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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 21, 2025
Unplug the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Program Act
This bill repeals grant programs that provide funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and alternative fueling infrastructure.
Specifically, the bill repeals the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program under which the Department of Transportation provides grants for acquiring and installing publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure that is directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehicle.
It also repeals the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program under which the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides grants for deploying electric vehicle charging infrastructure and establishing a network to facilitate data collection, access, and reliability. In addition, the bill rescinds unobligated funds that were provided to the FHWA for the program and prohibits funds from being used to carry out the program.
People & committees
Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] · R–WI
Legislative record
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-21 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
H.R. 1513 would repeal the charging and fueling infrastructure grant program and end the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, affecting access to federal support through those programs. It would cancel remaining funds not already legally committed to the formula program and prohibit funding its operation beginning on enactment. These are proposed changes; the supplied record does not establish enactment.
2. Repeal of charging and fueling infrastructure grants
(b) Grant program Section 151 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(2), by striking , including through funds awarded through the grant program under subsection (f),; and (2) by striking subsection (f).
3. Repeal of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (a) Rescission The unobligated amounts made available under paragraph (2) in the matter under the heading highway infrastructure programs under the heading Federal Highway Administration under the heading Department of Transportation in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1419) are rescinded.
(b) Termination Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act— (1) the program under paragraph (2) in the matter under the heading highway infrastructure programs under the heading Federal Highway Administration under the heading Department of Transportation in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1419) is terminated; and (2) no funds may used to carry out that program.
Source snapshot updated 2026-03-19T10:49:16Z. 2025-02-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Section 2 would delete an authorization of appropriations—a provision authorizing Congress to provide funding—from section 11101(b)(1)(C) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It would also renumber the following subparagraphs and update a cross-reference. This authorization change is distinct from canceling existing funds; the deleted provision and its dollar amounts are not reproduced.
(a) Authorization of appropriations Section 11101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 444) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking subparagraph (C); and (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; and (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking paragraph (1)(G) and inserting paragraph (1)(F).
Section 2 would remove the charging and fueling infrastructure grant program by deleting subsection (f) of 23 U.S.C. 151. It would also remove language in subsection (e)(2) referring to funds awarded through that program.
2. Repeal of charging and fueling infrastructure grants
(b) Grant program Section 151 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(2), by striking , including through funds awarded through the grant program under subsection (f),; and (2) by striking subsection (f).
Section 3 would cancel the formula program's unobligated funds—money not yet legally committed—provided under the specified infrastructure-law appropriation. The cancellation applies to that remaining balance, rather than stating a fixed dollar amount.
3. Repeal of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (a) Rescission The unobligated amounts made available under paragraph (2) in the matter under the heading highway infrastructure programs under the heading Federal Highway Administration under the heading Department of Transportation in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1419) are rescinded.
Beginning on enactment, section 3 would terminate the formula program and prohibit using any funds to carry it out, overriding other provisions of law. The text supplies no transition period or exception to that prohibition.
(b) Termination Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act— (1) the program under paragraph (2) in the matter under the heading highway infrastructure programs under the heading Federal Highway Administration under the heading Department of Transportation in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1419) is terminated; and (2) no funds may used to carry out that program.
The supplied action snapshot, updated March 19, 2026, records introduction in the House on February 21, 2025, and referrals that day to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Energy and Commerce Committee, and the Highways and Transit Subcommittee.
Source snapshot updated 2026-03-19T10:49:16Z. 2025-02-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. 2025-02-21: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-21: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-21. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy rider was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not cover other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
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