Trucking Laws · Multi-state · November 9, 2026

Truckers: Highway Funding Clock Runs Toward Dec. 11

By Big Rig Daily Staff

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Land Line Media reports that Congress returns Nov. 9 with a highway funding extension that runs only through Dec. 11. That leaves about a month in a lame-duck session as control of the House and Senate shifts next year. The outlet's outlook says another short-term extension is more likely than a full new highway bill before the deadline.

Earlier this year, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the BUILD America 250 Act, described as a $580 billion package with truck parking funding, restroom access for truckers and a ban on predatory lease-purchase deals. It did not receive a House floor vote, according to the report.

A bipartisan parking bill still pending

Separately, the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act would put $755 million toward new truck parking spaces. Land Line says it has 27 Democratic and 27 Republican co-sponsors. Even support is not passage. Until a bill becomes law, parking funding remains a proposal.

Truckers watching Dec. 11 can track three separate pieces: the short funding extension now in force, the larger BUILD package that stalled and the narrower parking bill with even co-sponsors. Land Line notes that truck parking funding could still be included in whatever Congress passes next.

FAQ

Has the $755 million parking bill become law?

No. It is described as a bill with co-sponsors, not an enacted statute.

What deadline does the current extension hit?

Dec. 11, according to Land Line's account of the September extension measure.

If Congress could finish one trucking item before Dec. 11, should parking capacity come first?

Sources: landline.media.

Related reading: the Arkansas I-49 truck parking grant story.

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