"The National Infrastructure Bank would cover all of the current financing gap measured by the American Society of Civil Engineers, plus any new cutbacks in infrastructure spending that may flow from the federal budget," said Alphecca Muttardy, a professional macroeconomist and chief economic adviser Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank. Coalition for a National Infrastructure BankAs the Highway Trust Fund operates at a deficit and funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act sunsets next month, supporters of a national infrastructure bank posit a solution. Processing Content"The national infrastructure bank would cover all of the current financing gap measured by the American Society of Civil Engineers, plus any new cutbacks in infrastructure spending that may flow from the federal budget," said Alphecca Muttardy, a professional macroeconomist and chief economic adviser for the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank. CNIB is championing the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025, a House bill sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., who sits on the Ways and Means Committee. "We are concerned that a national infrastructure bank would move control of local project funding from the local level to the national level," said Brian Egan, chief policy officer for the National Association of Bond Lawyers.