Allow states to decide how to use remaining federal infrastructure dollars so they can prioritize the projects they need most.

Dusty Johnson · South Dakota · Republican

policy impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 100%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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I introduced legislation to allow states to decide how to use these dollars to meet their needs.

Johnson says he introduced legislation to give states more control over how to spend leftover federal infrastructure funds.

Driving growth by protecting America's infrastructure investments
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Evidence

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FHWA states that Public Law 119-75 repurposed $503,756,000 from NEVI Formula Program funds for Highway Infrastructure Programs, including $8,041,041 for South Dakota.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A 2026 enacted appropriations law and implementing FHWA notice partially redirected previously distributed, unobligated NEVI money away from EV charging and into highway infrastructure programs. This is a partial delivery of state flexibility over some remaining infrastructure funds, not all remaining federal infrastructure dollars.

partial same_term A for effort

FHWA Notice N4510.913: Apportionment and Repurposing of Highway Infrastructure Program Funds Pursuant to the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2026
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Dusty Johnson as sponsor of H.R.3972, shows it was introduced on June 12, 2025, and says the latest action was referral to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on June 13, 2025; the bill status remains Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Johnson took concrete legislative action on the specific promise by sponsoring the Highway Funding Flexibility Act, but the bill itself has not advanced beyond referral, so the broader commitment remains unresolved beyond the partial appropriations-law repurposing.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.3972 - Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025, All Actions
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Johnson materially pursued the promise by sponsoring H.R.3972, the Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 2025, but that bill remained only introduced/referred and did not enact the broad flexibility promised. A 2026 federal appropriations law did repurpose some unobligated NEVI infrastructure funds into Highway Infrastructure Programs, including South Dakota funds, giving states some shifted infrastructure funding flexibility. Because this affected only a subset of remaining federal infrastructure dollars and did not fully enact Johnson's broader proposal, the best outcome is partial delivery in the same congressional term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%