[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2154. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
                   TRANSIT AND RAIL PROJECTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
     of Transportation shall not provide any new assistance for a 
     transit or rail project if--
       (1) the overall cost projection to complete the project 
     exceeds the original cost projection by at least 
     $1,000,000,000; and
       (2) the operational and administrative costs of the service 
     provided by the project are projected to exceed the revenues 
     generated from ridership annually over the next decade.
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