[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2321 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2321

     To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant for 
    improvements to the New York City subway system, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 1995

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant for 
    improvements to the New York City subway system, 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 ``West Side Subway Corridor 
Improvements Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) make improvements to the New York subway system;
            (2) further comply with the Clean Air Act;
            (3) address transportation problems associated with the 
        growth in population on the West Side of New York City; and
            (4) address dangerous and overcrowded conditions at the 
        West 72nd Street subway station.

SEC. 3. GRANT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make a grant 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, to the New York City 
Transit Authority for making improvements to the New York City subway 
system from the West 66th Street subway station to the West 72nd Street 
subway station. The project shall include the provision of temporary 
bus service from the West 72nd Street subway station to the Grand 
Central terminal in New York City while such improvements are being 
made.
    (b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the project 
under this section shall be 80 percent.
    (c) Grants as Contractual Obligations.--A grant approved by the 
Secretary under this section shall be a contractual obligation of the 
United States to pay the Federal Government's share of the project.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section from the Mass Transit Account of 
the Highway Trust Fund $43,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.
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