3.0.0 3851 2023-01-13T04:50:10Z 2023-01-13T04:50:10Z House H HR 2005-09-21 109 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2005-09-22T14:08:21Z Referred to 2005-09-21T14:02:15Z 2005-09-22 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. Committee 2005-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2005-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000689 Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] JOHN MICA R FL L. 7 N W000796 Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-8] Lynn Westmoreland R GA A. 8 2005-09-21 True Transportation and Public Works Capital investments Commerce Competitive bidding Concessions Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Connecticut Delaware Department of Transportation District of Columbia Economics and Public Finance Employee rights Executive reorganization Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government corporations Government paperwork Interstate compacts Labor and Employment Land transfers Law Maryland Massachusetts Mortgages National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) New Jersey New York City Northeastern States Pennsylvania Public Lands and Natural Resources Railroad finance Railroad passenger traffic Railroads Reprogramming of appropriated funds Rhode Island Transportation and Public Works 00 2005-09-21 Introduced in House 2005-11-15T20:49:33Z Systemic Passenger Infrastructure and Network Overhaul through Financial Freedom Act - Transfers from the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to the Secretary of Transportation title to all Amtrak property necessary for the operation of the main line of the Northeast Corridor between the District of Columbia and Boston, Massachusetts. Directs the Secretary to complete a competitive selection of an entity to maintain and dispatch service on the main line of the Northeast Corridor until the disposition and orderly transition of such operations.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Secretary on the capital requirements needed to ensure that the Northeast Corridor can be operated in a financially viable manner.

Requires the Secretary to choose the following option most appropriate for the disposition of Amtrak operations along the Northeast Corridor: (1) transfer of such operations to an interstate compact of Northeast Corridor states; (2) transfer of the operations to a new quasi-governmental corporation or to a private sector corporation; or (3) retention of ownership by the Secretary, with competitive franchising, by one or more entities, of the management and dispatching of service.

Requires the Secretary to retain, and Amtrak to transfer to the Secretary, all amounts appropriated by the federal government for Amtrak for FY2006.

]]> Systemic Passenger Infrastructure and Network Overhaul through Financial Freedom Act Display Title Systemic Passenger Infrastructure and Network Overhaul through Financial Freedom Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for the competitive operation of the Northeast rail corridor using State and private sector initiatives. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Systemic Passenger Infrastructure and Network Overhaul through Financial Freedom Act Introduced in House 2005-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3851ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3851ih.xml 2005-09-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.