Federal Assistance Programs

The goals of the Program are (1) to eliminate highway-rail grade crossings that are frequently blocked by trains; (2) to improve the health and safety of…

To provide financial assistance for: planning and developing railroad corridors (including environmental studies), purchasing rail equipment, rail line relocation and improvement projects, construction projects that improve…

This Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 20.334 created in August 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.314, please refer to former ALN 20.314 for FY 24…

The Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program provides direct loans and loan guarantees to: State and local governments, interstate compacts consented to by Congress under…

To foster long-range enhancement of the Federal Railroad Administration's program of research in support of rail safety by developing cooperative research relationships between the Administration and…

To foster long-range enhancement of the Federal Railroad Administration's program of research in support of rail safety by developing cooperative research relationships between the Administration and…

To establish a center to advance research and development efforts that seek to improve the safety, performance, and sustainability of freight, intercity passenger, and commuter rail.…

To improve railroad safety and reduce railroad-related casualties and accidents. This Assistance Listing 20.329 created in August 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.301, please…

Funding for this program supports the certification of state inspectors to conduct investigative and surveillance activities to ensure that the application and interpretation of federal railroad…

To improve railroad safety and reduce railroad-related casualties and accidents. This Assistance Listing 20.330 created in August 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.301, please…

To facilitate the deployment of train control technologies, train control component technologies, processor-based technologies, electronically controlled pneumatic brakes, rail integrity inspection systems, rail integrity warning systems,…

The Railway-Highway Crossings (Section 130) Program's objective is provide funds to projects that significantly reduces or eliminates hazards at public railway-highway crossings. This Assistance Listing 20.285…

To provide financial relief and restoration payments to offset losses to blind vendors that occurred as a result of the global pandemic during calendar year 2020,…

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rangeland Management Program administers grazing for more than 155 million acres of public land. This includes, but is not limited…

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rangeland Management Program administers grazing for more than 155 million acres of public land. This includes, but is not limited…

To (1) Promote public health capacity by conducting research to expand the knowledge base around people with complex disabling conditions, including muscular dystrophy, fragile X syndrome…

The Department of War’s (DoW) REPI program supports the military mission by funding technical and implementation projects that inform effective and efficient military land management on…

To facilitate student academic achievement by developing educational programming and digital content, with accompanying educational support materials, for preschool and early elementary school children and their…

To provide real property management, counseling, and land use planning services to individual Indian allottees and Indian tribal and Alaska Native entities who own an interest…

The Drought Response Program provides assistance to: (1) develop or update comprehensive drought contingency plans and (2) implement projects that will build long-term resiliency to drought…