Federal grants to Texas Railroad Comm
Texas Railroad Comm in Austin, Texas received $328 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 49 awards. Its largest program was Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP), with $254 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $168 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$328 million
- Awards49
- Awarded in FY 2025$168 million
- Largest award$120 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 10 | $8.8 million |
| FY 2022 | 12 | $22.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 16 | $29.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 14 | $99.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 16 | $168 million |
Programs that fund Texas Railroad Comm
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP) | 4 | $254 million |
| Pipeline Safety Program State Base Grant | 9 | $29.9 million |
| Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining | 5 | $12.5 million |
| National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | 1 | $7.0 million |
| Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) | 8 | $6.8 million |
| State Underground Water Source Protection | 6 | $4.2 million |
| National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education | 1 | $4.1 million |
| Natural Resource Stewardship | 2 | $3.8 million |
| State and Tribal Response Program Grants | 3 | $2.1 million |
| Underground Injection Control Program Grants: Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells | 1 | $1.9 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 21 | $288 million |
| Department of Transportation | 17 | $31.2 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 11 | $8.3 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program: orphaned well state formula grant program phase 2LEGISLATIVE authority: 42 u.s.c. 15907(c)(4)award purpose: funding through the formula grant program may be utilized to plug, remediate or reclaim orphaned wells on state and private lands located within the state s boundaries, restore soil a | Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP) | September 21, 2025 | $120 million |
| Program: the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) sec. 40601 orphaned well state formula grant program award purpose: funding may be utilized to plug, remediate, or reclaim orphaned wells on state and private lands located within the state s boundaries, restore soil and habitat in the degraded area, | Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP) | January 12, 2024 | $79.7 million |
| Energy community revitalization program: bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) orphaned well state performance matching grant program codified under 42 u.s.c. 15907.award purpose: funding through the program may be utilized to plug, remediate or reclaim orphaned wells on state and private lands locate | Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP) | September 12, 2025 | $30.0 million |
| The railroad commission of Texas rrc is seeking initial grant funding under sec 40601 of the infrastructureinvestment and jobs act to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells located on state owned or privately ownedland across Texas the commission is the state agency with primary regulatory juri | Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP) | August 24, 2022 | $25.0 million |
| Project abstract aml grant: program: abandoned mined lands (AML) program (title IV)award purpose: the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 (SMCRA), p.l 95-87, as amended, created the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement (OSMRE) in the department of the interior. Smcra pr | Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) | August 15, 2025 | $11.7 million |
| This grant reimburses the grantee state for part of the cost for intrastate natural gas or hazardous liquid pipeline inspection and enforcement activities. Deliverables/expected outcomes: improve pipeline inspection activities. Intended beneficiary: grantee state. Subrecipient activities: no known s | Pipeline Safety Program State Base Grant | September 17, 2024 | $7.2 million |
| The usfws and the rrc seek to restore enhance and protect aransas laguna lower rio and trinity national wildlife refuges and their visitors by properly plugging and abandoning orphaned wells and reclaiming well sites that will protect refuge visitors subsurface and surface waters wetlands protected | National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | September 10, 2024 | $7.0 million |
| This grant reimburses the state of Texas for a portion of costs incurred for intrastate natural gas or hazardous liquid pipeline inspection and enforcement activities for FY22. | Pipeline Safety Program State Base Grant | September 13, 2022 | $5.3 million |
| "2021 pipeline safety program state base grant" tx | Pipeline Safety Program State Base Grant | September 29, 2021 | $4.8 million |
| This grant reimburses the grantee state for part of the cost for intrastate natural gas or hazardous liquid pipeline inspection and enforcement activities. Deliverables/expected outcomes: improve pipeline inspection activities. Intended beneficiary: grantee state. Subrecipient activities: no known s | Pipeline Safety Program State Base Grant | September 18, 2023 | $4.7 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Texas Railroad Comm get?
$328 million in 49 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Texas Railroad Comm the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $288 million in 21 awards. The Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency follow.
What is Texas Railroad Comm's largest federal grant?
$120 million under Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP), with its first action in the period on September 21, 2025. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Texas Railroad Comm?
Its largest are Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP), Pipeline Safety Program State Base Grant and Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining.
Other grant recipients in Austin
- Health & Human Svc Commn TX
- TX Education Agency
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Texas General Land Office
- Department of State Health Services
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