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GAO-22-105892 1 (2022-09-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaonot0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Government Accountability Office Specific Fisca Year 2022 Provisions for Department of Transportation GAO-22-105892* September 2022 Report to Congressional Committees The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $1.5 billion to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for 478 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called Congressionally Directed Spending in the U.S. Senate and Community Project Funding in the House of Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support for requests. This report examines how DOT intends to identify the provisions, distribute the funds made available through these provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds. What are the intended uses of these funds? The $1.5 billion is intended to support improvements to transportation infrastructure. These improvements range from small projects, such as upgrading sidewalks, to larger projects, including concourse renovations for airports. Department of Transportation: Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending Provisions Subunit Federal Highway Administration Federal Aviation Administration Federal Transit Administration Federal Railroad Administration Office of the Secretary Budget account --+ Highway Infrastructure Programs Number of fiscal year 2022 provisions 309 + Grants-in-Aid for Airports Transit Infrastructure Grants Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Transportation Planning, Research, and Development 65 80 17 7 Percentage of budget account designated for fiscal year 2022 provisionsa 35% 50% 40% 19% 24% Examples of projects Sidewalk replacements, bridge replacements, and highway improvements and extensions Runway extensions, concourse renovations, and improvements to parking facilities Bus replacement, facility modernization, and expansion of transit service areas Expansion of railroad systems and improvements to train stations, bridges, and parking Support for mobility needs of older individuals and studies on expanding transit and electric vehicles Source: GAO analysis of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and accompanying joint explanatory statement; and information provided by the Department of Transportation. i GAO-22-105892 aBased on total amount appropriated for each of the budget accounts for fiscal year 2022. Who are the designated recipients? Almost all of the designated recipients for these 478 projects are tribal, state, or local government entities. According to DOT officials, most of these recipients have existing relationships with subunits-which DOT refers to as operating administrations, e.g., the GAO-22-105892 Tracking the Funds: Department of Transportation Page 1

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