil ion, for a total of $338 mil ion. Due to the
pandemic’s effects on aviation the FY2022 estimate for overflight fees is down to $116 mil ion; the
proposed increased appropriation would provide a total of $364 mil ion for the program.
b. Provided in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division M of P.L.
116-260).
c. FY2022 supplemental funds provided to DOT by Division J, Title VIII of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58), which was passed via budget reconciliation and thus the appropriations are
categorized as emergency mandatory funding.
d. Provided in Title VII of ARPA (P.L. 117-2) to “prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.” This
legislation was enacted through the budget reconciliation process; as a result, funding provided in this act is
classified as mandatory spending, and does not appear in accounts showing discretionary appropriations.
Selected DOT Issues
Authorization of Surface Transportation Programs
Funding authorizations for the federal highway, transit, and passenger rail programs12 were
scheduled to expire at the end of FY2020, and were extended at the FY2020 levels through
FY2021, then through FY2022. The Administration requested funding for FY2022 based on those
levels. The House Committee on Appropriations recommended increased funding based on levels
proposed in pending surface transportation reauthorization legislation, the INVEST in America
Act (H.R. 3684, passed by the House on July 1, 2021). The House had recommended similar
levels of funding for surface transportation programs in FY2021 based on reauthorization
legislation introduced in the 116th Congress; that reauthorization legislation was not enacted, and
the final FY2021 funding levels for surface transportation programs were in line with those in
FY2020.
The Senate passed its version of H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),
commonly referred to as the “bipartisan infrastructure bill” and, after enactment, the “bipartisan
infrastructure law” (or BIL) on August 10, 2021, as Senate Amendment 2137. Divisions A-C of
the bill contain the text of surface transportation reauthorization legislation that differs from that
passed by the House. Title VIII of Division J of the bill provides supplemental appropriations for
many DOT programs. In the House, passage of the Senate version of the bill was for a time made
contingent on Senate passage of a budget reconciliation bill still in process that would provide
significant funding for social programs, but on November 5, 2021, the House passed the Senate
version of H.R. 3684, and it was signed into law on November 15, 2021 (P.L. 117-58).
Infrastructure Funding
The House-passed bill would provide an increase of roughly $19 billion for transportation
infrastructure. About two-thirds of that would go to the Federal Highway Administration, with
most of the rest going to the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration.
The draft Senate committee bill would provide an increase of roughly $3 billion.

12 The authorizations were included in the Fixing American’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, P.L. 114-94.
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Multi-Modal Grants
Most DOT funding is provided by mode. The vast majority goes to programs focused on
highways, with lesser amounts dedicated to the aviation, transit, rail, and maritime sectors. One of
the few programs for which project eligibility is not limited to a single mode is the national
infrastructure investment program popularly known as the RAISE discretionary grant program
(previously called TIGER and then BUILD). The House committee bill would increase funding
for the program by 20%, from $1.0 billion in FY2021 to $1.2 billion in FY2022, including $40
million for planning grants. This program is popular in part because it is one of the few
transportation grant programs that offer communities an opportunity to obtain federal funding
directly for local projects without state government involvement, and in part because virtually any
transportation project eligible for federal funding is eligible for a grant under this program. The
House Appropriations Committee commended DOT for revising the selection criteria for the
FY2021 round of grants to include climate change, environmental justice, and racial equity
considerations, and included in its recommendations a direction to prioritize projects that improve
race and social equity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the distribution of funds in
FY2022. The Senate draft committee bill would increase funding for the RAISE discretionary
grant program by 9%, from $1.00 billion in FY2021 to $1.09 billion in FY2022. Separately, the
IIJA provided supplemental funding of $1.5 billion for RAISE grants in FY2022, and DOT issued
a grant solicitation for that funding on January 28, 2022.13
Highway Safety
The House-passed bill recommended an increase of 37% ($232 million) in highway safety grants
to states, divided between formula safety grants and national priority safety incentive grant
programs. This increased funding would be drawn from the Highway Trust Fund, and is thus
dependent on enactment of surface transportation reauthorization legislation as noted above. The
Senate draft committee bill recommended no increase.
Passenger Rail
The House-passed bill recommended an increase of 46% ($1.3 billion) in funding for passenger
rail. This would provide $2.7 billion for Amtrak and $1.1 billion for grants to states and other
entities for improvements in passenger rail service. This funding is not drawn from the Highway
Trust Fund. The Senate draft committee bill recommended an increase of 32%, mostly for
additional Amtrak funding.
Commercial Truck Safety
The congressional mandate14 for heavy trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices
(ELDs) to track the time worked by drivers went into effect at the end of 2017.15 The purpose was
to improve safety by reducing the incidence of commercial drivers driving while fatigued; this
would be achieved by improving compliance with (and enforcement of) the federal hours-of-
service limits that limit the amount of time a driver can drive each day and each week. ELDs

