House Backs Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Fees in Budget Bill

Transportation Topics

Eugene Mulero

May 22, 2025

Revenue Would Provide Boost to Highway Trust Fund

A massive House-passed tax and budget measure promises to return a federal account central to transportation maintenance projects to solvency.

Annual registration fees of $250 for electric vehicles and $100 for hybrid vehicles were tucked in a Republican-led procedural budget bill the House advanced May 22 along party lines. Revenue from the proposed registration fees would supplement the Highway Trust Fund.

Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), chairman of the influential Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, pointed to potential benefits for the nation’s freight and commuter corridors if the highway account receives revenue in addition to that collected from the fuel tax.

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