[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1942 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1942

   To authorize appropriations for the local rail freight assistance 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 17 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

 Mr. Exon (for himself and Mr. Harkin) 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 authorize appropriations for the local rail freight assistance 
                                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 ``Local Rail Freight Assistance 
Reauthorization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 5(q) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 App. 
U.S.C. 1654(q)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Secretary for the purposes of this section not to exceed 
        $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 
        1997.'' immediately after the second sentence; and
            (2) by striking ``any period after September 30, 1994'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``any period after September 30, 
        1997''.

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