[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 128 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3667. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__.  In the case of any funds made available for 
     national infrastructure investments for any passenger rail 
     transportation project under title I of division C of the 
     Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 
     (Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 641), the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall allow the recipient of a grant from 
     those funds to expend funds by making an advance payment to 
     Amtrak until September 30, 2018.
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