[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3931 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3931

 To provide for certain tunnel life safety and rehabilitation projects 
                              for Amtrak.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2004

Mr. King of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for certain tunnel life safety and rehabilitation projects 
                              for Amtrak.

    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 ``Rail Tunnel Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation $898,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
the use of Amtrak to complete New York tunnel life safety projects and 
to rehabilitate tunnels in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland.

SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    The Secretary shall not make funds appropriated under section 2 
available to Amtrak for a project unless the Secretary has received 
from Amtrak and has approved an engineering and financial plan for that 
project.

SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.

    The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall 
conduct and transmit to the Congress an annual review to determine 
whether the expenditure and obligation of funds made available under 
this Act are consistent with the purposes for which those funds are 
made available.
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