The Timeline

The two years, in order

This is the sequence proposed in the full Project 2029 plan. The dates describe the plan's intended schedule; funding and legislative conditions remain part of that schedule.

When	What
Now to 2028	Congress extends the expiring lending authorities needed for 2029 before the 2028 election, meeting earlier deadlines along the way. The Defense Production Act extension now runs through December 11, 2026.1 Establish which authorities and funds can support new commitments in 2029. Assemble the personnel list before the election, starting with the Office of Energy Dominance Financing. Announce the proposed 2031 tariff during the campaign; enactment still requires Congress
The transition	The conversations with governors begin, so that a state is ready to move within days of the offer being made rather than months
Day one	The call on Congress to charter the Corporation, and the competition opened to every governor in the country with its terms published. The executive order directing every cabinet agency to audit its own buildings and bring ready projects forward. Every appointment that requires nobody's permission
Week one	Acting principals make the second-tier appointments. The administration writes an additional health-coverage condition for workers on covered new federal service contracts. Appendix G explains the coverage and legal basis that must be established. The register of blockages opens with whatever is already known
First 30 days	Agencies implement the terms published on inauguration day; states assemble applications and the federal team begins reviewing readiness
First 100 days	Federal teams visit serious applicants within 60 days and make the pilot award inside 90. The bill goes up. Direct hire authority granted by occupation. The wage determinations needed for the first sites are secured before those crews begin; later determinations are requested far enough ahead to protect the construction schedule
Year one	The first federal building projects establish working teams and contracting methods. Industrial projects close eligible financing, order equipment, and begin expansions; existing plants add production where ready. Training cohorts enter the field and the first housing complexes are finished. Pilot banks, owners, and contractors assemble the wider work. The state completes commitments requiring its own legislation. The aim is to pass the bill and secure the requested financing. Work proceeds through available programs while projects needing extensions or refills wait for legislation
Year two	The pilot runs its second cohort and moves on to the next housing complexes while its wider building program expands with committed private financing and crews. National teams repeat the methods established on the first federal projects. Industrial projects report installed equipment, qualified production, and shipments as they reach those stages; longer projects continue construction. The runners-up stay ready. The nationwide retrofit program aims for visible results in communities in every state before November 2030

The pilot seeks about $30 million over two years from the Labor Department's national reserve for dislocated workers, combining a demonstration grant of about $8 million with a larger statewide grant, and must apply for and win both. The money supports classroom training and a small number of state administrative posts; project work pays wages when participants join crews. The state must establish the payment and coverage routes before promising a place. Read the pilot funding and training account.

The plan does not promise a fixed worker count before the state, projects, financing, and supervisory capacity are known. Established firms, owners, and private lenders can carry the building work beyond the training cohort. Creating the full Reconstruction Finance Corporation would require a separate congressional decision.