119-s1373

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1373 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1373

To make the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation eligible to receive 
 certain grants, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 9, 2025

Mr. Van Hollen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To make the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation eligible to receive 
 certain grants, 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 ``Union Station Redevelopment 
Corporation Funding Eligibility Act'' or the ``USRC Funding Eligibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF UNION STATION REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO 
 RECEIVE CERTAIN GRANTS.

    (a) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development

    (BUILD) Grants.--

    (1) Eligibility.--The Union Station Redevelopment 
 Corporation shall be eligible to receive grants under the 
 program for national infrastructure investments (commonly known 
 as the ``Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development

    (BUILD) grant program'' and formerly known as the ``Rebuilding 
 American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity

    (RAISE) grant program'') carried out by the Department of 
 Transportation.

    (2) Federal share.--The Federal share of a grant under a 
 program described in paragraph

    (1) to the Union Station 
 Redevelopment Corporation shall be 100 percent.

    (b) National Infrastructure Project Assistance Grants.--

Section 6701 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (2) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (G) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in subparagraph
        (H) , by striking ``
        (G) '' and 
 inserting ``
        (H) '';
            (C) by redesignating subparagraph
        (H) as 
 subparagraph
            (I) ; and
            (D) by inserting after subparagraph
        (G) the 
 following:
 ``
        (H) Union Station Redevelopment Corporation; 
 and''; and

    (2) in subsection
            (i) , by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph

    (1) , the total 
 amount awarded for a project under the program awarded to the 
 entity described in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (H) shall be 100 percent 
 of the total eligible project costs described in subsection

    (h) .''.
            (c) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement 
Grants.--

Section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) , by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (14) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (h)

    (2) , by inserting ``, except that with 
 respect to the entity described in subsection

    (b)

    (14) the 
 Federal share shall be 100 percent'' before the period.
            (d) Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail 
Grants.--

Section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (G) , by striking ``or'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in subparagraph
        (H) , by striking ``
        (G) '' and 
 inserting ``
        (H) '';
            (C) by redesignating subparagraph
        (H) as 
 subparagraph
            (I) ; and
            (D) by inserting after subparagraph
        (G) the 
 following:
 ``
        (H) the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation; 
 or''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (f) , by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Exception.--The total amount awarded for a project 
 under the program awarded to the entity described in subsection

    (a)

    (1)
        (H) shall be 100 percent.''.
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