119-hr4442

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4442 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4442

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for eligibility 
 radius requirements for transit-oriented development projects in 
 proximity of intercity passenger rail or fixed guideway rail transit 
 under the railroad rehabilitation and improvement program, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 16, 2025

 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Stanton) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
 and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for eligibility 
 radius requirements for transit-oriented development projects in 
 proximity of intercity passenger rail or fixed guideway rail transit 
 under the railroad rehabilitation and improvement program, 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. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Catalyzing Housing and American 
Ready Growth and Expansion Investments Act'' or the ``CHARGE 
Investments Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.

 

Section 22402

    (b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (E) by striking ``or'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in subparagraph
        (F) by striking the period at 
 the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (G) to finance economic development, including 
 commercial and residential development, and related 
 infrastructure and activities, that--
 ``
            (i) is physically connected to, or is 
 within \1/4\ mile of, a fixed guideway transit 
 station that uses rail or a fixed catenary 
 system;
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            (ii) is not less than 2 miles from a 
 downtown core that is not serviced by intercity 
 passenger rail; and
 ``
            (iii) incorporates private investment of 
 greater than 20 percent of total project 
 costs.''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Extended eligibility radius.--
 ``
        (A) Intercity passenger rail transportation.--
 Notwithstanding clause
            (ii) of paragraph

    (1)
        (F) , for a 
 project described in such paragraph for a station 
 serving intercity rail passenger transportation that is 
 not located within the boundaries of a downtown core, 
 the eligibility radius for such project shall include 
 the nearest downtown core within a maximum 2-mile 
 radius of such station so long as--
 ``
            (i) the project is located within the 
 nearest downtown core; and
 ``
            (ii) there is public transportation (as 
 defined in 

section 5302) between the station 
 serving intercity rail passenger transportation 
 and the designated location described in clause
            (i) .
 ``

    (4) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:
 ``
        (A) Downtown core.--The term `downtown core' 
 means an area within a municipality or region that--
 ``
            (i) contains the highest concentration of 
 office square footage or employment density, as 
 determined by the most recent comprehensive 
 plan, zoning map, economic development plan; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) is officially designated by a 
 municipal or regional planning authority using 
 terms such as central business district, 
 downtown core, city center, urban core, 
 business core, or similar terminology.
 ``
        (B) Intercity rail passenger transportation.--The 
 term `intercity rail passenger transportation' has the 
 meaning given the term in 

section 24102.''.
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