Fact Sheet: Ferry Service For Rural Communities
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FACT SHEET
FERRY SERVICE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
| Fiscal Year | 2022 (in millions) |
2023 (in millions) |
2024 (in millions) |
2025 (in millions) |
2026 (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry Service for Rural Communities |
$200 | $200 | $200 | $200 | $200 |
Program Purpose:
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, establishes a Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program that makes federal resources available to states to ensure basic essential ferry service is provided to rural areas.
Statutory References:
IIJA § 71103, IIJA Division J
Eligible Recipients:
States
Program Requirements:
- Funding is allocated to projects on a competitive basis, from proposals submitted to FTA in response to Notices of Funding Opportunities.
- An eligible service that receives funds from a state under this program shall not be attributed to an urbanized area for purposes of apportioning funds under chapter 53 of Title 49, U.S. Code.
- An eligible service that receives funds from a State under this program shall not receive funds apportioned under section 5336 or 5337 of Title 49, United States Code, in the same fiscal year.
Eligible Activities:
Capital and operating assistance for a ferry service that operated a regular schedule at any time during the five-year period ending March 1, 2020 and served not less than two rural areas located more than 50 sailing miles apart.
Last updated: Monday, January 3, 2022