[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3630 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3630

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to make certain passenger rail 
projects eligible for funding under the highway program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to make certain passenger rail 
projects eligible for funding under the highway program, 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. FUNDING FLEXIBILITY AND HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS.

    (a) Eligibility of Passenger Rail for Highway Funding.--
            (1) National highway system.--Section 103(b)(6) of title 
        23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(Q) Acquisition, construction, reconstruction, 
                and rehabilitation of, and preventative maintenance 
                for, intercity rail passenger facilities and rolling 
                stock.''.
            (2) Surface transportation program.--Section 133(b)(2) of 
        title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting before 
        the period at the end the following: ``, rail, or a combination 
        of bus and rail''.
            (3) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement 
        program.--Section 149(b) of title 23, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) if the project or program will have air quality 
        benefits through acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and 
        rehabilitation of, and preventative maintenance for, intercity 
        rail passenger facilities and rolling stock.''.
    (b) Transfer of Highway and Transit Funds to Amtrak and Publicly-
Owned Passenger Rail Lines.--Section 104(k) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Transfer to amtrak and publicly-owned passenger rail 
        lines.--Funds made available under this title or chapter 53 of 
        title 49 and transferred to the National Railroad Passenger 
        Corporation or to any publicly-owned intercity or intracity 
        passenger rail line shall be administered by the Secretary in 
        accordance with subtitle V of title 49, except that the 
        provisions of this title or chapter 53 of title 49, as 
        applicable, relating to the non-Federal share shall apply to 
        the transferred funds.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by 
        striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs 
        (1) through (3)''.
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