13 United States Department of Transportation, “U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Availability of $1.5
Billion in RAISE Grants Made Possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” January 28, 2022,
https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants.
14 Section 32301(b) of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), P.L. 112-141.
15 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, “Final Rule: Electronic Logging Devices,” 80 Federal Register 78292,
December 16, 2015, at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-12-16/pdf/2015-31336.pdf.
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make it harder for drivers to exceed the limits without detection. Objections from certain sectors
of the trucking industry have led Congress to repeatedly bar enforcement of the ELD mandate
with respect to livestock haulers in the annual THUD appropriations act. This action has been
opposed by safety advocates. The FY2021 House version of the THUD bill did not include this
waiver, though the enacted FY2021 THUD act did; the waiver was added to the FY2022 THUD
bill by amendment in the House Appropriations Committee markup of the bill, and is included in
the draft Senate committee bill.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Overview
HUD is the nation’s housing agency. The programs and activities it administers are designed
primarily to address housing problems faced by households with very low incomes or other
special housing needs and to expand access to homeownership.16 The largest share of HUD’s
budget is devoted to its rental assistance programs: Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-
based rental assistance via Section 8, Section 202 and Section 811, and public housing. These
programs, which serve nearly 4.6 million households, provide subsidies to allow low-income
recipients to pay below-market, income-based rent.
Two flexible block grant programs—the HOME Investment Partnerships grant program and the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program—help states and local governments
finance a variety of housing and community development activities designed to serve low-income
families. Native American tribes receive their own direct housing grants through the Native
American Housing Block Grant program.
Other more specialized grant programs help communities meet the needs of homeless persons
(through the Homeless Assistance Grants, namely the Continuum of Care and Emergency
Solutions Grants programs), including those living with HIV/AIDS (through the Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program). Additional programs fund fair housing
enforcement activities and healthy homes activities, including lead-based paint hazard
identification and remediation.
HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insures mortgages made by lenders to
homebuyers with low down payments and to developers of multifamily rental buildings
containing relatively affordable units. FHA collects fees from borrowers with FHA-insured
mortgages, which are used to sustain its insurance funds.
Agency Funding
Nearly all of HUD’s funding is provided via discretionary appropriations generally contained in
the annual Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies appropriations legislation. (HUD
programs may also receive additional resources from supplemental or other funding measures in
some years, most often in response to disasters.) The annual THUD bill provides gross
appropriations for HUD programs and activities for a fiscal year. The “cost” of those
appropriations, as determined by the Congressional Budget Office’s scorekeeping process, is
generally reduced by offsetting receipts from the FHA’s loan programs and the Government
National Mortgage Association (GNMA) securitization of government loans. To a lesser extent,

16 For more information about federal housing assistance programs, see CRS Report RL34591, Overview of Federal
Housing Assistance Programs and Policy.
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rescissions of prior-year appropriations can also create savings. The gross appropriations
provided to HUD, minus savings from offsets and rescissions, result in the net budget authority
total, which is used for budget enforcement purposes.
Status of FY2022 HUD Appropriations
As shown in Table 4, the President’s FY2022 budget request proposed an increase of $8.3 billion
(+13.8%) in gross (regular, nonemergency) appropriations for HUD programs and activities
relative to FY2021. (Because of an estimated increase in offsets in FY2022, net discretionary
budget authority—used for budget enforcement purposes—would see a smaller total increase
(+$7.1 billion) than gross budget authority. However, gross appropriations is a more accurate
measure of the resources available to HUD’s programs and activities.) Most of the requested
increase ($6.1 billion) is directed to HUD’s primary rental assistance programs, which, combined,
serve nearly 4.6 million low-income households. However, nearly all HUD programs are
proposed for increases, including HUD grant programs that had been targeted for elimination in
budget requests from the Trump Administration.
The House bill would increase gross appropriations for HUD relative to FY2021, but would
provide slightly less than was requested by the President (a difference of $250 million, or less
than 1%). The Senate Appropriations Committee Chair’s draft would provide HUD with an
increase over FY2021 (+8.4%) but less than requested by the President or proposed by the House.
Table 4. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
FY2021-FY2022 Detailed Appropriations
(dollars in millions)
FY2022
Senate
Cmte
FY2021
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022
Accounts
Enacted Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Appropriations

