Get the next highway bill done on time.

Kevin Cramer · North Dakota · Republican

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 96%

Occurrences

My goal on the committee is to improve the nation’s infrastructure by getting the next highway bill ... done on time

Cramer says he will work to complete the next highway bill on schedule.

Cramer to Chair Senate EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

"My goal on the committee is to improve the nation’s infrastructure by getting the next highway bill and the Water Resources Development Act done on time..."

Cramer stated in his official Senate release that his goal was to get the next highway bill done on time.

unresolved unknown A for effort

Cramer to Chair Senate EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 93%

Last Action Date Listed: October 2, 2021 ... Short Title: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021 ... Full Title: An Act To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and transit programs, and for other purposes.

Congress needed an extension act on October 2, 2021, which shows the highway program was extended rather than reauthorized on the original schedule.

never same_term

H.R. 5434 - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021 - GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

"To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes." ... "Nov. 15, 2021"

The bipartisan surface transportation law was enacted on November 15, 2021, after the September 30, 2021 deadline for the prior highway authorization, so it was not done on time.

never same_term

Public Law 117-58 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

Sponsor: Sen. Carper ... Cosponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] ... "A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes."

Cramer co-sponsored a concrete highway reauthorization bill in 2021, showing legislative engagement on the issue even though the final law arrived late.

partial same_term A for effort

S.1953 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 - Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee scheduled a May 21, 2026 full committee markup for the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act, the committee's bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization bill.

As of the lookback window, the next surface transportation bill was actively moving through committee markup, but it had not yet been enacted.

unresolved unknown A for effort

Full Committee Markup (May 21, 2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

Chairman Sam Graves and Ranking Member Rick Larsen announced the text of a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill and said the goal was to send legislation to the President before the current authorization expires on September 30, 2026.

Congressional leaders had advanced a concrete reauthorization bill before the deadline, which shows serious progress but no completed on-time enactment yet.

unresolved unknown A for effort

Graves & Larsen Announce Deal on Bipartisan, Five-Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization – the BUILD America 250 Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

Assessments

unresolved unknown A for effort

Cramer's promise appears to refer to the next federal surface transportation reauthorization due before the current authorization expires on September 30, 2026. As of May 21, 2026, Congress was actively working on a bipartisan highway bill, but it had not yet been enacted and the deadline had not yet passed. The 2021 highway bill was enacted late, but that predates the 2025 statement and is not the best timing context for this specific promise. Because the promised on-time outcome cannot yet be judged, but there is evidence of serious committee-level effort, the proper status is unresolved with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

unresolved unknown

The cited 2025 statement is a forward-looking federal Senate goal to get the next highway bill done on time. The relevant next highway authorization after the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has not yet reached its deadline in the provided record, so the promise cannot yet be judged delivered or failed. The 2021 highway bill evidence shows a prior reauthorization was late and that Cramer cosponsored related legislation, but it predates the 2025 promise context and does not resolve whether the next bill will be completed on time.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%