Legislation
The FRAME Act
The Framework for Rebuilding America's Mobility Economy Act: the legislative text of FRAME for Mobility, a from-scratch rewrite of federal surface transportation law, drafted in the open with the practitioners who build and use the system.
Highlights
What the draft does.
Fix it first
National policy puts restoration before expansion: preservation of current assets carries a 90% federal cost share, and subsidies for new capacity are zeroed out in jurisdictions whose existing roads and bridges miss target condition standards.
Ridership first
Transit funding is rebuilt as a performance-based pipeline: a Year Zero reset of stagnant funding, with investment tied to ridership growth and operational reliability.
A clean foundation
Dozens of siloed programs are consolidated into formula and competitive grants, with pay for performance accountability, so money follows need and results instead of habit.
As described in FRAME for Mobility: Introduction (January 22, 2026).
Reading order
Start with the case, then read the law.
Step one
FRAME for Mobility: Introduction
The 19-page case for the rewrite: the system Americans rely on, the settlement that no longer funds it, and the moves the Act makes. Read this first.
Step two
The FRAME Act, official draft
The current official draft is published by the FRAME for Mobility project, where practitioners can read it, comment on it, and stand behind it.