119-hr213

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To prohibit the use of Federal financial assistance for a certain high-speed rail development project in the State of California, and for other purposes.

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Introduced:
Jan 6, 2025
Policy Area:
Transportation and Public Works

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4
Actions
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Cosponsors
1
Summaries
8
Subjects
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Jan 7, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 6, 2025 00
<p>This bill prohibits the state of California from receiving federal funds for a high-speed rail corridor development project.&nbsp;Specifically, the prohibition applies to a project&nbsp;in California that is the same or substantially similar to the project that is the subject of an FY2010 cooperative agreement entered into on November 18, 2011, between the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).</p><p>As background,&nbsp;CHSRA has received various federal grants for&nbsp;the California High-Speed Rail&nbsp;program,&nbsp;a project led by the state of California with the goal of implementing a high-speed rail&nbsp;system capable of speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The FRA terminated the specific FY2010&nbsp;cooperative agreement on May 16, 2019.</p>

Actions (4)

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Type: Committee | Source: House committee actions | Code: H11000
Jan 7, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 6, 2025

Subjects (8)

Administrative law and regulatory procedures California Department of Transportation Railroads Regional and metropolitan planning State and local finance Transportation and Public Works (Policy Area) Transportation programs funding

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 6, 2025

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Length: 1,432 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 6, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 12, 2025 6:28 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 213 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 213

To prohibit the use of Federal financial assistance for a certain high-
speed rail development project in the State of California, and for
other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 6, 2025

Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To prohibit the use of Federal financial assistance for a certain high-
speed rail development project in the State of California, and for
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
CERTAIN HIGH-SPEED RAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

No Federal financial assistance may be provided to the State of
California for a high-speed rail corridor development project that is
the same or substantially similar to the project that is the subject of
Cooperative Agreement No. FR-HSR-0118-12-01-01 entered into between the
California High-Speed Rail Authority and the Federal Railroad
Administration.
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