Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) was established as an agency of the Department of Transportation by the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 104).
- Civilian staff, August 2026
- 1,980
- −30.6% in a year
- Rules made final this year
- 4
- Organizations that lobbied it
- 314
- 2019 to 2026
Where its power comes from
An agency can act only where a law lets it. These are the laws its rules cite, where its rules live, and the bills that would change it.
Laws it carries out
The U.S. Code sections its rules of the last six years cite as their authority, most cited first, of 22.
- Rules, regulations, and recommendations
- Standards
- Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking and One Federal Decision
- Surface transportation project delivery program
- Congressional declaration of purpose
- Efficient environmental reviews
- 49 U.S.C. 303
- 23 U.S.C. 101
- Apportionment
- Project approval and oversight
- Construction
- Vehicle weight limitations—Interstate System
Its rulebook
Where the rules it wrote these six years sit in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Track record
What it made final, the cases it brought, and where Congress moved to undo its work.
Latest final rules
The newest rules it made final.
- Route Designations-Vehicle Length, Width, and Weight LimitationsSep 11
- National Environmental Policy Act RegulationsSep 1
- Rescinding Requirements Regarding Required Contract Provisions for Federal-Aid Construction Contracts (Other Than Appalachian Contracts)May 11
- National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; RevisionMar 5
Congress moving to overturn its rules
1 disapproval resolution this Congress under the Congressional Review Act.
Who runs it
Its leaders
- Sean McMasterAdministrator of the Federal Highway Administration
Who pays to be heard
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$287M on reports naming it
- Honeywell International$55.6M on reports naming it
- National Retail Federation$43.3M on reports naming it
- Sean McMasterAdministrator of the Federal Highway Administration
- Department of TransportationThe department it sits in
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.Lobbied it, $287M
- Honeywell InternationalLobbied it, $55.6M
- National Retail FederationLobbied it, $43.3M
- National Association of RealtorsLobbied it, $42.3M
Its leaders
The people the Senate last confirmed to its offices, one record per office. A confirmation date is not proof someone still serves.
Who tries to sway it
Who names it on federal lobbying reports, 2019 to 2026, and who used to work there. Naming an agency is the filer’s account of where work was aimed, not a record of a meeting.
Who pays to be heard
The biggest spenders on reports that name it. A report names several issues, so each figure is the whole report.
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$287M
- Honeywell International$55.6M
- National Retail Federation$43.3M
- National Association of Realtors$42.3M
- American Council of Engineering Companies$23.6M
- 3M Company$21.4M
- National Pork Producers Council$10M
- Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association$9.77M
- Siemens Corporation$8.81M
- National Grid USA$8.05M
- American Trucking Associations$7.43M
- Associated General Contractors of America$6.98M
- Prudential Financial, Inc.$6.71M
- AARP$4.79M
- Autodesk, Inc.$4.68M
- Paccar Inc.$4.41M
- Auto Care Association$4.12M
- Transportation Intermediaries Association$3.98M
- Eaton Corporation$3.83M
- National Asphalt Pavement Association$3.53M
Who files the lobbying
The firms on reports that name it, by how many clients they filed for.
- MG Housing Strategies LLC18 clients
- Sustainable Strategies DC17 clients
- K&L Gates, LLP11 clients
- Whitmer & Worrall, LLC10 clients
- Squire Patton Boggs7 clients
- Carpi & Clay, Inc.6 clients
- Ballard Partners6 clients
- Thorn Run Partners5 clients
- David Turch & Assoc.5 clients
- Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.4 clients
- Sullivan Strategies LLC4 clients
- Appian4 clients
- Summit Strategies Government Affairs LLC4 clients
- The Vogel Group3 clients
- Tai Ginsberg & Associates, LLC3 clients
- Government Affairs Solutions, LLC3 clients
- Elevate Government Affairs, LLC3 clients
- Cozen O'connor Public Strategies3 clients
- Alcalde & Fay3 clients
- Madison Government Affairs3 clients
Former staff now lobbying
Lobbyists whose filings list a past job here.
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