Salaries and Expenses (Mgmt. & Adm.)
1,499
1,681
1,558a
1,595

Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Sec. 8 Housing
25,777b
30,442
29,216
27,719

Choice Vouchers)
Voucher Renewals (non-add)
23,080
25,001
24,951
24,527

Administrative Fees (non-add)
2,159
2,790
2,465a
2,474

Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
40
0
20
50

incremental vouchers (non-add)
Family Unification Program (FUP) incremental
25
0
25
30

vouchers
Other Incremental Vouchers (non-add)
43
1,552
1,005a
75

Mobility services (non-add)
0
491
150
0

Public Housing Fund
7,806
8,575
8,640
8,838

Operating Grants (non-add)
4,839
4,887
4,897
5,019

Capital Grants (non-add)
2,765
3,200
3,400
3,616

Climate Resiliency/Utility Grants (non-add)
—
245
100
0

Energy and Water Efficiency (non-add)
—
55
50
0

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FY2022
Senate
Cmte
FY2021
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022
Accounts
Enacted Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Choice Neighborhoods
200
250
400
200

Self Sufficiency Programs
155
175
202a
170

Native American Programs
825
1,000
950
1,000

Native American Housing Block Grants
(Formula) (non-add)
647
723
722
772

Native American Housing Block Grants
(Competitive) (non-add)
100
100
150
150

Native American Housing Block Grants
(competitive) for energy efficiency and climate
—
100
0
0

resiliency (non-add)
Indian Community Development Block Grants
(non-add)
70
70
70
70

Indian housing loan guarantee
2
4
4
4

Native Hawaiian block grant
2
7
4
15

Housing, persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
430
450
600
450

Community Development Fund
3,475
3,770
4,688
4,190

CDBG Formula Grants
3,450
3,745c
3,728d
3,550

SUPPORT for Patients and Communities
25
25
25
25

Economic Development Initiativese
—
—
936d
615

HOME Investment Partnerships
1,350
1,850
1,850
1,450

Formula Grants (inc. insular areas)
1,350
1,750
1,800
1,450

Downpayment Assistance
—
100
50
0

Self-Help Homeownership
60
60
65
65

Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership
Opportunity Program
10
10
15
15

Section 4 Capacity Building
41
41
45
41

Rural Capacity Building
5
5
5
5

Veterans Home Rehabilitation and
4
4
0
4

Modification Pilot Program
Homeless Assistance Grants
3,000
3,500
3,420
3,260

Project-Based Rental Assistance (Sec. 8)
13,465
14,060
14,010
13,970

Contract Renewals
13,115
13,675
13,625
13,615

Contract Administrators
350
355
355
355

Service coordinators for the elderly
—
30
30
0

Housing for the Elderly (Section 202)
855
928
1,033
956

Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section
811)
227
272
352
227

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FY2022
Senate
Cmte
FY2021
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022
Accounts
Enacted Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Housing Counseling Assistance
78
86
100
58

Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fundf
13
14
14
14

Green Retrofit for Multifamily
—
250
0
0

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Expensesf
130
180g
150
150

Government National Mortgage Assn. (GNMA)
Expensesf
35
40
36
37

Research and technology
105
145
185
105

Fair housing activities
73
85
85
85

Fair Housing Assistance Program (non-add)
24
25
25
25

Fair Housing Initiatives Program (non-add)
46
56
56
56

Lead Hazard Reduction
360
400
460
400

Information Technology Fund
300
323
278
300

Inspector General
137
147
145
140

Gross Appropriations Subtotal
60,358
68,694
68,444 65,398

Offsetting Collections and Receipts

Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund
-13
-14
-14
-14

FHA
-9,244
-9,586
-9,596
-9,596

GNMA
-1,439
-2,303h
-2,363
-2,363

Offsets Subtotal
-10,696
-11,903
-11,973
-11,973

Rescissions

Rental Housing Assistance
-14
—
—
—

Native Hawaiian block grant rescission
—
-6
0
-6

Rescissions Subtotal
-14
-6
0
-6

Total Net Discretionary Budget Authority
49,648i
56,785
56,471
53,419

Sources: HUD FY2022 Congressional Budget Justifications; H.Rept. 117-99; Division G of H.R. 4502, as passed
by the House; and Senate majority draft bil and report as posted at https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/
majority/chairman-leahy-releases-remaining-nine-senate-appropriations-bil s.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding. Only selected set-asides are presented in this table. Figures include
advance appropriations available in the fiscal year, rather than provided in the bil .
a. Amount adjusted for floor amendment.
b. Of this amount, $695 mil ion is designated as being for an emergency requirement by Section 420 of
Division L of P.L. 116-260.
c. This amount includes $295 mil ion “for activities targeted to the revitalization of deteriorating or
deteriorated neighborhoods and places with the greatest need, as determined by the Secretary,” by a
separate formula.
d. The bil allows for up to $935.5 mil ion to be set aside within the account for Economic Development
Initiative projects. If less than this amount is set aside, then more may be available for formula grants.
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e. All funding contained in this set-aside is earmarked for congressionally-requested projects, as described in
the text box “Return of Earmarks” earlier in this report.
f.
Some or all of the cost of funding these accounts is offset by the col ection of fees or other receipts. Those
offsets are shown later in this table.
g. Part of this increase would support a temporary expansion of the Good Neighbor Next Door program and
a new Home Equity Accelerator Loan pilot. See pp. 28-1 and 28-2 of HUD’s FY2022 budget justifications.
h. Includes estimated receipts attributable to a general provision (§230) included in the President’s request to
allow GNMA to securitize certain state housing finance agency risk-sharing loans. The requested provision
was not included in the House committee bil .
i.
P.L. 117-2 provided $10.770 bil ion in additional mandatory funding for HUD programs for COVID-19
response and relief purposes in FY2021. Those funds are not reflected in this table.
Selected FY2022 HUD Appropriations Issues
Rental Assistance Funding
Through various programs utilizing different mechanisms, the federal government subsidizes the
rents of nearly 4.6 million low-income households, allowing them to pay affordable, below-
market rents, generally set at 30% of a family’s income. The vast majority of HUD funding each
year is devoted to maintaining these rental assistance programs, which include (from largest to
smallest in terms of households served in FY2020):
 Housing Choice Vouchers (2.3 million households (HHs));
 Section 8 project-based rental assistance (1.2 million HHs);
 public housing (880,000 HHs);
 Section 202 Housing for the Elderly (124,000 HHs); and
 Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities (32,000 HHs).17
Funding for these rental assistance programs accounts for roughly 80% of HUD’s total (gross)
appropriations, most of which is used to maintain assistance for currently assisted families.
Although it is estimated that roughly one in four eligible households receives rental assistance,
leading to waiting lists for assistance in most communities, expansions of these programs to serve
new families have been limited. For many years, new Housing Choice Vouchers (referred to as
incremental vouchers) have been funded only for homeless veterans, via the Veterans Affairs
Supportive Housing (VASH) program, and for child welfare-involved families and former foster
youth, via the Family Unification Program (FUP). While some funding for new Section 202 and
Section 811 units has been provided, HUD has no funding or authority to expand the public
housing or Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs. One challenge with expanding
rental assistance programs has been the need for funding to renew newly created subsidies in
subsequent years. In light of caps on domestic discretionary spending, growing renewal costs can
lead to difficult trade-offs in the appropriations process.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the largest expansions in rental assistance in
recent years were funded in FY2021, with mandatory ARPA funding for 70,000 new (albeit
temporary) vouchers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as additional discretionary
funding of $43 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, for new incremental
vouchers for persons who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness.

