AAPA Supports House Appropriations Bill with Record $538 Million for Port Infrastructure Development Program

The House Committee on Appropriations released its Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development bill on May 20, which includes a record $538 million appropriation for the Port Infrastructure Development Program, the sole source of federal funding exclusively available for port freight infrastructure. The bill also includes $550 million for the BUILD grant program, $523 million for the CRISI grant program, $40 million for the Federal Maritime Commission, and $7 million for the United States Marine Highway Program. The legislation follows a Maritime Administration announcement in April of $774 million in PIDP awards and the White House’s release of its Maritime Action Plan, both of which called for expanded PIDP funding. The Senate Appropriations Committee must still introduce its version of the bill, and Congress may instead pass a short-term Continuing Resolution that delays FY27 spending decisions into calendar year 2027.

You can read the House Appropriations Committee’s press release on the FY27 THUD bill here, a summary of the bill here, and the full text here.