Opportunity Information: Apply for FHWA HUTE 2020 01
The Highway Use Tax Evasion - Intergovernmental Efforts grant is a discretionary Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding opportunity under the U.S. Department of Transportation that supports state-led projects aimed at improving compliance with motor fuel and highway use taxes, with a particular focus on identifying and reducing fuel tax evasion. The program is authorized under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and sets aside a dedicated pool of money specifically for intergovernmental enforcement work. A key feature of this opportunity is that the federal cost share is 100 percent, meaning selected projects can be fully federally funded without requiring state or local matching funds, as long as costs are allowable and properly documented.
Funding is structured around an annual set-aside of $2,000,000 for intergovernmental enforcement efforts, and this particular solicitation aggregates funding across fiscal years 2017 through 2020 for a total of $8,000,000. While the notice lists an award ceiling of $0 (often used when award sizes vary and are not capped in the announcement), the program anticipated making multiple awards, with an expected total of about 20 awards. The goal is to encourage applicants to bring forward practical, innovative ideas that measurably reduce tax evasion and strengthen enforcement outcomes through improved collaboration across agencies.
Eligible applicants are state governments, and each funded project must name one state as the lead entity responsible for the grant and overall project management. Even though a single state must serve as the lead, the program places clear emphasis on partnership: priority is given to proposals that involve more than one public agency. In practice, this means competitive applications are expected to demonstrate meaningful coordination among multiple state agencies (such as departments of transportation, revenue/tax agencies, law enforcement, or motor carrier enforcement units) and may also include collaboration with federal partners. The program explicitly welcomes intergovernmental approaches, including joint investigations, shared data systems, coordinated compliance operations, and other multi-agency tactics that make it harder for evasion schemes to persist across jurisdictions.
The scope of eligible projects is not limited to direct enforcement activities. The opportunity also allows research and training proposals, recognizing that building long-term capability can be just as important as conducting immediate enforcement actions. Examples of what typically fits this kind of category include developing better analytic methods to detect evasion patterns, improving audit targeting, creating training for inspectors or investigators, or piloting new compliance strategies that can later be scaled across states and regions. The common thread is that the work should support fuel tax compliance and produce outcomes that help participating agencies detect, deter, and reduce evasion.
Administrative and oversight requirements are clearly defined. All funds must be used in accordance with the cost principles in 2 CFR 200 Subpart E, which governs what costs are allowable, allocable, and reasonable under federal awards and how they must be supported. After the application deadline, an interagency review group evaluates proposals, and FHWA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) jointly recommend and approve which projects receive federal funding. States selected for awards then enter negotiations with FHWA, and the designated lead state must execute a formal project agreement with FHWA that spells out the final scope, reporting requirements, deliverables, and other conditions.
Recipients are required to provide annual reports for each project, with the specific reporting format and content detailed in the project agreement. Another important constraint is duration: no project may be funded for longer than three years, which pushes applicants to propose plans with a realistic timeline, clear milestones, and measurable results within that period. For reference, the opportunity was posted under Funding Opportunity Number FHWA HUTE 2020 01, CFDA 20.240, created March 16, 2020, with an original closing date of May 22, 2020, and it sits within the transportation funding activity area as a grant instrument.Apply for FHWA HUTE 2020 01
- The Department of Transportation, DOT Federal Highway Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Highway Use Tax Evasion - Intergovernmental Efforts" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.240.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 22, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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