[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1015. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 
3055, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 84, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
       Sec. 192. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used--
       (1) to terminate a grant or cooperative agreement with the 
     California High-Speed Rail Authority;
       (2) to deobligate funding associated with a grant or 
     cooperative agreement with the California High-Speed Rail 
     Authority; or
       (3) to require the State of California or the California 
     High-Speed Rail Authority to repay funding previously 
     obligated and expended.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall apply to Cooperative Agreement FR-
     HSR-0009-10-01-06 and any other grant or cooperative 
     agreement with the California High-Speed Rail Authority in 
     effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Notwithstanding the Department of Transportation 
     Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117), deobligated 
     funds associated with Cooperative Agreement FR-HSR-0118-12-
     01-01 may not be made available for any purpose until the 
     final determination of any litigation concerning such funds.
       (d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), upon the final 
     determination of any litigation referred to in subsection 
     (c), deobligated funds referred to in subsection (c) shall be 
     made available only for high-speed rail projects under 
     section 26106 of title 49, United States Code, in accordance 
     with such section.
       (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall--
       (A) issue a notice of funding opportunity for grants for 
     projects referred to in paragraph (1) not later than 30 days 
     after the final determination of litigation referred to in 
     subsection (c);
       (B) ensure that such notice of funding opportunity requires 
     applications to be submitted not later than 30 days after the 
     issuance of such notice;
       (C) require such applications to include completed 
     documentation with respect to any required environmental 
     impact statements; and
       (D) award grants not later than 60 days after the issuance 
     of notice under subparagraph (A).
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