17 HUD FY2022 Congressional Budget Justifications, Overview of Rental Assistance Programs, p. 2-1,
https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CFO/documents/5_2022CJ-OverviewofRentalAssistancePrograms.pdf.
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For FY2022, the President’s budget proposed directing $6.1 billion of the total $7.5 billion in
increased funding requested over FY2021 to rental assistance programs. In addition to
maintaining assistance to the 4.6 million currently assisted households, part of this increase is
intended to fund expansions in rental assistance.
Housing Choice Vouchers
The President’s budget request included $1.5 billion in the tenant-based rental assistance account
for new incremental Housing Choice Vouchers. Budget documents state this would allow the
program to serve an additional 200,000 families, the largest increase since the program was
authorized.
The request also included an increase in administrative fee funding ($2.8 billion, or +29% over
FY2021) and a new set-aside to fund mobility services to help families relocate to areas of
opportunity ($491 million).
The House bill would provide just over $1 billion for new incremental vouchers, which H.Rept.
117-99 estimated would serve 125,000 additional families. While lower than the President’s
request, this expansion would still be the largest since the program’s inception. Additionally,
while the President’s budget included no funding for new VASH or FUP vouchers, the House bill
included $20 million for VASH and $25 million for FUP. The House bill would increase funding
for administrative fees above the FY2021 level (+14%), but not as high as requested, and would
fund the new mobility services set-aside, but at a reduced level ($150 million). The Senate
Committee Chair’s draft included increased funding for VASH and FUP relative to FY2021 and
the House bill, but less for other new incremental vouchers ($75 million, for families with young
children to move to low-poverty neighborhoods).
Section 202 and Section 811
The President’s budget also proposes funding increases for the Section 202 Supportive Housing
for the Elderly and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities programs (+$73
million and +$45 million over FY2021, respectively). The President’s budget documents note the
funding levels requested would be sufficient to create approximately 2,000 new units—1,100 for
Section 202 and 900 for Section 811.
The House bill would provide more than the requested amount for each program (+$178 million
for Section 202 and +$125 million for Section 811 relative to FY2021). H.Rept. 117-99 noted that
the amounts provided would be sufficient to fund more than double the President’s requested
units (2,250 new units for Section 202; 1,800 new units for Section 811). The Senate Committee
Chair’s draft proposed level funding for Section 811 relative to FY2021; an increase above the
President’s request for Section 202, but less than the House bill ($956 million).
Public Housing
The President’s budget request included “full funding” of the public housing program. That
means that the amount requested is estimated to cover the full cost of public housing operating
expenses under the operating fund formula, and that the amount requested for capital grants
would be sufficient to meet the full estimated annual capital accrual needs in public housing.
The House bill would exceed the President’s requested funding level for public housing both in
terms of operating and capital funding; the Senate Committee Chair’s draft proposes a larger
increase in funding for public housing than the House bill.
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Formula Grants
HUD’s budget includes funding for a number of formula grants to states, municipalities, and
tribes for a range of housing and community development purposes. These include the CDBG
programs, which can be used by states and localities for a wide range of community development
purposes; the HOME program, which can be used by states and localities for various affordable
housing purposes; and the Native American Housing Block Grant to tribes for affordable housing.
The President’s budget request includes funding increases relative to FY2021 for each of these
programs. Specifically, it would increase CDBG formula grants by $295 million (+8.6%);18
HOME formula grants by $400 million (+30%); and NAHBG formula grants by $76 million
(+11.7%).
The House bill also includes increases for each of these formula grants relative to FY2021. It
proposes increasing CDBG formula grants relative to FY2021 by somewhat less than the
President’s request (+$289 million, or +8.4%),19 HOME formula grants relative to FY2021 by
more than the President’s request (+$450 million, or +33%), and NAHBG formula grants relative
to FY2021 by slightly less than the request (+$75 million, or +11.6%). The Senate Committee
Chair’s draft would increase funding above the President’s request for NAHBG formula grants
but provide less than requested for CDBG and HOME formula grants (though an increase over
FY2021).
Additionally, for the HOME program, the President’s budget requested $100 million for a new
down payment assistance grant program; the House bill would provide $50 million for this
purpose. The Senate Committee Chair’s draft does not include funding for this down payment
initiative.
Homelessness
In addition to the broader-purpose formula grants previously mentioned, HUD’s budget includes
funding for formula and competitive grants specifically to address homelessness through two
accounts: the Homelessness Assistance Grants account, which funds the Continuum of Care
program and the Emergency Shelter Grants, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS (HOPWA) program.
For FY2022, the President’s budget requested funding increases relative to FY2021 for both
Homeless Assistance Grants (+$500 million, or +17%) and HOPWA (+$20 million, or +5%). The
House bill would provide a smaller increase relative to FY2021 than requested for the Homeless
Assistance Grants (+$420 million, or +14%), but a larger increase relative to FY2021 than
requested for HOPWA (+$170 million or +40%). The committee report noted that the HOPWA
funding increase it recommends is designed to allow HUD to hold harmless communities that
might otherwise receive a decrease as the agency implements an updated HOPWA formula in
FY2022. The Senate Committee Chair’s draft would increase funding for Homeless Assistance
Grants relative to FY2021, but less than the request; it would match the request for HOPWA.

