Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, 2021)

1) Link to the Text of the Act
Read the statute (Public Law 117–58)

2) Why It Was Done
The IIJA was enacted to provide historic investments in U.S. infrastructure, including transportation, clean energy, water systems, and broadband internet, with the goal of modernizing the nation’s core systems and creating jobs.

3) Pre-existing Law or Constitutional Rights
Infrastructure had been funded piecemeal through highway and transportation bills. The IIJA consolidated and expanded federal commitments across multiple sectors, similar in scale to New Deal–era public works programs.