Program information

Popular name

Rebuilding Transportation Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE)/Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grants

Assistance listing number

20.933

Agency

Department of Transportation

Sub-agency

Office of the Secretary

Categories & sub-categories

  • Transportation - Air Transportation
  • Transportation - Highways, Public Roads, and Bridges
  • Transportation - Rail Transportation
  • Transportation - Urban Mass Transit
  • Transportation - Water Navigation

Assistance types

  • Project Grants

Eligible applicants

  • Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments
  • Government - General
  • State
  • U.S. Territories and possessions

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Local
  • Quasi-public nonprofit organization
  • State

Awards & recipients

View this program's awards and recipients at USASpending.gov

Assistance listing

View this program's assistance listing at SAM.gov

Grant opportunities

View this program's available grant opportunities at Grants.gov

Program objective

RAISE (formerly BUILD) grants are for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure to States; the District of Columbia; any territory or possession of the United States; a unit of local government; a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States; a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority; a federally recognized Indian Tribe or a consortium of such Indian Tribes; a transit agency; and a multi-State or multijurisdictional group of entities, and multi-State or multijurisdictional groups applying through a single lead applicant on a competitive basis for surface transportation projects (including, but not limited to: (1) Highway, bridge, or other road projects eligible under title 23, United States Code; (2) public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; (3) passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and (4) port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry); (5) the surface transportation components of an airport project eligible for assistance under part B of subtitle VII of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 2021; (6) intermodal projects; (7) a project to replace or rehabilitate a culvert or prevent stormwater runoff for the purpose of improving habitat for aquatic species while advancing the goals of the program. Grants are also awarded for the planning, preparation or design of eligible projects.

Program obligations, by FY (2022 - 2024)

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“SAM.gov actual” displays actual obligations for the fiscal year, as reported by the agency to SAM.gov after the fiscal year concludes.

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“USAspending.gov obligations” displays the total obligations submitted by the agency to USAspending, linked to the assistance listing through its assistance listing number. USAspending.gov is the official source of Federal spending information, displaying actual obligations made by agencies as they are committed. Annual obligations reported to SAM.gov may be inconsistent with annual obligations reported to USASpending.gov. More information can be found on the “About the data” page.

Please note that SAM.gov does not provide agencies with detailed guidance on how to report loan, loan guarentee, or insurance obligations. These figures may not be comparable arocess programs or consistent with USASpending.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the “About the data” page.

Authorizing statutes

  • Pub. L. 117, 58.
  • Pub. L. 116, 260.
  • Pub. L. 117, 103.
  • Pub. L. 117, 328.

Program results

2023

For the FY2023 round of the RAISE program, the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded more than $2.2 billion from the RAISE discretionary grant program to 162 different infrastructure projects across the country. The RAISE grant program, expanded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, supports communities of all sizes, with half of the FY2023 funding going to rural areas and the other half to urban areas. Seventy percent of the grants are going to projects in regions defined as an Area of Persistent Poverty or a Historically Disadvantaged Community.