18 The Congressional Budget Justifications note that this requested increase would fund more geographically targeted
activities for historically underserved areas, via a separate allocation format in which communities would opt in. For
more information, see https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CFO/documents/18_2022CJ-
CommunityDevelopmentFund.pdf#page=4.
19 The bill did not include the alternate funding formula requested by the President and discussed in footnote 18.
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Climate Initiative
The Administration attributes $800 million of the $7.1 billion in increased funding it requested
for HUD relative to FY2021 to a new climate initiative. The department’s budget documents state
that the funding will be used for “targeted investments to improve the quality of housing through
climate resilience and energy efficiency.”20
The $800 million is composed of a request for $250 million for a new energy and green retrofit
grant program for multifamily housing funded in a new account, as well as set-asides for new or
expanded initiatives in a number of existing accounts.
As shown in Table 5, the House bill would partially fund two of the elements of the climate
initiative proposed by the President; the Senate Committee Chair’s draft contains no funding for
any of these initiatives.
Table 5. HUD Climate Initiative Funding
(dollars in millions)

Senate
Cmte
President’s
Chair
Account
Activity
Request
House Bill
Draft
Enacted
Public Housing Fund
Utility Conservation and
Climate Resilience
245
100
0

Public Housing Fund
Energy Performance
Contracts
55
50
0

Choice
Climate Grants
Neighborhoods
50
0
0

Native American
Energy and Water efficiency
Programs
competitive grants
100
0
0

Green and Resilient
Green and Resilient Retrofit
Retrofit Program
Program
250
0
0

Tenant Based Rental
Rental Assistance
Assistance
Demonstration
50
0
0

Project Based Rental
Rental Assistance
Assistance
Demonstration
50
0
0

Sources: HUD FY2022 Congressional Budget Justifications, Climate Initiative, p. 3-1; H.Rept. 117-99; and
Division G of H.R. 4502, as passed by the House; Senate majority draft bil and report as posted at
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/chairman-leahy-releases-remaining-nine-senate-
appropriations-bil s.
THUD Related Agencies
As shown in Table 6, most of the related agencies funded in the THUD bill would have received
level or slightly increased funding relative to the prior year under the President’s FY2022 budget
request, and these requests were supported by the House. The notable exception is the
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, for which a 3% ($5 million) increase was requested,

20 HUD FY2022 Congressional Budget Justifications, Climate Initiative, p. 3-1, https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CFO/
documents/6_2022CJ_ClimateInitiative.pdf.
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and for which the House recommended a 12% ($20 million) increase over FY2021. The Senate
Committee Chair’s draft proposes to provide the same amount as requested overall, although the
funds are distributed somewhat differently across the related agencies.
Table 6. THUD Independent Agencies, FY2021-FY2022
(dollars in millions)
FY2022
Senate
Cmte
FY2021
FY2022
FY2022
Chair
FY2022
Related Agencies
Enacted Request
House
Draft
Enacted
Access Board
9
10
10
10

Federal Maritime Commission
30
31
31
33

National Railroad Passenger Corporation
25
26
27
26

(Amtrak) Office of Inspector General
National Transportation Safety Board
118
121
121
123

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
(NeighborWorks)
165
170
185
166

Surface Transportation Board
38
39
39
39

Offsetting Col ections
-1
-1
-1
-1

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
4
4
4
4

Total
388
400
416
400

Sources: Division G of H.R. 4502, as passed by the House and H.Rept. 117-99; Senate majority draft bil and
report as posted at https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/chairman-leahy-releases-remaining-
nine-senate-appropriations-bil s.
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
Selected Related Agencies Issues
NeighborWorks America
The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (commonly known as NeighborWorks America)
was created via federal charter in 1978 to support affordable housing and neighborhood
revitalization nationwide through a network of affiliated local organizations. From FY2018-
FY2021, the Trump Administration’s budget requests to Congress requested only enough funding
for NeighborWorks to allow the organization to wind down existing commitments until it ceased
operations. Despite these proposals, Congress continued to fund the organization in the annual
appropriations acts. The first budget request of the Biden Administration requested a $5 million
increase over the FY2021 enacted level for NeighborWorks. The House bill included an even
larger increase ($20 million), and designated $25 million of the total funding for a competitive
grant program to fund revitalization in areas with concentrations of abandoned or distressed
properties.21 The Senate Committee Chair’s draft would provide an increase over FY2021 (+$1
million).

21 See pp. 161-162 of H.Rept. 117-99.
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Author Information

Maggie McCarty
David Randall Peterman
Specialist in Housing Policy
Analyst in Transportation Policy

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