119-s2916

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2916 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2916

To remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider 
 the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance 
 intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and 
 Development Program.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 19 (legislative day, September 16), 2025

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

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 A BILL

To remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider 
 the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance 
 intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and 
 Development Program.

 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 ``Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION REQUIREMENT OF NON-FEDERAL 
 FUNDING FOR CORRIDOR SELECTION.

 

Section 25101
            (c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (1) through

    (14) as 
 subparagraphs
        (A) through
        (N) , respectively, and indenting such 
 subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;

    (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , as so 
 redesignated, by striking ``In selecting'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (1) In general.--In selecting''.

    (3) in subparagraph
        (F) , as so redesignated, by striking 
 ``committed or'' and by inserting ``except as provided in 
 paragraph

    (2) , committed or''; and

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

    (2) Exception for long-distance route corridor.--For the 
 purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall not consider 
 committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for operating or 
 capital costs for any intercity passenger rail corridor on a 
 long-distance route.''.
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