What the Trump administration might mean for the future of the bipartisan infrastructure law

With the 2024 election in the books, the country is rapidly preparing for what a second Donald Trump presidency means for a lengthy list of high-profile policy issues. Headlines have focused on areas with clear differences between President Joe Biden and President-elect Trump, including tariffs, immigration, and Ukraine—but all the prognostication about areas of disagreement can obscure just how many issues demand continuity across administrations. That’s shaping up to be the case with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), or the so-called “bipartisan infrastructure law.” It may not have been an issue on the stump, but the IIJA will be a major governing item for the next two years. To help prepare stakeholders inside the Beltway and across the country, this piece summarizes the state of play: how much money is left to be spent, political takeaways from the Biden administration’s awards, and what the future of the IIJA is inside and outside Washington, D.C.